ML110 Gen11 - Fan noise not solved. HP needs to address this.

[jkubis]

Other thread says this issue is solved but it is not. HP and their engineers have tried to fix this but it's not fixed.

[Mr_Techie]

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@jkubis wrote:

Other thread says this issue is solved but it is not. HP and their engineers have tried to fix this but it's not fixed.

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I would say give it a try to the instructions shared in below thread, I hope that helps...

problem with fan noise

[ChoccyIT]

I've unboxed a new HPE ML110 Gen11 server today and the fan noise is ridiculous. Nobody in the office can hear themselves think.

All HPE original parts - just the server, a redundant power supply and 4x SATA SSD drives. I've installed Windows Server 2022 on a VROC RAID and the deafening fan noise is constant, even when the server is just idle.

I'm not going to be able to deliver it to a customer like this.

[ChoccyIT]

UPDATE: I'm hopeful that I've managed to resolve the issue now. I installed:

Gen11 Service Pack for ProLiant (which I think was already installed, but I ran it again just in case)

and:

Patch bundle for Gen11 SPP 2023.10.00.00 (version 2023.10.00.03 2024-02-06)

The fan noise stopped during the installation, before I'd even got to the reboot part of it.

Now whenever I do a reboot, I do still get the loud fan noise (from the rear fan) but it subsides two or three minutes after Windows has loaded and goes down to an acceptable level - almost silent in fact. It has been running for about 24 hours now without the loud noise returning, so hopefully the service pack and patch bundle have fixed the issue.

[Sunitha_Mod]

Hello @ChoccyIT,

That's excellent! 

We are extremely glad to know you were able to find the solution and we appreciate you for keeping us posted. 

[Rihan]

@ChoccyIT Can you please share the link. i am still having issues with alot of these servers on bios version 2.16

Please also advise on how I can run the file on the server etc. 

[ChoccyIT]

I think I got them from here:

https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/product?kmpmoid=1014705725&tab=driversAndSoftware&cep=on&driversAndSoftwareFilter=8000114

You need to sign into your HPE account to download them.