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Hello again!
I got a 825TQ-R720LPB chassis and transplanted my old proxmox system into it. However, I'm facing an issue with fan speed. Basically they're running at around 3400 RPM but are constantly revving up & down. AFAIK, it seems to be matching CPU load (which would make sense, run fans at lower speed to save energy when CPU load is low, and PWM according to the CPU load)... However, this is rather annoying and extremely loud. The fan mode is set to "Energy Saving/ES" in the BIOS. I tried with Balanced, the fans were running at 4600RPM. Very loud.
IPMIView says the fan mode is "Standard" but again, it shows more fan modes available than I have in the BIOS so perhaps its not so reliable after all.... Moreover, the choices are all grayed out. Web IPMI doesnt show any Fan Mode options.
System temp is 24C and CPU temp are reported LOW. Room temp is around 25C as I have AC. CPU cooling is PASSIVE (2U chassis) with plastic shroud.
Question 1: As I am sleeping a room next to the one where this server is, I NEED these fans to run at no more than 3500 rpm... I read a lot about ipmitool, but the more I read the more I'm confused and most (if not all) examples are for Intel motherboards. I have a H8DCL-iF with Opteron CPUs...
Question 2: Why am I not seeing any Fan options in the IPMI? Latest IPMI (3.16) and BIOS are installed.
Grateful if anybody can help me with this annoying fan issue. Until this is working better, I need to shutdown the server each night because I cant sleep with this....
Happy to provide all info needed!
Thanks!
Hello again!
I got a 825TQ-R720LPB chassis and transplanted my old proxmox system into it. However, I'm facing an issue with fan speed. Basically they're running at around 3400 RPM but are constantly revving up & down. AFAIK, it seems to be matching CPU load (which would make sense, run fans at lower speed to save energy when CPU load is low, and PWM according to the CPU load)... However, this is rather annoying and extremely loud. The fan mode is set to "Energy Saving/ES" in the BIOS. I tried with Balanced, the fans were running at 4600RPM. Very loud.
IPMIView says the fan mode is "Standard" but again, it shows more fan modes available than I have in the BIOS so perhaps its not so reliable after all.... Moreover, the choices are all grayed out. Web IPMI doesnt show any Fan Mode options.
System temp is 24C and CPU temp are reported LOW. Room temp is around 25C as I have AC. CPU cooling is PASSIVE (2U chassis) with plastic shroud.
Question 1: As I am sleeping a room next to the one where this server is, I NEED these fans to run at no more than 3500 rpm... I read a lot about ipmitool, but the more I read the more I'm confused and most (if not all) examples are for Intel motherboards. I have a H8DCL-iF with Opteron CPUs...
Question 2: Why am I not seeing any Fan options in the IPMI? Latest IPMI (3.16) and BIOS are installed.
Grateful if anybody can help me with this annoying fan issue. Until this is working better, I need to shutdown the server each night because I cant sleep with this....
Happy to provide all info needed!
Thanks!
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