Manually set the fan speed on Dell PowerEdge & HPE ProLiant servers! Scroll down to view the step by step procedure, list of commands, as well as the list of fan% to hexadecimal conversions. 🔷FOLLOW MY SOCIALS🔷 Discord - discord.gg/QsPh5rPBcV Instagram - instagram.com/warning_56k/ TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@warning56k Twitter - twitter.com/Warning_56k Facebook - facebook.com/Warning56k Other Helpful Videos ✅ Rufus - rufus.ie/en/ (Create bootable USB drives the easy way) ✅ Installing & Using Rufus! - ruclips.net/video/uz6rXjfd9M4/видео.html ✅ Boot Disk Utility (w/Clover) - cvad-mac.narod.ru/index/bootdiskutility_exe/0-5 ✅Dell PowerEdge R720 Server Complete Walkthrough - ruclips.net/video/clO2Dfv9Iy4/видео.htmlsi=CxNZn90aGYIE0eTI ✅ Manual Fan Control Mod for Dell PowerEdge Servers with IPMI Tool - ruclips.net/video/KamY5zMpXKI/видео.html This tutorial works for Dell 10th, 12th, 13th and 14th Gen PowerEdge servers running iDRAC prior to v3.34.34.34, and many HPE ProLiant servers.
OMG, this is exactly what I was looking for. I have 4 dell R630s in the same room with me, and this is a life saver (ear saver, recording saver, etc). Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video and share your knowledge. Cheers to you❗
YOU ARE THE MAN!!! I spent all day Sunday and most of Saturday googling and chatting with generative AI, trying to quiet my r730xd, which was pegged at 100% since doing some firmware updates. I had previously found the ipmitool command to reduce the fan speed manually down to 33%, which worked for my situation, but I got a wild hair to go and update my BIOS and IDRAC firmware, and after reboot, the fans went back to 100%, but this time it ignored my command to reduce back to 33%. The key that I got from your list of commands was the one to ENABLE MANUAL FAN CONTROL!!!!!! I used this one, and now, after a day and a half of listening to that jet engine running and not being able to use my office because of the noise, I have it back under control. Thank you so much!!!!!
You're very welcome! If there's any recommendations you have on the layout of the instructions in the description, i'm all ears! That is if you thing anything would make it easier for first time users. Glad it quieted down your tornado! Lol
Awesome! And you're very welcome! Situations like that is exactly why I made the video. I might be preaching to the choir, but depending on how stressed your RAID card is be careful not to go too low on the RPMs. CPU temps can display as fine, but without RAID card temp reporting, too low of flow can cause seemingly random drive related issues. Just an fyi I wished i'd added to the video.
Dude you are a lifesaver. Ive been sitting here listening to 8 16000 RPM server fans going at 100% nonstop because Truenas has absolutely 0 support for fan control in any way, shape, or form. Setting manual fan curves through bios was being ignored. I was on the verge of having to scrap literally everything I have and restarting on a new OS. I cannot thank you enough.
holy cow you saved me, thank you man! My GPU's were running in the 30c's and the CPU's were running max 32c, but the server sounded like a jet engine. I was able to lower it all the way to 20% and the max CPU temps are hitting 45C under heavy load testing and the GPU's are hitting tops 75C, which is totally acceptable in most situations and my home lab setup. Thank you!
R730xd - IDRAC 2.86.86.86, working great!!! as others have said.... you saved the ears!!! I'm not even sure what I installed to lose control on mine, one if the 2.5 SAS drives died, but no data loss or anything, other than that I'm not really sure how I lost control, but either way, this is a great solution and if I ramp up the usage I will add some fan speed. Thanks!
I can't seem to get it working on a HP DL380 G7. Did these support RAW commands via ipmitool? If so, are the strings the same as the Dell ones? When I send the raw command to enable manual control I get this "Unable to send RAW command"
This worked for me thanks! Question.. When the system is rebooted or unplugged, what is the effect of these commands? Does it go back to the normal setting?
You're very welcome! The fan speed will momentarily ramp up during the next reboot, but will settle down to the speed you set it to. It will keep the setting if powered off or unplugged as well.
