I recently got a H12SSL-NT with the dual 10GbE LAN provided by Broadcom BCM57416. What I've noticed is that even when the motherboard power is OFF, the LAN heatsink is a toasty 65C ~ 68C. The motherboard is now in an Antec P10 Flux case and with a couple of fans, the temps go down to 54C but this of course is only when the power is set to ON. Since this is a homelab that I do not intend to keep running 24/7 - I am worried about the LAN SoC heating up when the board is powered off. Again, I can switch the machine off from the mains, but that defeats the purpose of IPMI and remote power management.
Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there a way to put the LAN SoC in a low power state or turn it off unless the entire board is powered up?
BTW - are both the Supermicro Remote BIOS update as well as the HTML5 Mount Virtual features enabled by the Supermicro Out of Band (OOB) Software License Key (SFT-OOB-LIC) ? Someone I spoke to said that the latter feature actually needed the Supermicro DataCenter Management Suite License Key (SFT-DCMS-SINGLE). This license is like 6x - 8x the cost of the OOB license would be sad if this was the case. If so, Tyan& AsRockRack win hands down when it comes to providing such feature functionality for homelab enthusiasts ...
Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there a way to put the LAN SoC in a low power state or turn it off unless the entire board is powered up?
BTW - are both the Supermicro Remote BIOS update as well as the HTML5 Mount Virtual features enabled by the Supermicro Out of Band (OOB) Software License Key (SFT-OOB-LIC) ? Someone I spoke to said that the latter feature actually needed the Supermicro DataCenter Management Suite License Key (SFT-DCMS-SINGLE). This license is like 6x - 8x the cost of the OOB license would be sad if this was the case. If so, Tyan& AsRockRack win hands down when it comes to providing such feature functionality for homelab enthusiasts ...