topic Power Ambient error message in StoreVirtual Storage

Power Ambient error message

jswest — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:52:20 GMT

I just installed two nodes and I am getting the error message below. I think it means that my nodes are not getting clean, even power but I want to know if anyone else has gotten this or knows for sure what it means.

Thanks

Hostname: P4500-02
IP Address: 192.168.200.3
Management Group: MG-01
Serial Number: 13:B9:03:22:43:AC

Power Ambient = faulty. Power Ambient Temperature = 42

Re: Power Ambient error message

teledata — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:59:52 GMT

I checked in my MIB files, and couldn't find anything regarding the range of acceptable temperature for the Power Supply, but it sounds like 42c (107.6F) is a bit high, and could be triggering the warning.

Is it overly warm in the datacenter? Or it could possibly be a faulty PSU (or maybe a faulty thermo probe). I would call HP Support

Paul Drangeid
TeleData Consulting, Inc.

Re: Power Ambient error message

Uwe Zessin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:18:46 GMT

Could by this problem?

c01959960 - ADVISORY: HP LeftHand P4000 power ambient temperature thresholds are incorrect after upgrading an HP LeftHand P4500 or P4300 to BIOS version 2009.08.04 (A)

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01959960

Re: Power Ambient error message

jswest — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:56:30 GMT

Uwe

Thanks, that was it. I patched my four nodes and we'll see. But that document was the answer.

Jamie

Re: Power Ambient error message

LefthandFan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:40:25 GMT

I had this same problem a few months back. Prior to the patch coming out the workaround was to set the fans to run at full speed in the BIOS.

Re: Power Ambient error message

Jonathon Desmond — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:45:07 GMT

+1 for installing that patch fixes the error. I had the same but 41 degrees.