Questions tagged [fan]
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Controlling HP ProLiant DL380 G6/G7 fan speed
I'm having fan speeds and noise level issues from my most recent batch of HP ProLiant DL380 G7 servers. Most of the systems are nearly silent with low fan speeds (as reported by hplog -f). The ...
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How do I stop Dell R730xd fans from going full speed when Broadcom/QLogic NetXtreme 57711 PCI card added?
I have a pair of Broadcom NetXtreme 57711 10GbE cards. I put one in a Dell R710; it boots with the card fine, the OS (CentOS 7) recognizes it, and all seems well. However, when I put the other card ...
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HP ProLiant DL365 G5 fan noise
I have an HP Proliant DL365, I know it is an old thing. But it works fine for what we have here.
But the last time this thing makes a lot of noise and a few lights glow up:
When I search in the ...
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How do I lubricate a noisy fan?
I have a case fan that can be quite noisy. I can take the fan out of the case, peel back the sticker on the center to expose access to the bearings, and lubricate the fan. Thus far, I've been using a ...
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Best orientation for CPU blower/cooler in 1U chassis
I'm putting together a 1U rackmounted PC. I have a blower cooler for the CPU, but the chassis has no fans at all.
What would be the correct way to orientate the CPU cooler? With the air blowing in ...
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Are there general guidelines for fan configuration/capacity for operating at altitude?
Background: The server I'm configuring needs to be able to work at altitudes up to 10,000 feet.
Are there any rules of thumb or guidelines on how much faster fans have to spin at altitude (due to ...
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Linux programme to show me how much the fans are running?
I can use lm_sensors to tell me the tempature of various things on my laptop. And sometimes I can hear the fans starting up. Is there anything that will show me how fast various fans on my system are ...
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Fan Speeds on SuperMicro System via IPMI
I have a SuperMicro 4027GR-TRT server that I am running multiple GPUs in. I would like to set the cases fan speed higher that what they are right now using IPMI, although I am not sure how to do it.
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HP DL380G6: Where is the Temp. Sensor #29 (System Zone)?
The Temp. Sensor #29 of my HP DL380G6 seems to give me a wrong number. It says that the temperature is more than 50C (Caution: 60C, Critical: 65C) while the actual value is 13C. And I think it may be ...
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Control CPU fan speed on Dell PowerEdge 830 server
I have a Dell PowerEdge 830 server that has been operating as my file server for a few years. I had never had a problem with it, and it been sure to install all BIOS updates.
A few months ago I ...
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Manually control fans on an HP Proliant server
I have an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen 5 server. I want to adjust the "fan curve" to allow the fans to be switched off while the CPU and the RAM are cool enough.
Is this even possible, and if so how would ...
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How to control fans on a NEC server under Linux? With IPMI or BMC?
I have an old NEC Express5800/T120d server.
It was operating under Windows at reasonable fan speed.
I now want to use it at home with Debian, but the fans are always at full speed.
The power supply ...
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why does my dl380 G3 crank the fan up so high (and how do i stop it?)
I've got a HP DL380 and after I leave it on for a while it decides it needs to run the fans at a much higher speed than it did before. It's really loud and annoying. Is there any way to manually ...
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HP DL380e G8 fan noise
I bought an used HP DL380e G8 and installed at my home.
I'm a little bit confused about the fan noise.
ILO says, they running at 37%-47%, but the noise is like they running at 70%.
On Youtube there is ...
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What is the life expectancy of a server grade fan?
The title is telling, I guess. In particular, I am wondering how risky is it not to change the fan of a 4 years old Supermicro server?
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CPU Fan Failure
Has anyone ever experienced the failure of the CPU fan on a server? Does any know how long roughly until a server shuts itself down after this happens if the CPU is moderately active??
I know this ...
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Want to fix HP Proliant G8 DL360P "Fan Solution Not Sufficient" error instead of spending $100 for the replacement
I have a G8 DL360P at datacenter. Few days ago, it stopped booting with an error of Fan Solution Not Sufficient.
I logged in to the iLO and found Fan Block 4 and 6 are degraded.
I already upgraded to ...
