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тАО01-14-2011 10:54 PM
тАО01-14-2011 10:54 PM
Any way to reduce C3000 noise
We have a C3000 with 2 active blade. The fan noise it generates is absolutely unbearable. OA shows fans running at 56% and it already is a jet engine.
Just want to know if there are any things we can purchase or settings we can tweak to make the fan slower.
I've already upgraded all the firmware using the DEC-2010 firmware DVD, and OA is now showing firmware 3.2.1 and iLO2 is 2.05.
This is not a new piece of kit, we had it running at our old office and we dedicated the store room for it, next to the kitchen, and it has been running for 2 years. But now we have relocated, and the room where we are placing this kit has people working close to the room. Even with the door closed, workers outside are complaining about the noise.
Just wonder do others with C3000 find this thing super noisy? How do you cope? I can't see how HP can sell this thing as suitable for use in an open plan office.
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тАО01-15-2011 10:01 AM
тАО01-15-2011 10:01 AM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
how many fans are there and what is placement of these fans(slot no)
server slot number ?
or you just attach the show all report (generated from OA >> enclosure settings ) for us to check the configuration and advice you best an possible way to reduce the noice.
thanks,
Aftab
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тАО01-15-2011 02:07 PM
тАО01-15-2011 02:07 PM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
Power Mode: Redundant
Dynamic Power: Enabled
Set Power Limit: Not Set
Power Capacity: 2400 Watts DC
Power Available: 1388 Watts DC
Power Allocated: 1012 Watts DC
Present Power: 592 Watts AC
Power Limit: 2918 Watts AC
Enclosure:
Status: OK
Unit Identification LED: Off
Diagnostic Status:
Internal Data OK
Onboard Administrator:
Status: OK
Power Subsystem:
Status: OK
Power Mode: Redundant
Redundancy State: Redundant
Power Capacity: 2400 Watts DC
Power Available: 1388 Watts DC
Present Power: 584 Watts AC
Cooling Subsystem:
Status: OK
Fans Good/Wanted/Needed: 6/4/3
Fan 1: 9500 RPM (53%)
Fan 2: 7345 RPM (41%)
Fan 3: 9499 RPM (53%)
Fan 4: 9504 RPM (53%)
Fan 5: 7344 RPM (41%)
Fan 6: 9501 RPM (53%)
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тАО01-15-2011 02:25 PM
тАО01-15-2011 02:25 PM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
thanks for sharing the info.
Configuration looks absolutely fine..
I had observed the same issue some time back and what I did to isolate was to remove blade one by one to see if a particular blade is causing this... and we found out the issue with ILO firmware of one of blade server though it was the same level I had to downgrade and upgrade it again to fix the issue.
Also I guess you must have populated all the bays with a component or a blank.
also check the syslog for OA/server if any message is being generated.
thanks,
Aftab
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тАО01-15-2011 02:30 PM
тАО01-15-2011 02:30 PM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
Just out of interest, what is the typical fan speed of your setup?
Cheers,
Ed
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тАО01-16-2011 07:54 AM
тАО01-16-2011 07:54 AM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
I have just two blade and fan speed is 39%
did you swap the fans or notice which fan is making more noice?
Reseat the OA. when OA is pullled out fans will go full speed this is normal , put it back in and all will go back to normal.
thanks,
Aftab
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тАО01-16-2011 11:47 PM
тАО01-16-2011 11:47 PM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
both in the c3000 and in the room?
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тАО01-17-2011 12:24 AM
тАО01-17-2011 12:24 AM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
Enclosure Ambient Temperature23├В┬░C / 73.4├В┬░F
Blade 1 BL460G1
System Zone 41├В┬░C
CPU Zone 30├В┬░C
CPU 1 30├В┬░C
CPU Zone 29├В┬░C
CPU 2 N/A
Memory Zone 56├В┬░C
Ambient Zone 23├В┬░C
Blade 2 BL460G2
System Zone 45├В┬░C
CPU Zone 30├В┬░C
CPU 1 30├В┬░C
CPU Zone 30├В┬░C
CPU 2 N/A
Memory Zone 60├В┬░C
Ambient Zone 24├В┬░C
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тАО01-17-2011 12:42 AM
тАО01-17-2011 12:42 AM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
We have 18 - 19 degrees air temp,
Enclosure Ambient 20,
and my fans are running at 31 - 34 % speed.
(I have a c7000, full of fans and PSUs, 2 x FC and 2 x Eth Switches, and 7 BL460c G6 servers, so )
As for HPs 'open plan office' suggestion, well...
Assuming that the office is located in a building where they habitually stress-test jet engines, it would be a possible use, yes...
(Had an incident with the old 1.80 ILO FW when it was new, which kicked the fan speed up to 79%... )
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тАО01-17-2011 12:50 AM
тАО01-17-2011 12:50 AM
Re: Any way to reduce C3000 noise
Yeah our deployment is definitely what in the HP promotional video as the "non data center", I'll talk to the office manager to see if we can crank down the air con, but I suspect, human within the office will probably don't like that cold.
Funny thing is when I saw the C3000 at trade show, it wasn't as loud. I wonder are there special *undocumented* CLI commands to up the fan threshold?