Hi there,
When the fan are spinning too loud, it can be due to:
1. Wrong system fans are connected on the board.
2. Incompatible chassis and wrongly configured SDR.
3. Compatible chassis with a wrongly configured SDR
4. Bios Settings wrongly configured.
I will personally try to check if the chassis is on the compatibility list and the system fan headers are correctly connected by checking the table on the pdf file:
Website: http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5000psl/sb/d36218003s5000pslqsugbackoutline.pdf
Website: http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/chassis/sc5400/sb/d38438002qsug_back1.pdf
If everything is connected correctly, then update the following
Use usb bootable dos method to update the firmware below:
Website: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&Inst=Yes&ProductID=2305&DwnldID=17307&strOSs=5&OSFullName=DOS&lang=eng
The recommended upgrade method, if not updating a hot-swap controller (HSC), is:
BIOS
BMC
FRUSDR
Reboot, and verify BIOS settings
The recommended method with an HSC(backplane) is:
BIOS
BMC
HSC
FRUSDR
Reboot, and verify BIOS settings.
After the update of these firmware, i will go onto the bios and Advanced, System Acoustic and Performance Configuration, Throttling Mode set to Open Loop, Set fan profile as Acoustic and Altitude set 300 or less.
Other than this, next steps will be to verify the sel log and verify the release notes of the firmware if there is anything mentionned.
Hope these were useful,
Regards,
Aryan
Hi,
You need to run the firmware updates to control the fans and update all the sensors records. You get the updates in here:
BTW my experience tells me that is better from ms-dos than any other way. The readme explains how to run it.
Kav00m
Updated the SDR again, and this time it asked me the chassis type. After that throttling is working a treat.
Hi,
S5000PSLSATAR - SERVER BOARD
SC5299DP - INTEL SERVER CHASSIS
I downloaded SLSRPv18.zip file to update the bios.
I have updated the bios to fix the loud sound but instead of fixing it now the light 9(front-last one from top)
is blinking red. Before the update all light were green. There was no error when I updated the
bios.
BIOS
BMC64
FSL46
Please help. Why the light blinking RED ?
You can check the SEL for errors using SEL Viewer: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18949
