Technical product specification

Product Description

1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem

The hardware management features enable the board to be compatible with the Wired for

Management (WfM) specification. The board has several hardware management features,

including thermal and voltage monitoring.

For information about Refer to

Wired for Management (WfM) Specification www.intel.com/design/archives/wfm/

1.11.1 Hardware Monitoring

The hardware monitoring and fan control subsystem is based on a Nuvoton NCT5577D

embedded controller, which supports the following:

• Processor and system ambient temperature monitoring

• Chassis fan speed monitoring

• Voltage monitoring of +5 V, +3.3 V, Memory Vcc (V_SM), +Vccp,

• SMBus interface

1.11.2 Fan Monitoring

Fan monitoring can be implemented using third-party software.