Proliant DL380 G8 Thermal Shutdown

[ElvinY]

Hi,

Anyone knows what is the temperature that will trigger a thermal shutdown of a Proliant DL380 G8 server ?

[waaronb]

The temp thresholds should show up in the ILO status page for temperature.  It will show the current temp and then the warning/critical thresholds.

[ElvinY]

Hi waaronb,

Thanks.

will try look at that.

[Hazem Bahgat]

greetings,

the temprature varies depending on the component and sensor, a system board temperature probe tends to hover around 70-80 degrees Celsius, you can change the cooling settings from your RBSU

here is a typical gen8 DL380 readings:

ID TYPE LOCATION STATUS CURRENT THRESHOLD

1 Basic Sensor Ambient Normal 64F/ 18C 107F/ 42C

2 Basic Sensor CPU (1) Normal 104F/ 40C 158F/ 70C

3 Basic Sensor CPU (2) Normal ---F/---C 158F/ 70C

4 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 78F/ 26C 188F/ 87C

5 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 77F/ 25C 188F/ 87C

6 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 80F/ 27C 188F/ 87C

7 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 82F/ 28C 188F/ 87C

8 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal ---F/---C 188F/ 87C

9 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal ---F/---C 188F/ 87C

10 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal ---F/---C 188F/ 87C

11 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal ---F/---C 188F/ 87C

12 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 95F/ 35C 140F/ 60C

13 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 111F/ 44C 221F/105C

14 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 73F/ 23C ---F/---C

15 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 73F/ 23C ---F/---C

16 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 75F/ 24C 167F/ 75C

17 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 87F/ 31C 239F/115C

18 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 78F/ 26C 239F/115C

19 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 78F/ 26C 239F/115C

20 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 86F/ 30C 239F/115C

21 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 77F/ 25C 239F/115C

22 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 78F/ 26C 239F/115C

23 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 84F/ 29C 194F/ 90C

24 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 75F/ 24C 194F/ 90C

25 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 158F/ 70C 212F/100C

26 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 89F/ 32C 194F/ 90C

27 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

28 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

29 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

30 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

31 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

32 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

33 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 212F/100C

34 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 78F/ 26C 149F/ 65C

35 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 80F/ 27C 150F/ 66C

36 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 80F/ 27C 150F/ 66C

37 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 149F/ 65C

38 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 149F/ 65C

39 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 149F/ 65C

40 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 89F/ 32C 150F/ 66C

41 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 150F/ 66C

42 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 75F/ 24C 203F/ 95C

43 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 104F/ 40C 194F/ 90C

44 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 86F/ 30C 176F/ 80C

45 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 62F/ 17C 149F/ 65C

46 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 86F/ 30C 167F/ 75C

47 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 82F/ 28C 167F/ 75C

48 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 89F/ 32C 167F/ 75C

49 Basic Sensor Chassis Normal 84F/ 29C 167F/ 75C

50 Basic Sensor Chassis Normal 86F/ 30C 167F/ 75C

[ElvinY]

Hi Hazem,

I have went into RBSU but found only the settings for Thermal Shutdown to be enabled but could not find any section to change the settings.

However, I will relook at this again.

I have a situation with these details:

1. The the front panel 'Over Temp' light is flashing red and the server shutdown itself. Window sevent log states that the server power manager initates a shutdown transition.

2. This should be a thermal shutdown due to the temperature threshold have been reached.

3. The aircond unit must have failed or stopped.

4, However, there is anohter DL380 G5 server in the same rack but this server continues to run.

Does it means the G5 server thresold is set much higher ?

5. As mentioned, I have not been able to find the thresold settings for the G8 server at this point. But i have a screenshot of the DL380G5 server that is running on the same rack. See attached.

6. Do you have a sample of the temperature thresold settings on a DL380 G8 server so maybe I can do a comparison with the one on the DL380 G5 ?

Thanks

[waaronb]

Did you ever log in to the ILO and check it out in there?

The DL380 G5 might have different thresholds than the Gen8.  It will have a different CPU with different TDP, and maybe a different # of drives or memory.  Even though the ambient temp is the same for both of them when your server room AC failed, they don't generate the same amount of internal heat probably, so the temps inside the box will be different.  If that DL380 G5 isn't doing a heavy workload then that's probably why it kept running.

Even if the 2 servers were identicaly, if their workloads are different then they won't have the same internal temps.

I hope that helps, and if you need any help checking the ILO for the system status, make sure you have ILO setup for remote access (IP address, you've setup a user/pass or know the default admin password, etc).

It's pretty easy to get to... you just login and click on the system information section which has tabs for fans, temperature, drives, etc.

If the system is turned off, some readings might not be available since they only show up when the server is turned on, but I think the temperature tab will still show the thresholds for warning/critical.

[ElvinY]

Thanks Waaronb,

Will try that