User Guide

Intel® BMC And RMM4 User Guide Intel® Integrated BMC Web Console Options
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Option Task
Policy Number
The policy number to add/edit/delete. Valid range is 0-255.
In the policy table, policy numbers with an asterisk (*) are policies set externally using a
non-platform domain. Changing parameters on these policies will not affect their
triggers, trigger limits, reporting periods, correction timeouts, or aggressive CPU
throttling settings.
Enabled check box
Check this box if the policy is to be enabled immediately.
System Shutdown check box
Check this box to enable a system shutdown if the policy is exceeded and cannot be
corrected within the correction timeout period.
The operating system will be given 30 seconds to shut down gracefully. If the system
is still not shut down after 30 seconds, the BMC will initiate an immediate shutdown.
Log Event check box
Check this box to enable the node manager to send a platform event message to the
BMC when a policy is exceeded.
Power Limit The desired platform power limit, in watts.
Use Policy Suspend Periods
If enabled, you may configure policy suspend periods. Each policy may have up to five
suspend periods (see Figure 102).
Suspend periods are repeatable by day-of-week. Start and stop times are designated
in 24-hour format, in increments of 6 minutes. To specify a suspended period crossing
midnight, two suspend periods must be used.
For all policies set through this page, the following default values will be applied:
• Domain: Platform – Power for the entire platform.
• Trigger: None – Always monitor after end of POST.
• Aggressive CPU Power Correction: AUTO – Use of T-states and memory throttling
controlled by policy exception actions.
• Trigger Limit: None.
• Reporting Period: 10 seconds – This is a rolling average for reporting only. It will not
affect the average power monitored by the node manager.
• Correction Timeout: 22.555 seconds – Maximum time for the NM to correct power
before taking an exception action (that is, shutdown or alert).