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June 21st, 2021 13:00
R540 server is making too much noise
I did server dust cleanup last Saturday. After that, it starts working loudly.
I quickly search for similar topics
https://www.dell.com/community/Rack-Servers/Expected-fan-speeds-for-an-idling-PowerEdge-R540/td-p/6046680
https://www.dell.com/community/PowerEdge-Hardware-General/R930-server-is-making-too-much-noise/td-p/5151057 but without any useful solution for my case.
Also, https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/poweredge-r540_owners-manual_en-us.pdf p. 44-46
https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/troubleshootingguide_en-us.pdf p. 90
https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-Sheets_Documents/en/us/poweredge-r540-technical-guide.pdf p. 37-38 didn't help.
Any ideas on how to manage fan noise levels?
BIOS is 2.10.2 as of right now. Planed an update to the 2.11.2 version tonight.
DELL-Young E
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June 21st, 2021 22:00
Hi, thanks for choosing Dell. Can you check these first?
WinklerCanvas
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August 4th, 2021 12:00
1. Yesterday LED flashing was indified. The server works with noise issues only before.
2. PERC H730P Adapter. I don't have information about any extra controller/cards.
3. I don't have a Troubleshooting menu as (Fig.1) at the https://support.pelco.com/s/article/Dell-Gathering-Log-Files-from-IDRAC to get TSR logs.
DELL-Chris H
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August 4th, 2021 13:00
WinklerCanvas,
Being the server is out of date I would first confirm you have the BIOS and the iDrac at the latest versions. The reason being is that the iDrac is responsible for the fans, so if it is out of date then it can cause fans to spin up and more.
Let me know how it goes.