DL380 G2 System Management Driver

[Christopher Lamb]

I am trying to figure out how to get the fans on my G2 to spin down with Server 2008 installed. Everything else works fine with 2008, but I can't get the System Management driver that controls them to install, nor find a piece of software to at least take over the fans (i.e. SpeedFan simply locks up). I've tried the 2003 driver (worked for the NICs), and the G4+ drivers as well (says wrong device). Is there a work-around to get it to install, or a different driver/software I can use?

Also, I understand that the G2 series is not Server 2008 supported, but as this is a home server it's not feasible to buy a newer one, but I do need IIS 7 for development work.

Thanks,
Chris

[Brian_Murdoch]

Hi Chris,

If you extract the 2003 Management Driver kit rather than directly install it and then manually install the driver from Device Manager, does that work?

Brian

[Christopher Lamb]

No dice unfortunately. Looked hopeful for a second, but I it fails with "device attached to the system is not functioning".