Change temperature warning threshold on Proliant servers

[Jens Morten Paulen]

Is it possible to change temperature warning threshold on Proliant servers with Hp agent version 6.40? How?
regards
Jens Morten

[David Claypool]

No, it's not. Settings are based on the specs of the internal components such as processors and the actual values are computed based on the location of the sensor. For example, the threshold may be set at 29C because that's the temp at the sensor's location when the processor is at 34C.

Why would you want to change it? If you're trying to infer environmental temperature, you're much better off with a device for that purpose, like the HP Console Management Controller and others.

[Jens Morten Paulen]

Thanks for quick reply!

The reason why I want to change the warning, is due to problems with the aircondition. I want an earlier warning, so we have a chance to fix the aircondition before the server shutdown.
Anyway this is a kind of a workaround till the aircondition is fixed.

regards
Jens Morten

[Steve Kadish]

What is the HP Console Monitor Controller?

Thanks,
- Steve

[David Claypool]

Steve, that would be Console *Management* Controller. It's a rack option designed for monitoring input voltage, temperature (up to two), humidity, smoke, mechanical shock/vibration or intrusion sensors. Probably overkill for every rack, but 1 per data center might be a good idea for remote monitoring of environmentals by the server admins (since sometimes building management systems aren't accessible to the server admins).

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/rack-options/cmc/index.html

[Steve Kadish]

Oh... thanks! We already have a monitor - not from HP, but it does the same thing. It has a creepy mechanical voice. :-)