Yup, and in a perfect world that's also what I would have done. Unfortunately I was receiving error's when I tried to do that (you can see on the previous pages), and the method I described above is what fixed my problem. Hopefully it helps ibuyufo and anyone else with having trouble flashing.I didnt even need to do that. I just used a fat32 usb key. Put the contents in the root of the drive. When I booted it recognized the files, gave me some options, and away I went.
Thank you Spritz for taking the time to make the step by step instructions for resetting the BMC. Unfortunately I found no profit or joy with quieting the fans. I wanted to give it one last shot before exchanging the board because intel has indicated that there may be an issue with the BMC.Sure!
1. Download the SYSCFG utility from Intel --> Link
2. Place the contents of the unzipped folder at the root of your USB drive.
3. Boot into the EFI shell
4. Mount your USB drive (map -r)
5. Change to your USB drive (typically by running fs0: )
6. Add syscfg to your PATH (set SYSCFG_PATH fs0:\)
7. Reset the BMC bios (syscfg -rfs)
8. Reboot the BMC bios (syscfg -rbmc)
9. Profit?
I hope this helps you
~Spritz
Batteries have what, a 3-5 year life span? Just out of curiosity, when was your board manufactured?I've had an issue on my Natex S2600CP board where the network connection annoyingly drops in and out intermittently. If you see this then try replacing the CMOS battery, I replaced mine earlier today and so far it seems to have fixed it for me, looks like some of these boards may have been stood for a while.
george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas1-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print
FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0)
Board Mfg Date : Mon Jun 18 23:25:00 2012
Board Mfg : Intel Corporation
Board Product : S2600CP
Board Serial : QSCP21602980
Board Part Number : G56797-507
Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation
Product Name : S2600CP
george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas2-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print
FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0)
Board Mfg Date : Wed Aug 28 17:02:00 2013
Board Mfg : Intel Corporation
Board Product : S2600CP
Board Serial : QSCP33201339
Board Part Number : G56797-510
Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation
Product Name : S2600CP
george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas3-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print
FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0)
Board Mfg Date : Mon May 12 23:47:00 2014
Board Mfg : Intel Corporation
Board Product : S2600GZ
Board Serial : QSGR41902418
Board Part Number : G29051-354
Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation
Product Name : S2600GZ
After receiving the Natex S2600CP combo, and mounting it in a Norco RPC-2008 2U Chassis, I'm unfortunately faced with the fact that the 4x 80mm case fans are unable to push the required CFM over the passive heatsinks that are currently mounted on my CPU's. I'm seeing very high (80C+) temperatures and thermal throttling kicking in. What heatsinks/fans are people using in 2U Cases with these CPU's? I'm looking for the quietest option with PWM control that will fit in my case.
Currently it's down to either the BXSTS200C from Intel, or the SNK-P0048AP4 from SuperMicro. What are other people's experience with these coolers?
I just finished updating my R2312GL4GS with the latest intel firmware downloaded from intel website. I follow the instructed to the tee like you did, and got exactly the same result. Before the update the fan only spins at 2400 rpm and after the update it is spinning at 5300rpm.Thank you Spritz for taking the time to make the step by step instructions for resetting the BMC. Unfortunately I found no profit or joy with quieting the fans. I wanted to give it one last shot before exchanging the board because intel has indicated that there may be an issue with the BMC.
Batteries have what, a 3-5 year life span? Just out of curiosity, when was your board manufactured?
Here are mine:
Code:george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas1-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0) Board Mfg Date : Mon Jun 18 23:25:00 2012 Board Mfg : Intel Corporation Board Product : S2600CP Board Serial : QSCP21602980 Board Part Number : G56797-507 Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation Product Name : S2600CP
Code:george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas2-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0) Board Mfg Date : Wed Aug 28 17:02:00 2013 Board Mfg : Intel Corporation Board Product : S2600CP Board Serial : QSCP33201339 Board Part Number : G56797-510 Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation Product Name : S2600CP
Code:george@ubuntuvm1:~$ ipmitool -I lanplus -H nas3-ipmi -U root -P xxxxxxx fru print FRU Device Description : Builtin FRU Device (ID 0) Board Mfg Date : Mon May 12 23:47:00 2014 Board Mfg : Intel Corporation Board Product : S2600GZ Board Serial : QSGR41902418 Board Part Number : G29051-354 Product Manufacturer : Intel Corporation Product Name : S2600GZ
Thanks for sharing that info. Did you also update the FRUSDR? According to user Spanky34 on reddit.com/r/homelab/I just finished updating my R2312GL4GS with the latest intel firmware downloaded from intel website. I follow the instructed to the tee like you did, and got exactly the same result. Before the update the fan only spins at 2400 rpm and after the update it is spinning at 5300rpm.
