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| 8808a793 | 1 | Kernel driver ibmaem |
| b04f2f7d | 2 | ==================== |
| 8808a793 | 3 | |
| eb93b7df DW |
4 | This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known |
| 5 | henceforth as AEM. | |
| 6 | ||
| 8808a793 | 7 | Supported systems: |
| b04f2f7d | 8 | |
| eb93b7df | 9 | * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support. |
| b04f2f7d | 10 | |
| 8808a793 | 11 | This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2, |
| b04f2f7d MCC |
12 | x3950 M2, and certain HC10/HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | The IPMI host interface | |
| 8808a793 | 15 | driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything. |
| b04f2f7d | 16 | |
| 8808a793 | 17 | Prefix: 'ibmaem' |
| b04f2f7d | 18 | |
| 8808a793 DW |
19 | Datasheet: Not available |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | Author: Darrick J. Wong | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | Description | |
| 24 | ----------- | |
| 25 | ||
| eb93b7df DW |
26 | This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters |
| 27 | available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks | |
| 28 | will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2 | |
| 29 | interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver. | |
| 8808a793 | 30 | |
| eb93b7df DW |
31 | The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There |
| 32 | is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the | |
| 33 | last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a | |
| 34 | configurable interval. | |
| 8808a793 | 35 | |
| eb93b7df DW |
36 | The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider |
| 37 | range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM | |
| 38 | software, and temperature sensors. | |
| 8808a793 DW |
39 | |
| 40 | Special Features | |
| 41 | ---------------- | |
| 42 | ||
| eb93b7df DW |
43 | The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM |
| 44 | software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported. |