IPMI: What is "Planar" temperature?

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I'm digging through the output of ipmitool sdr list on a Dell PE R710 - and I see there's a sensor reading named "Planar Temp" - which reads higher than the ambient temperature but lower than the CPU temps.

Both entities for "Ambient" and "Planar" are a part of the board; What is "Planar Temp" referring to in this context?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '12 at 19:41

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It's the temperature of what you probably think of as the "motherboard".

Not everyone calls them motherboards. They've been called mainboards, system boards, planar boards, logic boards, and baseboards. Winn L. Rosch gives the gory details, including the subtle differences.

Further reading

Winn L. Rosch (2003). "Principles: Hardware" § Nomenclature. Winn L. Rosch hardware bible. 6th Edition. Que Publishing. ISBN 9780789728593. pp. 973–974

edited Feb 12 '12 at 19:41

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answered Jan 24 '12 at 23:01

JdeBP

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FYI for others: Google book search was kind enough to provide the gist for the reference provided (at least the foot of p. 973) – thinice Jan 25 '12 at 02:37
Personally, I just reach across to my bookshelf. ☺ – JdeBP Jan 25 '12 at 11:36

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '12 at 22:54

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The planar relates to the PCI bus. It's the integrated circuits on the motherboard, as opposed to a riser card.

answered Jan 24 '12 at 22:54

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