A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that

monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware devi
ce using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an inde
pendent connection. The BMC is part of the Intelligent Platform Management Inter
face (IPMI) and is usually contained in the motherboard or main circuit board of
the device to be monitored.
The sensors of a BMC measure internal physical variables such as temperature, hu
midity, power-supply voltage, fan speeds, communications parameters and operatin
g system (OS) functions. If any of these variables happens to stray outside spec
ified limits, the administrator is notified. That person can then take correctiv
e action by remote control. The monitored device can be power cycled or rebooted
as necessary. In this way, a single administrator can remotely manage numerous
servers and other devices simultaneously, saving on the overall operating cost o
f the network and helping to ensure its reliability.

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AMM "Correctable ECC memory error logging limit reached" - IBM BladeCenter HS22
The Error Light Emitting Diode (LED) is illuminated on the chassis and the Blade
Center HS22 blade server front information panel. The Advanced Management Module
(AMM) system status indicates that there is a "correctable ECC memory error log
ging limit reached" error. The AMM logs the following errors:
19 E Blade_05 12/08/09, 11:29:06 (octans012)
Correctable memory error logging limit reached
20 E Blade_05 12/08/09, 11:29:05 (octans012)
Correctable memory error logging limit reached on DIMM 5
The memory errors occur in the following BladeCenter HS22 configuration:
- CPU-C states [Enable]
- Thermal Mode [Normal] double refresh rate
- 4 Gigabyte (GB) Samsung VLP DIMMs installed, Option part number 44T1488, repla
cement part number (FRU) 44T1498.
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Choose one of the following two (2) methods to resolve the errors:
Method 1:
Change Thermal Mode setting (preferred method)
Boot the blade into the F1 "System Configuration and Boot Management" screen. Hi
ghlight "System Settings." Press Enter and select Memory. Select Thermal Mode an
d change the setting to "Performance."
Press the Esc key twice to get to "System Configuration and Boot Management" and
then select Save Settings and Exit Setup.
Follow the instructions on the next screen to exit the "Setup Utility."
Power the blade off for the changes to take effect and restart.
Changing "Normal" mode to "Performance" mode affects the way that the Dual In-Li
ne Memory Modules (DIMMs) are refreshed. This results in a DIMM temperature warn
ing message occurring at a 10 degree lower temperature. This causes no impact in
most industry standard data centers.
Method 2:
Disable CPU C-State
Boot the blade into the F1 "System Configuration and Boot Management" screen. Hi
ghlight System Settings, press Enter, and select Processors. Select CPU C-States
, and then change the setting to "Disable."
Press the Esc key twice to get to "System Configuration and Boot Management" and
then select Save Settings and Exit Setup.
Follow the instructions on the next screen to exit the "Setup Utility.
Power the blade off for the changes to take effect and restart.
If the LED stays on after the changes have been made, do one of the following to
turn it off:
Using the IPMItool application (which is a third party application available for
Windows and Linux):
impitool sel list (to verify the log contains messages)
ipmitool sel clear
ipmitool sel list (to verify the log is now empty)
Restart the IMM. This can be done via the AMM GUI interface (select Blade Tasks,
Power/Restart, and Restart Blade System Mgmt Processor for the appropriate blad
e) or with the ASU command line tool (asu rebootimm).
Fully power the blade off, then power it back on (do not restart the blade). Thi
s can be done with the AMM or locally at the blade.