Finally got around to setting the 3 new nodes I setup a few months back. Set all fans to 20% and in made me forget home much i was tuning out the noise
Thanks buddy - for some reason I can't establish a connection to the idrac IP, but I'm a playing around... I have a bad fan in 3b, too, so I need to order one of them!!
glad i found this, using a t320 as a media server and its great except that whatever the fans in it do seem to not be tied at all to load or temperatureat all lol , with this was able to keep them quiet while the machine still stays cool under load
@@exodus3155 You're very welcome! Have the main command line saved somewhere handy (with the hexadecimal value you like for the speed) because if power is ever removed from the sever it will reset back to default fan speed. Makes it easy to quickly set it back again.
So what happens if everything is awesome until shutting down the server and when it boots back up I no longer have control... edit figured it out. Had to run the sript to enable again. Maybe had something to do with full power down and unplug
@@breemetravel1746 You're on top of it! While plugged in either shutdown or reboot it retains the setting, but if power is completely removed it wipes the setting.
Interesting discussion. I have a case open with Dell (for months now) to have them allow similar fan speed adjustment in 14th and 15th Generation PowerEdge servers. I have one of each in my home lab.
@@Warning56kb iDRAC 9. Whole different beast. I've been pushing Dell for an engineering fix that would put an algorithm override in iDRAC and allow the fans to do what you set them to do. iDRAC 9 already allows you to enter a fan speed percentage as low as 5%. It just ignores it.
@@jeffnew1213yep. Those cant change. I still haven't heard a definitive answer on why capability went away after v3.30+. Seems like it's all just in the firmware revision.
It can be run from the server its self or from any computer on the same network. You use the command line to point to the IP address that the servers iDRAC is set to.
@@Warning56kb So if run from a PC on the network one could literally control ALL the fans. Awesome. You mentioned that on boot up they will ramp up (auto mode I'm assuming) Should the load on the server increase will the fan speed increase to keep up with the load
@@kwb1714 that's the one and only caveat with this method of full control... the fan speeds always stay at what you set them, regardless of CPU temp or load. The fans will go through their cycle at reboot, but lower back to the percentage you previously set. There are ways to set your own custom fan speed ranges based on temp/load, but it's pretty lengthy to explain. Was wanting to make another video some day covering that.
quick question. Will the fans adjust, if for some reason the temps are up? I got a Poweredge T440 and I'm just worried maybe somehow this will kill the server lmfao I was able to install IPM
The fans do not adjust with usage when manually set. When you set the desired RPM you'll need to account for CPU heat generated with your anticipated CPU workloads. I'd recommend loading the CPUs to the maximum anticipated workload while manually varying the fan speeds with IPMI tool to see what the minimum required RPM would be. If you have a very low ambient temp, that goes a long way with being able to keep the fan speeds low.
Honestly I'm not sure. You can download Ipmitool and go through the steps and see. For example, if you don't get an error when sending a basic 'disable 3rd party fan reaponse', everything else will most likely work!
Not that i'm aware of. The only option to slow it down would be to install an afternarket fan and install an inline resistor to set it where you want. The only caveat would be to make sure you closely monitor the temps as all automatic fan control would be bypassed.
@@Warning56kb problem is with this PSU it has no fan controls at all as it constant. Makes no sense in being in different seaonal envirinments. Well done DELL lol!
hello im getting this error message Unable to send RAW command (channel=0x0 netfn=0x30 lun=0x0 cmd=0x30 rsp=0xd4): Insufficient privilege level when I insert ipmitool -I lanplus -H myIP -U root -P password raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00 - can someone please help me fix this OK I fixed this now, I had to downgrade to 3.3.3. whichever one you said because mine was running 4.1+ omg cant believe dell is trying to stop allowing us to do this....
And you do have root and password set as your login credentials for iDRAC? If so, would your server happen to be a 13th gen or up? You might have the later iDRAC that prevents fan modification.
Is there a command to save the options after a restart? After shutting down and disconnecting the server from the power it reset the fan speeds and disabled the manual mode again.
