DL360 G5 - Fan's speed not scaling with temperature

[J_P]

Greetings,

I have some concerns regarding how the fans are operating in my DL360 G5 server. 

Hardware:

DL360 G5 - 1U server

2x xeon L5420

8x 2GB DIMMs

Operating System:

VMware VSphere 5.0 (ESXI)

Situation:

Fan speed does not seem to scale with temperature change.  E.G the server will heat up but the fans will stay at around 30% speed (according to ILO2).  The primary heat producer appears to be the memory.  Runs around 49C according to sensor. 

Question:

1. Is there anything I can do to make these fans run faster?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

-Joshua

[Suman_1978]

Hi Joshua,

Regarding this issue, you could consider updating BIOS and iLO firmware.

If you check the iLO firmware revision history, there have been some updates regarding the temperature problems.

[J_P]

BIOS and ILO2 Firmware are up to date.  Any other ideas?

[talexweb]

Hello, 

How did you get to regulate the fans in order to max them out. I have the same problem, fans at 34%, 29%, 37% no matter what the temperature is.