HP DL380 G6: Where is Temperature Sensor 30 (I/O Board Zone)

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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

Best Answer

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. enter image description here

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)
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