Unfortunately if you completely remove power the settings are reset to default. If you power the system down but don't completely remove power, they'll remain.
Yes, it does. On Dells side they stopped adjustability with the later 13th gen iDrac. I'm nit certain if HPE has done anything similar, but I haven't heard of any roadblocks.
Thanks! so much, just what I was looking for Edit/update: So on some obscure Dell help thread I found the following ### Set Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response Logic To Disabled: ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U -P raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00 ## incase ya want it back on... use the below #### Set Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response Logic To Enabled: #### raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 along with ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U -P raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x01 to disable manual control ... still a bit loud, just not like 90% with "non-dell" cards detected really wasn't a FAN (get it..) of the static fan speed set by manual control
Manually set the fan speed on Dell PowerEdge & HPE ProLiant servers! Scroll down to view the step by step procedure, list of commands, as well as the list of fan% to hexadecimal conversions.
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This tutorial works for Dell 10th, 12th, 13th and 14th Gen PowerEdge servers running iDRAC prior to v3.34.34.34, and many HPE ProLiant servers.
OMG, this is exactly what I was looking for. I have 4 dell R630s in the same room with me, and this is a life saver (ear saver, recording saver, etc). Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video and share your knowledge. Cheers to you❗
YOU ARE THE MAN!!! I spent all day Sunday and most of Saturday googling and chatting with generative AI, trying to quiet my r730xd, which was pegged at 100% since doing some firmware updates. I had previously found the ipmitool command to reduce the fan speed manually down to 33%, which worked for my situation, but I got a wild hair to go and update my BIOS and IDRAC firmware, and after reboot, the fans went back to 100%, but this time it ignored my command to reduce back to 33%. The key that I got from your list of commands was the one to ENABLE MANUAL FAN CONTROL!!!!!! I used this one, and now, after a day and a half of listening to that jet engine running and not being able to use my office because of the noise, I have it back under control. Thank you so much!!!!!
You're very welcome! If there's any recommendations you have on the layout of the instructions in the description, i'm all ears! That is if you thing anything would make it easier for first time users.
Glad it quieted down your tornado! Lol
My wife hated how loud the fans were. You just saved me from having to buy an enclosure, or build one. Thank you so much.
Awesome! And you're very welcome! Situations like that is exactly why I made the video. I might be preaching to the choir, but depending on how stressed your RAID card is be careful not to go too low on the RPMs. CPU temps can display as fine, but without RAID card temp reporting, too low of flow can cause seemingly random drive related issues. Just an fyi I wished i'd added to the video.
Dude you are a lifesaver. Ive been sitting here listening to 8 16000 RPM server fans going at 100% nonstop because Truenas has absolutely 0 support for fan control in any way, shape, or form. Setting manual fan curves through bios was being ignored. I was on the verge of having to scrap literally everything I have and restarting on a new OS. I cannot thank you enough.
You're very welcome! Gald it was able to save you from some long term hearing damage. 😁
Can this be used on the truenas scale? Mine is going to 100% if any of the pcie slot is being used.
holy cow you saved me, thank you man! My GPU's were running in the 30c's and the CPU's were running max 32c, but the server sounded like a jet engine. I was able to lower it all the way to 20% and the max CPU temps are hitting 45C under heavy load testing and the GPU's are hitting tops 75C, which is totally acceptable in most situations and my home lab setup. Thank you!
You're every welcome! Hopefully more people with their own 'home wind tunnel' can find this.
R730xd - IDRAC 2.86.86.86, working great!!! as others have said.... you saved the ears!!! I'm not even sure what I installed to lose control on mine, one if the 2.5 SAS drives died, but no data loss or anything, other than that I'm not really sure how I lost control, but either way, this is a great solution and if I ramp up the usage I will add some fan speed. Thanks!
I can't seem to get it working on a HP DL380 G7. Did these support RAW commands via ipmitool? If so, are the strings the same as the Dell ones? When I send the raw command to enable manual control I get this "Unable to send RAW command"
This worked for me thanks! Question.. When the system is rebooted or unplugged, what is the effect of these commands? Does it go back to the normal setting?
