Loud fan noise

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Hello,

I am prepairing new Dell t430 server with two cpu utins. When srever starts fan noise is normal, but when I plug in PCIe Intell P3500 nvme ssd fans ramp up and is very loud. All frimware and bios are upgraded to the most recent ones. How to reduce fan speed?

Lapinas · Accepted Answer

Problem was solved with lifecycle controler update 2.40.40. All fans behave normaly now.

Lapinas · Answer

I have  Intel 750 ssd and if I put it in server works normaly.

Lapinas · Answer

I ran these commands:

ipmitool.exe -I lanplus -U root -P calvin -H 192.168.192.168 raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00

ipmitool.exe -I lanplus -U root -P calvin -H 192.168.192.168 raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x46

But I get error:

Error: Unable to establish IPMI v2 / RMCP+ session
Unable to send RAW command (channel=0x0 netfn=0x30 lun=0x0 cmd=0x30)

Lapinas · Answer

I managed to run these commands but nothing has changed, fans still run at 85%. Maybe I am using bad raw command if so can you give me correct one?

Lapinas · Answer

Command that you gave did not solve the problem, system fan still runs at 85% speed. Syestem uses 4 ram slots(4x16GB), 2 cpu slots, 2 hdd slots, 2 pcie slots.

Lapinas · Answer

I have bmc utility instaled on my windows machine. I can connect to server. I used thread to check status

"and here is the command to check the status.

raw 0x30 0xce 0x01 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00"

I get 16 05 00 00 00 05 00 01 00 00

Lapinas · Answer

I spotted one thing. When i run bmc comand

ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.192.168 -U root -P calvin raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00

On iDrac I can see that fan rmp changed from 10080 to 4200, but fans spin at the same speed (85%). Is that raw command universal, if no then maybe I need another command?

Lapinas · Answer

Fan noise, nor speed have not changed,  just numbers that  idrac shows are lower. I applied bios 2.2.5  and  idrac 2.30.30 updates. Maybe I have faulty fan or motherboard? Temps are max 42 C.

Lapinas · Answer

But why it behaves normaly with pcie Intel 750 SSD. I do not think that fan is faulty.

Lapinas · Answer

I  tried new fan,  still same happens

ElCoyote_ · Answer

Hi,

I happen to have a T430 with quite a few non-Dell PCI-E cards:

- an NVidia K600 GPU)

- a dual-8Gbps Qlogic FC Card

- an Intel Quad e1000e.

- I have 12 Dimms and 2 x 85W cpus.

My fan speed is usually around 1440 rpm. I followed the same instructions as you did.

Here are my readings:

# ipmitool raw 0x30 0xce 0x01 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00
16 05 00 00 00 05 00 01 00 00

and:

I wonder what could be different in your system to make it so loud..

Good luck,

Vincent

Lapinas · Answer

I tried what you suggested, but fan is still spinning at the same speed

Lapinas · Answer

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\bmc>racadm -r 192.168.192.168 -u root -p calvin getsensorinfo
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - Certificate is not signed by Trusted Third Party
Continuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on certificate-related errors.

SEC0701: Warning: Default username and password are currently in use.
It is strongly recommended to change the default password immediately.

To change the password, run the following racadm command:
"racadm set iDRAC.Users. .Password ".

Alternatively, to avoid this warning message run the following racadm command:
"racadm set iDRAC.Tuning.DefaultCredentialWarning Disabled".

Sensor Type : POWER

PS1 Status                      Present                  AC
PS2 Status                      Present                  AC

Sensor Type : TEMPERATURE
                [R/W] [R/W]
[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardInletTemp]
System Board Inlet Temp       Ok      20C      -7C 47C      3C       42C

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#CPU1Temp]
CPU1 Temp                     Ok      32C      3C   87C      8C       82C

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#CPU2Temp]
CPU2 Temp                     Ok      31C      3C   87C      8C       82C

Sensor Type : FAN

System Board Fan1               Ok          4200RPM     240RPM      NA          85%

Sensor Type : VOLTAGE

CPU1 M01 VTT PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 M23 VTT PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 M23 VDDQ PG                Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 3.3V PG            Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board VCCIO PG           Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 5V AUX PG          Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M01 VDDQ PG                Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M01 VTT PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M23 VDDQ PG                Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 M01 VDDQ PG                Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M01 VPP PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 M01 VPP PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 5V SWITCH PG               Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M23 VPP PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 VCORE PG                   Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 VCORE PG                   Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 M23 VPP PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 M23 VTT PG                 Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 1.05V PG           Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 2.5V AUX PG        Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 1.5V AUX PG        Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU1 FIVR PG                    Ok          Good                NA          NA
CPU2 FIVR PG                    Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board 1.5V PG            Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board PS1 PG Fail        Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board PS2 PG Fail        Ok          Good                NA          NA
System Board DIMM PG            Ok          Good                NA          NA
PS2 Voltage 2                   Ok          210.00V             NA          NA
System Board BP1 5V PG          Ok          Good                NA          NA
PS1 Voltage 1                   Ok          210.00V             NA          NA

Sensor Type : CURRENT
                [R/W] [R/W]
[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#PS2Current2]
PS2 Current 2                 Ok      0.0Amps NA   NA       0Amps       0Amps

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardPwrConsumption]
System Board Pwr Consumption Ok      84Watts NA   1974Watts 0Watts       1792Watts

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#PS1Current1]
PS1 Current 1                 Ok      0.0Amps NA   NA       0Amps       0Amps

Sensor Type : PROCESSOR

CPU1 Status                     Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA
CPU2 Status                     Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA

Sensor Type : MEMORY

DIMM A1                         Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA
DIMM A2                         Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA
DIMM A3                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM A4                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM A5                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM A6                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM A7                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM A8                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM B1                         Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA
DIMM B2                         Ok          Presence_Detected   NA          NA
DIMM B3                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA
DIMM B4                         N/A         Absent              NA          NA

Sensor Type : BATTERY

System Board CMOS Battery       Ok          Present             NA          NA

Sensor Type : PERFORMANCE

System Board Power Optimized    Ok          Not Degraded   NA        NA

Sensor Type : INTRUSION

System Board Intrusion          Closed         Power ON

Sensor Type : REDUNDANCY

System Board PS Redundancy      Disabled                 PSU
System Board Fan Redundancy     Disabled                 Fan

Sensor Type : SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
                [R/W] [R/W]
[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardCPUUsage]
System Board CPU Usage   Ok             0%      NA NA    NA       101%

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardIOUsage]
System Board IO Usage    Ok             0%      NA NA    NA       101%

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardMEMUsage]
System Board MEM Usage   Ok             0%      NA NA    NA       101%

[Key = iDRAC.Embedded.1#SystemBoardSYSUsage]
System Board SYS Usage   Ok             0%      NA NA    NA       101%

Lapinas · Answer

Lapinas · Answer

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SysMgt\bmc>racadm -r 192.168.192.168 -u root -p calvin get system.thermalsettings

[Key=system.Embedded.1#ThermalSettings.1]
#FanSpeedHighOffsetVal=55
#FanSpeedLowOffsetVal=20
#FanSpeedMaxOffsetVal=100
#FanSpeedMediumOffsetVal=35
FanSpeedOffset=Low Fan Speed
#MFSMaximumLimit=100
#MFSMinimumLimit=85
MinimumFanSpeed=255
ThermalProfile=Default Thermal Profile Settings
ThirdPartyPCIFanResponse=Disabled

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