Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:15:28 -0700 From: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> To: "akanwar@digitarchy.com" <akanwar@digitarchy.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi needed to control fans on HP Proliant Message-ID: <20030824031528.GA6692@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <226200-220038623182646152@M2W097.mail2web.com> References: <226200-220038623182646152@M2W097.mail2web.com>
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I'll repeat once again, IPMI doesn't work on Proliants. You need their health driver which is available for Linux on their website. HP may very well decide to release the port to FreeBSD that Peter Wemm did for them, so that Yahoo! could slow the fan speeds down, but it is for HP to decide if that work will get released. akanwar@digitarchy.com (akanwar@digitarchy.com) wrote: > Hi Paul and Lanny, > > Thanks for your replies. > > Paul, you keep insisting that HP's use a seperate driver ... seems like you > run some of these machines :). DO you have any knowledge of what interface > the HP driver uses to control fan speed ? Any way to get the source code > for their Linux Driver ? > > Lanny, How do i build in IPMI-BMC support into the 4.8 kernel ? What OS do > you use ? "BMC/FRUSDR/BIOS upgrade files" might not be available for the HP > branded OS. > > If I can get a starting point, I will roll my own driver. > > Thanks again, > -ansh > > > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Lanny Baron lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM > Date: 23 Aug 2003 10:02:15 -0400 > To: ps@mu.org, akanwar@digitarchy.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: acpi needed to control fans on HP Proliant > > > Hi Paul, > Well perhaps I gave info that was confusing. > > IPMI is used to communicate with the BMC and FRUSDR. The BMC sensors get > the information and/or logs and status on various components such as > fans, power supplies and cpus. The BMC which is part of the Server Board > also controls the fan speeds. > > Clearly the screenshots on our site with respect to IPMI do show > lower/upper limits as well as current status of components. > > Lanny > > On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 05:37, Paul Saab wrote: > > 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 > > > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > > > > -- > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > Lanny Baron > Proud to be 100% FreeBSD > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > -- -ps
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