HPE 5900 switch FAN direction fault

[Muthukumar1]

Hi Team,

               We have recently power on the HPE 5900 switch and found the issue that Fan direction fault. Could you sugest on this..Please refer the  below Disply power and display Fan output command output..Please suggest on this..

[HPE]display power
Slot 1:
Input Power: 117(W)
PowerID State Mode Current(A) Voltage(V) Power(W)
1 Normal AC -- -- --
2 Normal AC -- -- --

[HPE]dis
[HPE]display fan
Slot 1:
Fan 1:
State : FanDirectionFault
Airflow Direction: Port-to-power
Prefer Airflow Direction: Power-to-port
Fan 2:
State : FanDirectionFault
Airflow Direction: Port-to-power
Prefer Airflow Direction: Power-to-port

[Ivan_B]

Hi @Muthukumar1 

system-view
fan prefer-direction slot <slot_number> port-to-power

[Muthukumar1]

Hi team,

          Thanks for your suggestion and get back to you if any challenges on this.

Thanks

Muthukumar

[Ivan_B · Accepted solution]

It will work. If any challenges, try to start your research here - https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00037014en_us , Page 151. 

In general do not underestimate usefulness of HPE support portal - https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home It contains all the documentation for our products and many articles for configuration and troubleshooting. Questions like this one about preferred direction of fans could be successfuly self-resolved in 5 minutes using that amazing tool. 

[Muthukumar1]

Hi team,

              sorry for the inconvenience if any woundable questions.

Regards

Muthukumar

[Ivan_B]

Hi @Muthukumar1 !

You are very welcomed to ask ANY questions you want and we are always happy to help you. I am just trying to give you very handy tools to improve resolution time as 5 mins reading instead of hours waiting for the answer on forum may save you a lot of time.

[Muthukumar1]

HI Ivan,

Thansk for your support and after confiured the commands as per you suggestion, now Fan status is fine.

 i am in struggling on Firmware ugradation and requesting you could you suggest the issue as well. Firmware upgradation as a seperate dicussion..Please response my discussion.

Thanks

Muthukumar