Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:59:41 -0700 From: jasondic@sbcglobal.net To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi needed to control fans on HP Proliant Message-ID: <200308240859.41048.jasondic@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <1061614388.1289.26.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com> References: <57050-220038320232244713@M2W077.mail2web.com> <20030821074452.GA40274@elvis.mu.org> <1061614388.1289.26.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com>
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Please cancel this whole order. -Jason On Friday 22 August 2003 21:53, Lanny Baron wrote: > Hi, > I think if you check out http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM/ipmi.html it will > give you an idea of how to monitor what your Server hardware is doing. > > In terms of fan speeds, it is controlled by the BMC. > > On our Servers, until we do a complete upgrade of the BIOS and BMC the > fans are good for a jet on takeoff. Once we have done the upgrade, the > Server fans slow down considerably. > > Having said that, perhaps ask your HP rep to get you (if it even > available..we don't sell hp servers) the BMC/FRUSDR/BIOS upgrade files. > > Hope that helps you out. > > Regards, > Lanny > > On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 03:44, Paul Saab wrote: > > Your HP rep is lying to you. You have to have their health driver > > (not ACPI) which is not available for FreeBSD. > > > > akanwar@digitarchy.com (akanwar@digitarchy.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I run FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE on about 70 i386 boxes. Now we are evaluating > > > a HP Proliant DL360 G3 servers for BSD compatability. > > > > > > All seems good except except the fact that the fans in the server run > > > full steam all the time (and they are LOUD). My HP rep tells me that if > > > I install Windows on this box, it will automatically control fan speed > > > via acpi. > > > > > > How do I do the same in FreeBSD 4.8 ? > > > > > > I do not see any "acpi0" messages in the dmesg. > > > > > > Thanks for your time, > > > > > > -ansh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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