TEMPERATURE - Auto shutdown options?

[Guest MSUTech]

Hello All,

 

I have some DELL Poweredge Servers and due to some HEAT issues, I noticed

that one of our servers shut itself down. Can you tell me where this option

is? Is it within DELL's OpenManage OR is it within Windows Server 2003?

 

thanks..

[Guest Victor]

RE: TEMPERATURE - Auto shutdown options?

 

That would have to be within the Dell BIOS, not Windows. If there are

overheating issues, I'd rather correct that first, but thats just my opinion.

 

"MSUTech" wrote:

> Hello All,

>

> I have some DELL Poweredge Servers and due to some HEAT issues, I noticed

> that one of our servers shut itself down. Can you tell me where this option

> is? Is it within DELL's OpenManage OR is it within Windows Server 2003?

>

> thanks..

[Guest Branlebât]

Re: TEMPERATURE - Auto shutdown options?

 

Victor a émis l'idée suivante :

> That would have to be within the Dell BIOS, not Windows.

 

Yes, in the BIOS. And DELL talk to him via it's driver

> If there are

> overheating issues, I'd rather correct that first, but thats just my opinion.

 

Hééééé ;>)) +1

[Guest Anteaus]

Re: TEMPERATURE - Auto shutdown options?

 

 

"Branlebât" wrote:

> Yes, in the BIOS. And DELL talk to him via it's driver

 

You may find there are two, in the BIOS and in a Windows utility. The

Windows utility will shutdown the server by issung an OS command. This should

not do any harm, other than inconveneice of course! The BIOS option though

generally operates by cutting the power directly, so you only want that to

happen in the event of a contingency which would otherwise fry the processor.

 

I find it surprising that a Poweredge would be overheating, it's more likely

you would need to bolt the thing down to stop it hovering, it has so many

fans. Perhaps a little investigation of why the overheat message is being

produced is in-order. It might be genuine (stopped fans) or a BIOS glitch.

I've seen a case where a fan had stopped because of BIOS issues, there was

nothing wrong with the fan.

 

In the latter case, swapping the dead fan with an identical one from another

bay convinced the BIOS to correct its data. (Seems these fans must be

identity-coded or summat, they aren't just simple DC motors that's for sure)

 

Hint: On these machines you can generally tell if you've got a fan fault

because all of the other fans go to emergency speed, which causes a very

obvious rise in noise level.

 

Oh, and when troubleshooting, never run a RAID bay with the covers off for

more than few minutes at a time. In this condition it has no forced draught,

and will fry the HD's.

 

Hope this helps track-down the problem.

 

Anteaus.