M1000e Fan Noise

Question

Hello,

I have one Blade Enclosure M1000e with 3 M610 and 6 M620 servers.

My problem is that this Enclosure is noisy because of the fans.

They always run at an average speed of 5000 rpm and sometimes have peak at very noisy max speed.

This enclosure is in an air conditionned room with a temperature of 18°C. The temperature in the enclosure is about 19-20°C.

So I have three questions :

Is there a way to control/reduce the fans speed ?

Is there a way to monitor temperature by SNMP or other Nagios Plugin ?

Is there a way to monitor fans speed by SNMP or other Nagios Plugin ?

Thanks for your help

Regards

FJJ

chriscr21 · Answer

Hello, I hope you are fine. I have the same problem, do you have a information/solution of this problem? Thank you for your help.

FJJM · Answer

Unfortunately no, there's still a lot of noise. I was thinking about ask to DELL Support, but I didn't find time

chriscr21 · Answer

Thank you for your answer.

Tomorrow, I'm going to execute a different updates for my chassis CMC, BIOS and iDRAC. Also, I'm going to check the temperature and turn off the servers.

If the sound decrease I will write you about the solution.

Regards,

steve561 · Answer

Have you followed this process: How to Troubleshoot PowerEdge M1000e Fan Noise | Dell US

I have the same problem. One blade is requesting more cooling. I can't get an explanation from Dell Support why the additional cooling is necessary.

There is 1 switch blade that is requesting extra cooling on my frame.

[Switch Module Fan Request Table]

      
   
    
     
     
      
Switch-1 MXL 10/40GbE 10 GbE KR Present 30 
      
Switch-2 MXL 10/40GbE 10 GbE KR Present 67 
      
Switch-3 Dell PowerConnect M6220 Gigabit Ethernet Present 30 
      
Switch-4 Dell PowerConnect M6220 Gigabit Ethernet Present 30 
      
Switch-5 N/A None Not Present N/A 
      
Switch-6 N/A None Not Present N/A

DELL-Charles R · Answer

Hello steve561,

I think this article addresses what you are seeing:

M1000e Fans at a Constant Speed of 70% to 100% Caused by IOM

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-uk/000136157/m1000e-fans-at-a-constant-speed-of-70-to-100-caused-by-iom

Blades

M1000e Fan Noise

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