Fan Control on X10 board

[Mathgeek]

Hi All:

I've been stabilizing my second Freenas server after a few DOA hardware pieces that were difficult to diagnose. One of the items I am trying to get working is fan control. My motherboard is a X10SRL-F in a 4u SuperMicro Chassis. The fans are set up per the scripts (FANA feeds the 3 mid-chassis fans and FAN1, 3, & 4 feed fans on the CPU heatsink and the rear case fans). I have reviewed all the documentation, set the upper and lower thresholds, and am now realizing that regardless of scripts, it seems like the duty cycle is not being set. I say this after trying the raw set/read commands myself and running the spintest script - you can see the output below. Any ideas on why this isn't working? I've tried searching in case there was an obvious config change that I needed to make but can't find it.

Thanks again for all your help.

-A

Code:

Saturday, Apr 07, 17:19:15
								 ___Duty%___  Curr_RPM____________________
						MODE	 Zone0 Zone1  FANA  FAN1  FAN2  FAN3  FAN4
Conditions before test  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000

Are you ready to begin? (y/n)
y

Saturday, Apr 07, 17:19:19
								 ___Duty%___  Curr_RPM____________________
						MODE	 Zone0 Zone1  FANA  FAN1  FAN2  FAN3  FAN4
Duty cycle 100%		 Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 90%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 80%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 70%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 60%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 50%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 40%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 30%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000
Duty cycle 20%		  Full	   100   100  4800  1600   ---  6100  6000

And in case it is helpful, sensor list is:

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CPU Temp		 | 26.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| 0.000	 | 0.000	 | 0.000	 | 91.000	| 96.000	| 96.000
PCH Temp		 | 29.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 16.000	| 90.000	| 95.000	| 100.000
System Temp	  | 18.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -10.000   | -5.000	| 0.000	 | 80.000	| 85.000	| 90.000
Peripheral Temp  | 22.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -10.000   | -5.000	| 0.000	 | 80.000	| 85.000	| 90.000
VcpuVRM Temp	 | 28.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -5.000	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 95.000	| 100.000   | 105.000
VmemABVRM Temp   | 28.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -5.000	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 95.000	| 100.000   | 105.000
VmemCDVRM Temp   | 23.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -5.000	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 95.000	| 100.000   | 105.000
DIMMA1 Temp	  | 21.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -5.000	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 80.000	| 85.000	| 90.000
DIMMA2 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
DIMMB1 Temp	  | 20.000	 | degrees C  | ok	| -5.000	| 0.000	 | 5.000	 | 80.000	| 85.000	| 90.000
DIMMB2 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
DIMMC1 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
DIMMC2 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
DIMMD1 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
DIMMD2 Temp	  | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
FAN1			 | 1600.000   | RPM		| ok	| 300.000   | 400.000   | 500.000   | 1700.000  | 1800.000  | 2000.000
FAN2			 | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
FAN3			 | 6100.000   | RPM		| nr	| 500.000   | 600.000   | 700.000   | 5600.000  | 5800.000  | 6000.000
FAN4			 | 6000.000   | RPM		| nr	| 500.000   | 600.000   | 700.000   | 5600.000  | 5800.000  | 6000.000
FAN5			 | na		 |			| na	| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
FANA			 | 4800.000   | RPM		| ok	| 300.000   | 400.000   | 500.000   | 5600.000  | 5800.000  | 6000.000
12V			  | 12.000	 | Volts	  | ok	| 10.173	| 10.299	| 10.740	| 12.945	| 13.260	| 13.386
5VCC			 | 5.026	  | Volts	  | ok	| 4.246	 | 4.298	 | 4.480	 | 5.390	 | 5.546	 | 5.598
3.3VCC		   | 3.350	  | Volts	  | ok	| 2.789	 | 2.823	 | 2.959	 | 3.554	 | 3.656	 | 3.690
VBAT			 | 3.047	  | Volts	  | ok	| 2.375	 | 2.487	 | 2.599	 | 3.775	 | 3.887	 | 3.999
Vcpu			 | 1.809	  | Volts	  | ok	| 1.242	 | 1.260	 | 1.395	 | 1.899	 | 2.088	 | 2.106
VDIMMAB		  | 1.200	  | Volts	  | ok	| 0.948	 | 0.975	 | 1.047	 | 1.344	 | 1.425	 | 1.443
VDIMMCD		  | 1.191	  | Volts	  | ok	| 0.948	 | 0.975	 | 1.047	 | 1.344	 | 1.425	 | 1.443
5VSB			 | 4.948	  | Volts	  | ok	| 4.246	 | 4.298	 | 4.480	 | 5.390	 | 5.546	 | 5.598
3.3VSB		   | 3.316	  | Volts	  | ok	| 2.789	 | 2.823	 | 2.959	 | 3.554	 | 3.656	 | 3.690
1.5V PCH		 | 1.518	  | Volts	  | ok	| 1.320	 | 1.347	 | 1.401	 | 1.644	 | 1.671	 | 1.698
1.2V BMC		 | 1.218	  | Volts	  | ok	| 1.020	 | 1.047	 | 1.092	 | 1.344	 | 1.371	 | 1.398
1.05V PCH		| 1.050	  | Volts	  | ok	| 0.870	 | 0.897	 | 0.942	 | 1.194	 | 1.221	 | 1.248
Chassis Intru	| 0x1		| discrete   | 0x0100| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
PS1 Status	   | 0x1		| discrete   | 0x0100| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na
PS2 Status	   | 0x1		| discrete   | 0x0100| na		| na		| na		| na		| na		| na

 

[Mathgeek]

Found the solution. Apparently on my board (maybe all?) mode needs to be set to full prior to adjusting duty cycle.

Code:

ipmitool raw 0x30 0x45 0x01 0x01

 

[Stux]

Otherwise the IPMI will override your changes