This topic may have come up a few times, but I did not find a definitive answer, so here is my question: Is it possible to monitor (and control) fans hooked up to a BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane?
I have a CSE-846 case with said backplane and a X9DRi-F mainboard installed. For the sake of quieter operation, I'm in the process of replacing the fan wall with a custom build one sporting 6 Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 fans (for increased static pressure). The mainboard has 8 fan headers, but I now have 10 fans in the case and don't necessarily want to use y-splitters.
There is a I²C header on the backplane, where the manual says this can be used to monitor and control the fans?!
The mainboard also has such a connector, but connecting those 2 does not make the fans run any slower nor do the fans appear somewhere in the IPMI interface of the MB.
Edit: Cable used: Supermicro CBL-CDAT-0601
I have a CSE-846 case with said backplane and a X9DRi-F mainboard installed. For the sake of quieter operation, I'm in the process of replacing the fan wall with a custom build one sporting 6 Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-3000 fans (for increased static pressure). The mainboard has 8 fan headers, but I now have 10 fans in the case and don't necessarily want to use y-splitters.
There is a I²C header on the backplane, where the manual says this can be used to monitor and control the fans?!
The mainboard also has such a connector, but connecting those 2 does not make the fans run any slower nor do the fans appear somewhere in the IPMI interface of the MB.
Edit: Cable used: Supermicro CBL-CDAT-0601
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