SUPER MICRO Computer X8SIL-V, X8SIL-F user manual Overview of the Nuvoton BMC Controller

X8SIL/X8SIL-F/X8SIL-V User’s Manual

1-8 Overview of the Nuvoton BMC Controller

The NuvotonSM WPCM150 is a combined Baseboard Management Controller and 2D/VGA-compatible Graphics Core with PCI interface, Virtual Media and Keyboard, and a Keyboard/Video/Mouse Redirection (KVMR) module.

The WPCM150 interfaces with the host system via a PCI interface to communicate with the Graphics core. It supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 for remote keyboard/mouse/ virtual media emulation. It also provides an LPC interface to control Super I/O func- tions and connects to the network via an external Ethernet PHY module or shared NCSI connections.

The Nuvoton BMC communicates with onboard components via six SMBus in- terfaces, fan control, Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) buses, and General Purpose I/O (T-SGPIO) ports.

There are two different versions of the Nuvoton BMC chip that are used in this prod- uct series. The Nuvoton WPCM150 (Manufacturer P/N WPCM150GA0BX5) which includes all of the features above, is the chip installed in the X8SIL and X8SIL-V motherboard models. Another version, the Nuvoton WPCM450 (Manufacturer P/N WPCM450RA0BX) also has all the features as described above plus IPMI 2.0 sup- port. This particular chip is installed in the X8SIL-F motherboard.

Note: For more information on IPMI configuration, please refer to the Embedded IPMI User's Guide posted on our website @ http://www.super- micro.com/support/manuals/. For detailed information regarding Nuvoton BMC products, go to Nuvoton's website at http://www.nuvoton.com and enter the manufacturer part numbers mentioned above in the website's Product Search.

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