Suggested BMC planar temperature

[Eoin_Mcguinn at Dell.com]

Alessandro,

This value is not defined. The temperature of the motherboard is a function of how much work the system is doing. You should not seek to control this value. 

The best guidance is that the ambient temperature (incoming air) be typically between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius. There is a temperature sensor on the front control panel of most servers to measure this.

Eoin.

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Alessandro FAGLIA
Sent: 03 June 2008 14:11
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Subject: Suggested BMC planar temperature

By means of OMSA and BMC I can get planar temperatures from all my Dell servers. I guess this is the temperature on the surface of the main board.

I see that in OMSA (5.2) the warning threshold is set from 7 to 48°C, whilst the failure one from 3 to 53°C.

In my server room I have a rack with 7 servers (different models from PE860 to PE2950). The door of this rack lets cool air to flow in.

While in the room I have 21°C, the BMC temp reads 30°C.
I'd like to ask which is the best BMC temperature range where servers should be working in. Is 30°C a good value?


Thanks and regards.

-- Alessandro


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