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Dell PowerEdge R220 fan speed high when idle, low under stress
A few days ago we got two new PowerEdge R220 servers. One is fine but the second one displays bizarre behaviour:
If there's minimal load or network activity the fans spin at full speed. However once ...
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Fujitsu IPMI fan speed control
My goal is to reduce the noise and save a little bit of power of my Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6.
I am using Proxmox as my OS and already installed "ipmitool" which works great for reading ...
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How to replace a fan on a 3com SuperStack 4500 unit (and where to find a fan)?
I have a couple 3com SuperStack 4500 switches with failed fans. I am not having luck locating information on HOW to actually replace the fans, or where to find a replacement/what kind.
I know what ...
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Governing fan speed in Linux
We bought an HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 server at office, to be used to run internal applications under Linux.
Our OS choice runs between CentOS 6.5 and openSUSE 13.1, though the server is certified ...
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Alternative system fans for EOL HP ML150 G6 servers
Background
I have an HP ML150 G6 server that HP made 'End Of Life'.
I added a second processor to the system but then was unable to get past POST due to a missing system fan.
I found a diagram that ...
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CPU Cooling with Heatsinks [closed]
I've constructed a server that uses 2 Xeon E5-2620 CPUs and per Intel's recommendation I'm in the process of ordering heatsinks for each and I'm slightly concerned about thermal management. The case I'...
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Hp Proliant ML350 G6 Fan 1 Missing
HP proliant ML350 G6, 2 fans were working (Fan 1 & 2), all of a sudden fan 1 spoilt after 2 years, bought a new fan, new fan wont work on fan 1 slot but works on other slots and without fan 1 ...
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HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 server keeps crashing (full speed fans)
I have a problem with a HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 server. Most of the time it runs fine, but after several weeks of uptime, the server crashes out of the blue. This happened about 5 times now. When it ...
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Disable fan management on Dell Poweredge SC1425
I have Dell Poweredge SC1425 server that has a failed fan. This causes the server to increase the speed of the other fans to their maximum. The server is being used in a very cool place so I was ...
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Lowering fans noise level on Sun Fire v440
Sun Fire v440 has been placed in the same room, where i'm working. It seems that it makes much more noise, than reactive plane does.
I've already updated ALOM Firmware and even OpenBoot PROM, ...
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Case Fan Speed - Control via BIOS, Vista, or otherwise?
I just bought a replacement case fan (link to Tiger Direct here) and the fan seems to be working great, but unfortunately I was under the impression this fan had speed control. I have checked my BIOS ...
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SuperMicro 1114S-WN10RT (1U, AMD EPYC 7763) «normal» fan speed?
I cant find an information about "normal" fan speed for server.
Server: SuperMicro 1114S-WN10RT (1U) with 1x AMD EPYC 7763.
Now its 5% load:
user@server12:/home/user# ipmitool sdr list
CPU ...
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19" rackmount server fan noise with 3.3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz CPU
I made a research while looking for a low fan-noise rackmount server.
I visited a datacenter and observed that Fujitsu Primergy RX series had much lower fan noise than HP ProLiant or Dell PowerEdge. ...
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Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen II - BCM Fan Speed Issue
Please see Update 1 hereunder for an update
I would like to lower the fan speed of what I consider an optimized in terms of efficiency Dell PowerEdge 1950 Gen II having two quad core Xeon E5335 cpus ...
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Dell t430 very loud fan noise with pcie ssd
I have new server Dell t430 2 xenon e5-2640v3 64gb ram, 2x 1TB samsung evo 850 ssd and 2x Intel PCIE p3500 400gb ssd. When I installed Intel PCIe ssd server fan ramp up to 80% and is very loud. I ...
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HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen10 fan speed with Agentless Management Service on Ubuntu
On my MicroServer Gen10, AMSD is able to throttle down the fan speed to 6%, barely noticable. On ML30, it is constantly up between 20-30 %, which is a problem in an office environment.
I am using ...
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How to set cooling fans speed using IPMI? [duplicate]
I have a NEC server.
Model Express5800/T120d [N8100-1957F]
Chipset Intel C602
This server has very loud fans: I hear them at the next floor, all doors closed.
I can read cooling fans speed, but I ...