Before the update, I was getting some voltage error in the IPMI page, and it only detected 1 cpu while I have 2 installed.
The new bios seems to fix the voltage issue, but now the server does make more noise. Luckily for me its not really a big deal
Based on this I doubt that you have a bad motherboard, I think it is just how the fan curve is set for the new firmware.
Anyway, just thought I share and let you know that you are not alone
Confirmed. I skipped the FRUSDR and my fans are still at ~2400RPM. Figured I might as well make an account here after lurking for a month.Thanks for sharing that info. Did you also update the FRUSDR? According to user Spanky34 on reddit.com/r/homelab/
the instructions below were followed but he did not update the FRUSDR.
I didn't touch the FRUSDR stuff. My server is nice and quiet for sure. Just as quiet as before I updated. Fans are around 2400RPM according to the web console..
- BMC Firmware Update
- Bios Update
- ME Firmware Update
- FRUSDR Update
One other thing that I noticed is that before it used to read only like 61 sensors? After the firmware update it started reading 121 sensors. For example, I just noticed that the server does not have a chassis intrusion switch installed so the jumper is always open. Maybe now the system is reading that sensor and ramps up the fans?
Unfortunately I did upgrade the FRUSDR stuff as well. I did notice that the fan only start speeding up after the FRUSDR update is done.Thanks for sharing that info. Did you also update the FRUSDR? According to user Spanky34 on reddit.com/r/homelab/
the instructions below were followed but he did not update the FRUSDR.
I didn't touch the FRUSDR stuff. My server is nice and quiet for sure. Just as quiet as before I updated. Fans are around 2400RPM according to the web console..
- BMC Firmware Update
- Bios Update
- ME Firmware Update
- FRUSDR Update
One other thing that I noticed is that before it used to read only like 61 sensors? After the firmware update it started reading 121 sensors. For example, I just noticed that the server does not have a chassis intrusion switch installed so the jumper is always open. Maybe now the system is reading that sensor and ramps up the fans?
We can tell you didn't read very much of the thread. That Intel motherboard uses closed loop thermal management. The target load temp for the CPUs is the low 80's (C). I'm not saying the Natex low profile HSFs are well suited for what you want, but if you replace the HSFs with larger & more substantial ones the PWM control of the fans will not attempt to ramp the fans until they hit the low 80's (C). Even then it will only spin the fans fast enough to keep the temps in the low 80's. You have to manually modify the .sdr file and do an FRU update if you want to lower the closed loop target temperature.After receiving the Natex S2600CP combo, and mounting it in a Norco RPC-2008 2U Chassis, I'm unfortunately faced with the fact that the 4x 80mm case fans are unable to push the required CFM over the passive heatsinks that are currently mounted on my CPU's. I'm seeing very high (80C+) temperatures and thermal throttling kicking in. What heatsinks/fans are people using in 2U Cases with these CPU's? I'm looking for the quietest option with PWM control that will fit in my case.
Existing P1 heat sink mount / thermal compound may be one factor. Typically P2 should run hotter under balanced load since it is farther from the fans.I have read the thread, and am fully aware of the thermal management profiles for the fans. I understand the target temperatures are high, but under any kind of load I'm seeing thermal throttling (P1 Therm Ctrl %) kick in, and the fans are already running at full speed, since they are not even connected to the fan headers on the motherboard (Powering from PSU).
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Are you telling me this is expected behavior, or that the heat-sinks i'm looking at will not solve this?