![]() When I first got into servers and HomeLab years ago, the standard and accepted way to quiet down PowerEdge servers was to add a resistor in series with each of the fans. ![]() Fear not! This quick tutorial will get your server to STFU in no time! ![]() Or worse yet, you just added an "unsupported" GPU or another PCIe device to your PowerEdge and now the fans are ripping at near 100% and screaming away like a jet engine. Much quieter.You just got your new shiny Dell PowerEdge server all set up, but you are getting annoyed by the constant fan ramping up and down or the louder than desired whining of fans. I needed this because my computer has different fan zones, and I wanted the CPU zone to have a lower RPM than the PCIe zones, and now I can. ![]() If you use a an incorrect number it will throw an error on ipmitool and not cause any damage. Where ? is a zero indexed fan number and # is as above. Ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IP -U $USER -P $PASS raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0x? 0x# Where # is 00 to 64, which is mapped to 0% to 100%.Īll the above info is available all over the place, but it turns out the same command can be used to target individual fans too: Ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IP -U $USER -P $PASS raw 0x30 0x30 0x02 0xff 0x# Ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IP -U $USER -P $PASS raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x01Ĭontrolling all fans at once can be done with: Ipmitool -I lanplus -H $IP -U $USER -P $PASS raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00 The command to turn on manual control is: I couldn't find any info about this here or elsewhere on the internet, but I was playing around with ipmitool today and figured out how to control PowerEdge fans individually (at least on my T630). r/HomeNetworking - Simpler networking advice. r/pfsense - for all things pfsense ('nix firewall) Might be able to find things useful for a lab. r/hardwareswap - Used hardware, swap hardware. r/buildapcsales - For sales on building a PC r/linux - All flavors of Linux discussion & news - not for the faint of heart! Try to be specific with your questions if possible. r/linux4noobs - Newbie friendly place to learn Linux! All experience levels. r/datacenter - Talk of anything to do with the datacenter here We have an official, partnered Discord server which is great for all kinds of discussions and questions, invite link is clickable button at the top of the sidebar or right here.Keep piracy discussion off of this subreddit.Īll sales posts and online offers should be posted in /r/homelabsales.īefore posting please read the wiki, there is always content being added and it could save you a lot of time and hassle.įeel like helping out your fellow labber? Contribute to the wiki! It's a great help for everybody, just remember to keep the formatting please. Report any posts that you feel should be brought to our attention. We love detailed homelab builds, especially network diagrams! Post about your homelab, discussion of your homelab, questions you may have, or general discussion about transition your skill from the homelab to the workplace. Please see the full rules page for details on the rules, but the jist of it is: Labporn Diagrams Tutorials News Subreddit Rules New to Homelab? Start Here! Homelab Wiki HomelabSales
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