In ILO2 firmware 2.15 on my DL380 G6, the Temp 30 sensor (location: I/O Board Zone) indicates 65C and my fans are running at 78% capacity. The Caution level for this zone is 110C, and the Critical level is 115C.
Would anyone know where is located the Temp 30 sensor? There are 8 other sensors that point to "I/O Board Zone" locations.
Thank you,
Alexandre
The sensor is likely in the PCIe cage area, above the P410i RAID controller on the motherboard. This would be the rear-right corner of the server chassis looking from the front of the server.
"I/O Zone" in this context means the PCIe bus. Can you give us any detail about any PCIe cards installed in this server? Depending on what's installed, your fan speed will increase. See: Controlling HP ProLiant DL380 G6/G7 fan speed
The image below is from a Gen8 ProLiant, but the hottest areas of the server are basically the same as a G6 or G7. CPU zone and the onboard RAID and PCIe sockets.
The DL380 G6 has 30 temperature sensors. This is from a healthy running G6. Your temperature reading at sensor 30 is not abnormal:
# hplog -t
ID TYPE LOCATION STATUS CURRENT THRESHOLD
1 Basic Sensor Ambient Normal 71F/ 22C 105F/ 41C
2 Basic Sensor CPU (1) Normal 104F/ 40C 179F/ 82C
3 Basic Sensor CPU (2) Normal 104F/ 40C 179F/ 82C
4 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 102F/ 39C 188F/ 87C
5 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 96F/ 36C 188F/ 87C
6 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 95F/ 35C 188F/ 87C
7 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 96F/ 36C 188F/ 87C
8 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 109F/ 43C 194F/ 90C
9 Basic Sensor Pwr. Supply Bay Normal 95F/ 35C 149F/ 65C
10 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 116F/ 47C 194F/ 90C
11 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 98F/ 37C 158F/ 70C
12 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 105F/ 41C 194F/ 90C
13 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 96F/ 36C 158F/ 70C
14 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 98F/ 37C 158F/ 70C
15 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 98F/ 37C 158F/ 70C
16 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 87F/ 31C 158F/ 70C
17 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 100F/ 38C 158F/ 70C
18 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 158F/ 70C
19 Basic Sensor Processor Zone Normal 84F/ 29C 158F/ 70C
20 Basic Sensor Processor Zone Normal 87F/ 31C 158F/ 70C
21 Basic Sensor Processor Zone Normal 93F/ 34C 176F/ 80C
22 Basic Sensor Processor Zone Normal 91F/ 33C 176F/ 80C
23 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 102F/ 39C 170F/ 77C
24 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 91F/ 33C 158F/ 70C
25 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 89F/ 32C 158F/ 70C
26 Basic Sensor Memory Board Normal 89F/ 32C 158F/ 70C
27 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal ---F/---C 158F/ 70C
28 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 102F/ 39C 158F/ 70C
29 Basic Sensor System Board Normal 95F/ 35C 140F/ 60C
30 Basic Sensor I/O Zone Normal 156F/ 69C 230F/110C
The fans for the same system are:
# hplog -f
ID TYPE LOCATION STATUS REDUNDANT FAN SPEED
1 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Low ( 13)
2 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Low ( 34)
3 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Medium ( 41)
4 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Medium ( 43)
5 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Medium ( 43)
6 Var. Speed System Board Normal Yes Low ( 37)
If sensor 29 is reporting high temps when otherwise the server appears to be running idle, it could be that you have non-HP branded drives that are not correctly reporting SMART stats, causing the server to mistakenly think the drives are overheating and so it ramps up the fans. Check out this article for more info: http://dascomputerconsultants.com/HPCompaqServerDrives.htm