You're very welcome! The fan speed will momentarily ramp up during the next reboot, but will settle down to the speed you set it to. It will keep the setting if powered off or unplugged as well.
ALL HAIL the FAN KING
Finally got around to setting the 3 new nodes I setup a few months back. Set all fans to 20% and in made me forget home much i was tuning out the noise
That's a good thing! Enjoy The Silence! 😁
Amazing... You just saved me from selling my Dell T630. Thanks so very much for this video..
You're very welcome! Hopefully it was straightforward enough for you. In hindsight I feel like I could have trimmed out a bit of fluff.
Thanks buddy - for some reason I can't establish a connection to the idrac IP, but I'm a playing around... I have a bad fan in 3b, too, so I need to order one of them!!
glad i found this, using a t320 as a media server and its great except that whatever the fans in it do seem to not be tied at all to load or temperatureat all lol , with this was able to keep them quiet while the machine still stays cool under load
Awesome! Glad it was able to quiet down your fan tourettes lol
saved me on my Dell R730xd with a AOC-SLG3-2M2 installed causing fans to sit at 100%. Thanks!
ive been trying to fix this for weeks thank god lmao
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Thank you so much! I have my sanity back now.😂
@@exodus3155 You're very welcome! Have the main command line saved somewhere handy (with the hexadecimal value you like for the speed) because if power is ever removed from the sever it will reset back to default fan speed. Makes it easy to quickly set it back again.
thanks, now my r520 is just as quiet as my r720 which is basically almost soundless
You're very welcome!
So what happens if everything is awesome until shutting down the server and when it boots back up I no longer have control... edit figured it out. Had to run the sript to enable again. Maybe had something to do with full power down and unplug
@@breemetravel1746 You're on top of it! While plugged in either shutdown or reboot it retains the setting, but if power is completely removed it wipes the setting.
THANK YOU! CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!
The video was of great help to me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Greetings
Glad to hear it helped solve a problem! You're very welcome! 🙂
Interesting discussion. I have a case open with Dell (for months now) to have them allow similar fan speed adjustment in 14th and 15th Generation PowerEdge servers. I have one of each in my home lab.
Your iDRAC version must be over v3.30.30.30. Depending on your iDRAC, you might be able to downgrade to v3.30....
@@Warning56kb iDRAC 9. Whole different beast. I've been pushing Dell for an engineering fix that would put an algorithm override in iDRAC and allow the fans to do what you set them to do. iDRAC 9 already allows you to enter a fan speed percentage as low as 5%. It just ignores it.
@@jeffnew1213 so your version is higher than v3.30.30.30?
@@Warning56kb It's 6.10.30.20 on both systems, R740 and R750.
@@jeffnew1213yep. Those cant change. I still haven't heard a definitive answer on why capability went away after v3.30+. Seems like it's all just in the firmware revision.
hi i not understand,you need all this install to server or just on you pc and conrol everything from pc
It can be run from the server its self or from any computer on the same network. You use the command line to point to the IP address that the servers iDRAC is set to.
@@Warning56kb So if run from a PC on the network one could literally control ALL the fans. Awesome.
You mentioned that on boot up they will ramp up (auto mode I'm assuming)
Should the load on the server increase will the fan speed increase to keep up with the load
@@kwb1714 that's the one and only caveat with this method of full control... the fan speeds always stay at what you set them, regardless of CPU temp or load. The fans will go through their cycle at reboot, but lower back to the percentage you previously set.
There are ways to set your own custom fan speed ranges based on temp/load, but it's pretty lengthy to explain. Was wanting to make another video some day covering that.
quick question. Will the fans adjust, if for some reason the temps are up? I got a Poweredge T440 and I'm just worried maybe somehow this will kill the server lmfao
I was able to install IPM
The fans do not adjust with usage when manually set. When you set the desired RPM you'll need to account for CPU heat generated with your anticipated CPU workloads. I'd recommend loading the CPUs to the maximum anticipated workload while manually varying the fan speeds with IPMI tool to see what the minimum required RPM would be. If you have a very low ambient temp, that goes a long way with being able to keep the fan speeds low.
