Supermicro Powersupply "uses" 50000Watts

[rootgremlin]

on the ipmi page of my Server, an
Supermicro
825TQC-r740LPB Chassis with an
X11SPL-F Mainboard and an
PWS-501P-1R Powersupply i repeatedly get readings of the powerconsumption of up to 50kW.
This messes up every form of logging.

i had already tried with another powersupply on this server,
but on an X10slm+-ln4f i also have the exact same behaviour.

does anyone know a fix or a workaround?

here are images of the ipmi-webpage and the pnp4nagios graphs, which are all totally useless because of this.....



unless i select a custom time range.

 

[JediAcolyte]

50K watts is impressive. How??

 

[nasomi]

You have a 454 amp breaker in your house? otherwise, I'd guess you're reading it wrong or there's an error in your instruments.

 

[i386]

I would try to reset the bmc and see what happens

 

[rootgremlin]

You have a 454 amp breaker in your house? otherwise, I'd guess you're reading it wrong or there's an error in your instruments.

Yeah, and it is glowing and i cant's see anymore
No, not my instruments. The 1st pic is from the build in ipmi webinterface, the other pics are pnp4nagios graphs which use the nagios Performance Data that rely on a plugin that gets its data from redfish.

The point is, i already switched powersupplys, and i even have the exact same behaviour on a totally different Mainboard, the X10SLM+-LN4F from my signature.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Seems legit, a PSU that can power a Factorio factory /s

 

[funkywizard]

chassis PDB probably at fault

 

[rootgremlin]

You have a 454 amp breaker in your house? otherwise, I'd guess you're reading it wrong or there's an error in your instruments.

it would be more like 217A over here (==230V)
You tell me if i am doing something wrong when i read the 5 digits from the picture (the marked 49239 Highest Peak Watts)

Thats my whole point, what the f... could it be???? since it is happening with an x10 AND an x11 board across 3 differen Powersupplys.
Every time i get these spikes.

Someone with a helpful insigth. Maybe someone who knows how the wattage is measured and gets displayed in the ipmi webinterface?
something that could explain it happening across multiple boards and powersupplys.

chassis PDB probably at fault

Also not similar in the case of the X10 and x11 motherboard.

 

[Markess]

chassis PDB probably at fault

I think @funkywizard is on to something. The PDB is the only significant part of power delivery that is common to all the set-ups you've tried. The different power supplies and motherboards all are connected to the same PDB

Supermicro PDB-PT825-8824 Power Distributor (19-Pairs) For Redundant Power Supply

 

[ske4za]

I think @funkywizard is on to something. The PDB is the only significant part of power delivery that is common to all the set-ups you've tried. The different power supplies and motherboards all are connected to the same PDB

Supermicro PDB-PT825-8824 Power Distributor (19-Pairs) For Redundant Power Supply

I might have to look into this, I have the same problem.



X10SRH-CF, 2x PWS-801-1R, SC826 case

 

[rootgremlin]

at least i am not the only one....
For now i have fixed it by eliminating unreasonable (i.e. >500W on an 500W Powersupply) readings from the reporting and in extend on my graphical logging.
Now i have a nice little graph that i can work with.

 

[rootgremlin]

I might have to look into this, I have the same problem.

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X10SRH-CF, 2x PWS-801-1R, SC826 case

so you are the new king in town with your 60000Watt peaks