From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 19 08:36:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86724106567C for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:36:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattblists@icritical.com) Received: from mail2.icritical.com (mail2.icritical.com [212.57.248.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD8058FC19 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:36:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 21478 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2012 08:29:23 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by mail2.icritical.com with SMTP; 19 Sep 2012 08:29:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 21457 invoked by uid 599); 19 Sep 2012 08:29:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO PDC002.icritical.int) (212.57.254.146) by mail2.icritical.com (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:29:21 +0100 Message-ID: <50598260.60006@icritical.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:29:20 +0100 From: Matt Burke User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120906 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Carroll References: <5058835D.4090307@dannysplace.net> <50589053.4070202@sentex.net> <5058DE26.3060704@dannysplace.net> In-Reply-To: <5058DE26.3060704@dannysplace.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TLS-Incoming: YES X-Virus-Scanned: by iCritical at mail2.icritical.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supermicro X7SBE with Chenbro 16 bay 4U case X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:36:02 -0000 On 09/18/12 21:48, Dan Carroll wrote: >> Is it the card, or the MB that is beeping ? Did you try and look at the >> RAID card to see if its complaining about a disk ? > > I think it's the chassis to be honest. If your chassis is the RM41416, or similar to it, then there'll be an 'alarm silence' button on the front. A bent paperclip will tell you if it's the chassis or PSU screaming. Is your PSU overloaded? I found that with 16x 7200RPM SAS disks and a dual socket motherboard with a "triple redundant" PSU, the total power consumption measured at the plug socket was something like 550W idle, 680W at full tilt. -- The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error, or there are any problems with its content, please contact the sender. iCritical is a trading name of Critical Software Ltd. Registered in England: 04909220. Registered Office: IC2, Keele Science Park, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5NH. This message has been scanned for security threats by iCritical. www.icritical.com