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Cooling Subsystem

System Event Log Troubleshooting Guide for EPSD

Platforms Based on Intel

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Xeon

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Processor E5 4600/2600/2400/1600/1400 Product Families

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Intel order number G90620-002

Revision 1.1

Table 30: Fan Tachometer Sensor – Event Trigger Offset – Next Steps

Event Trigger Offset

Assertion

Severity

Deassert

Severity

Description

Next Steps

Hex

Description

00h

Lower non-critical
going low

Degraded

OK

The fan speed has dropped
below its lower non-critical
threshold.

A fan speed error on a new system build is typically not caused by the fan
spinning too slowly, instead it is caused by the fan being connected to the
wrong header (the BMC expects them on certain headers for each
chassis and will log this event if there is no fan on that header).

1. Refer to the Quick Start Guide or the Service Guide to identify

the correct fan headers to use.

2. Ensure the latest FRUSDR update has been run and the correct

chassis is detected or selected.

3. If you are sure this was done, the event may be a sign of

impending fan failure (although this only normally applies if the
system has been in use for a while). Replace the fan.

02h

Lower critical
going low

non-fatal

Degraded

The fan speed has dropped
below its lower critical
threshold.

5.1.2

Fan Presence and Redundancy Sensors

Fan presence sensors are only implemented for hot-swap fans, and require an additional pin on the fan header. Fan redundancy is
an aggregate of the fan presence sensors and will warn when redundancy is lost. Typically the redundancy mode on Intel

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servers is

an n+1 redundancy (if one fan fails there are still sufficient fans to cool the system, but it is no longer redundant) although other
modes are also possible.

Table 31: Fan Presence Sensors Typical Characteristics

Byte

Field

Description

11

Sensor Type

04h = Fan

12

Sensor Number

40h-4Fh (Chassis specific)

13

Event Direction and
Event Type

[7] Event direction

0b = Assertion Event

1b = Deassertion Event

[6:0] Event Type = 08h (Generic

“digital” Discrete)

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