Intel Phi 7120A SC7120A Data Sheet

Intel

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 Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor Datasheet

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The manageability architecture also provides support for the Intel

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 Xeon Phi™ 

coprocessor in Node Manager mode, which adds functionality such as setting power 
throttle threshold values and time windows.

In operational mode, the SMC monitors power and temperatures within the Intel

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 Xeon 

Phi™ coprocessor and through sensors located on the PCI Express* card. This 
information is then used to control the power consumed by the PCI Express* card and 
the rotating speed of the fan(s) within the PCI Express* card cooling system. The SMC 
provides status information (temperature, fan speed, and voltage levels) to the Intel

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Xeon Phi™ coprocessor drivers, which then can be provided to the end user via a GUI. 
The SMC provides a master/slave SMBus (using the IPMI IPMB protocol) so that a 
platform BMC or ME can control the SMC.

The SMC on the Intel

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 Xeon Phi™ coprocessor has the following capabilities:

• General manageability features
• Board ID and SKU definition
• Unique identifying number
• Fan  Control

— Read  fan  RPM

• Thermal throttling and throttle monitoring

— Force throttling of the coprocessor
— Monitor time in throttled state
— Separated status if power throttle threshold throttling vs. over-temperature 

throttling

• Card-level power throttle threshold/capping

— Power Throttle Threshold Values 0 and 1, tracked over separate time windows

Customer Management Software