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linux (ubuntu 17.10) fan stopped working
At some point recently, my fan stopped working. I've confirmed it's not the hardware, because in the bios I can start and stop the fan. This is an ubuntu 17.10 desktop host.
I noticed that lm-...
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Is this normal behavior of the fans in an HP Proliant DL160G5?
We had an HP Proliant DL160G5 racked in a datacenter that after an year of good work started to show instabilities that we couldn't trace down to specific hardware elements. When doing an hardware ...
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What are my options in replacing the noisy fan in my Linksys Cisco SRW2008P managed GigE switch?
My first managed GigE switch, the Linksys SRW2008, was a dream, until it started randomly chattering on various ports. That started while I was on the road all the time, which made it take forever to ...
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1611- Fan x missing, Fan Solution Not Sufficient in HP ProLiant DL380 G6
I have HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server. It is showing following errors.
1611- Fan 1 missing,
1611- Fan 2 missing,
1611- Fan 3 missing,
1611- Fan 4 missing,
Fan Solution Not Sufficient,
1615- Power ...
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Netgear (gsm7224v1) 24-port gigabit switch exhaust fans
I own a Netgear GSM7224v1 (link) 24-port gigabit switch at home. The switch is about 2 years old and works just fine. The two exhaust fans however, are making quite a bit of noise even after I've ...
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Dell PowerEdge R720XD - Fans Ramp Up When Video Card is Installed [closed]
I have a Dell PowerEdge R720XD with 2x Xeon E5-2640 v2 (16 cores total), 16 GB of RAM, and 2x 3 TB hard drives. I have Windows 10 running on the machine.
When I connect a video card to the system, the ...
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Replacement fan for a T&T 6020H12S NF1 (0.16A/12VDC/3 wire) [closed]
I have a DVR unit that is over 10 years old and the cooling fan is going out. The current cooling fan is a T&T 6020H12S NF1 (0.16A/12VDC/3 wire). I cannot find this fan at all searching the ...
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Fan Issue on DL 380 Gen 7
I am having an issue with my personal DL380 Gen7. I rebooted the system and it powered back up saying fan 5 failed. I opened the case, looked at the fan and it was not spinning, so I swapped it with ...
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Random CPU and case fan speed up to maximum
Motherboard: ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16
RAM: Kingston KVR16R11D4K4/64
CPUs: Intel Xeon E5-2670 x2
CPU coolers: Noctua NH-U12DXi4 x2
Case fans: Noctua NF-F12 x6
I have had the system for about a month. ...
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Cooling Solution for CCTV Rack
I'll do my best to provide a clear question. I'm not a network/server guy...just a young controls/systems engineer who knows enough to be dangerous :)
My company is working on a major controls ...
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SuperMicro CSE-815TQ-560B server is LOUD...can it be quieted? [closed]
I have been casually checking prices on servers for some time as I have always wanted to replace my tower/desktop "server" with a real server. I came across a great deal on a used SuperMicro 1u ...
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HP ML310e Gen8 v2 is really noisy [closed]
I have a ML310e Gen8 v2 and a problem on initial setup the server.
The problem is with the Fan noise and speed.
The server is fully updated with the latest firmware available from HP and the setting ...
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ProLiant DL120 G7 manually increase fan speed
Because of the applications wich are running on my ProLiant DL120 G7 it has usually high cpu loads. That is no problem, all running very well. But the CPU temp hits 75 degree celsius, and the fan's ...
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HP Server LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 high sound fan some times
Dear Sir,
We have server HP Server LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
its give some times high speed and sound fan, some times sound disappear
where temperature at server room 17 degree its cool we have windows ...
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Fans constantly at high speed on new AMD Epyc server
I have recently purchased the following unit: “System ASUS RS720A-E11-RS12E/10G | 2U / 12-Bay | GPU” equipped with dual epyc 7713 cpus.
I installed ubuntu 22.04 on the system and it boots up fine, ...
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Use ipmi to control fan speed on ASRock X570D4U-2L2T server
Problem
I can't use ipmi to control fan speed.
I have an X570D4U-2L2T motherboard with a Ryzen 5600x and am running Ubuntu 21.04.
Can the community advise how I might use ipmitool or ipmiutil to ...
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