Redundant hot-plug fans – HP DL385 User Manual

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4.

Install the tape drive.

Redundant hot-plug fans

NOTE: This procedure shows images of the SCSI model server, but it also applies to the SAS model server.

In the standard configuration, five fans cool the server. For the redundant configuration, three additional

fans are added to allow the server to continue operation in non-redundant mode if any one fan fails.
The server supports variable fan speeds to allow the speed of all fans to increase if the temperature in any

area increases. The fans will run at minimum speed until a temperature change requires a fan speed

increase to cool the server.
The server shuts down in the following scenarios:

At POST:

The BIOS suspends the server for 5 minutes if it detects a cautionary temperature level. If the

cautionary temperature level is still detected after 5 minutes, the BIOS performs an orderly

shutdown and then restarts. This process repeats until the cautionary temperature level is no

longer detected.

The BIOS performs an orderly shutdown if less than five fans are operating in the standard

configuration or if less than seven fans are operating in the redundant configuration.

The server performs an immediate shutdown if it detects a critical temperature level.

IMPORTANT: An immediate shutdown is a hardware-controlled function and it overrides any firmware or

software actions.

In the OS:

With the health driver loaded and thermal shutdown enabled in RBSU, the health driver performs

an orderly shutdown if it detects a cautionary temperature level. If the server detects a critical

temperature level before the orderly shutdown occurs, the server performs an immediate

shutdown.
Additionally, the health driver performs an orderly shutdown if less than five fans are operating

in the standard configuration, or if less than seven fans are operating in the redundant

configuration.

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