From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 23 02:37:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2A4516A4BF for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490E543FCB for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:37:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 15CBA2ED437; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:37:10 -0700 From: Paul Saab To: Lanny Baron Message-ID: <20030823093710.GA51062@elvis.mu.org> References: <57050-220038320232244713@M2W077.mail2web.com> <20030821074452.GA40274@elvis.mu.org> <1061614388.1289.26.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1061614388.1289.26.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: "akanwar@digitarchy.com" cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi needed to control fans on HP Proliant X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:37:10 -0000 No, this stuff wont work on Proliants. Proliants do not use ipmi and they require a separate driver to allow fan control and other stuff. Lanny Baron (lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM) 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" > > > > -- > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > Lanny Baron > Proud to be 100% FreeBSD > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM > Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > -- -ps