@@Warning56kb got it thanks! I'm assuming disabling manual fans just brings it back to automatic or the way it was before?
@@MrStormCrow Correct. Disabling it defaults back to the general fan profile that's configured in iDRAC.
that was the info i was looking for, great thanks
Hello Thank you for this video
Does this work on a Lenovo SR650 type server with XCC management?
Honestly I'm not sure. You can download Ipmitool and go through the steps and see. For example, if you don't get an error when sending a basic 'disable 3rd party fan reaponse', everything else will most likely work!
Thankyou!! worked like a charm
Glad it helped!
Please, for HPE Proliant DL360 G9
It would be great if I create an automation script in ansable
Is there a way to manually change Fan Speed for the Dell XPS 8950 750watt PSU as its too noisy constantly pkus whines and ticks!?
Not that i'm aware of. The only option to slow it down would be to install an afternarket fan and install an inline resistor to set it where you want. The only caveat would be to make sure you closely monitor the temps as all automatic fan control would be bypassed.
@@Warning56kb problem is with this PSU it has no fan controls at all as it constant. Makes no sense in being in different seaonal envirinments. Well done DELL lol!
hello im getting this error message Unable to send RAW command (channel=0x0 netfn=0x30 lun=0x0 cmd=0x30 rsp=0xd4): Insufficient privilege level
when I insert ipmitool -I lanplus -H myIP -U root -P password raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x00 - can someone please help me fix this
OK I fixed this now, I had to downgrade to 3.3.3. whichever one you said because mine was running 4.1+ omg cant believe dell is trying to stop allowing us to do this....
And you do have root and password set as your login credentials for iDRAC? If so, would your server happen to be a 13th gen or up? You might have the later iDRAC that prevents fan modification.
Do you think this will work in dell r710 (idrac 6)?
It does! I previously had a few R710's and it worked perfectly with them.
@@Warning56kb Okay but what about, HP DL380 G6 servers?
How work for HP?
Is there a command to save the options after a restart? After shutting down and disconnecting the server from the power it reset the fan speeds and disabled the manual mode again.
Unfortunately if you completely remove power the settings are reset to default. If you power the system down but don't completely remove power, they'll remain.
It’s working on a dell Inspiron 5630 laptop ? (Intel 13th)
It unfortunately won't work with an Inspiron since it doesn't have iDRAC. Check out a program called Fan Control on Github. It's very good!
After setting fan speeds like this, if you completely remove the power cable, it will reset back to auto mode.
That is correct.
can you go lower than 10%
For HP server is working to?
Yes, it does. On Dells side they stopped adjustability with the later 13th gen iDrac. I'm nit certain if HPE has done anything similar, but I haven't heard of any roadblocks.
Works on T310 . Thanks
You're very welcome!
What about HP DL380 G6?
It "should" work with iLO 2. Don't quote me on that though. Give it a shot and see it IPMItool will send the commands!
HP?
HP as well! Can't guarantee all generations will work, so you'll to just give it a shot and see!
One day, my server randomly restarted and instantly started ignoring the cpmmands. how to fix
It doesn't respond to the command that overrides automatic fan control?
In work server , fan run faster maximum, next zero, and again fan - maximum. What is it?
While it's running it keeps oscillating the fan speeds over and over?
@@Warning56kb yes. fan speed maximum 12000 rpm
Anyone know raw commands for DL360 Gen7 server to control fans?
When you find out pls let me know!
Thanks bro!!!
Thanks so much :D
You're very welcome! Cheers!
Save me Too!!
Thanks! so much, just what I was looking for
Edit/update: So on some obscure Dell help thread I found the following
### Set Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response Logic To Disabled:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U -P raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00
## incase ya want it back on... use the below
#### Set Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response Logic To Enabled:
#### raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
along with
ipmitool -I lanplus -H -U -P raw 0x30 0x30 0x01 0x01
to disable manual control
... still a bit loud, just not like 90% with "non-dell" cards detected
really wasn't a FAN (get it..) of the static fan speed set by manual control
You're very welcome! 😁
thank you very much for this