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/ dell_loud_fan.txt
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February 7, 2022 23:35
Solution to Dell PowerEdge server loud fan
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| Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/j3hh1r/poweredge_r730xd_fans_loud_wont_slow_down_help/ | |
| iDRAC Setting Fan Speed on Poweredge R730xd with IPMI (should work with others but cmds will vary with device names | |
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| Reference: https://gist.github.com/mdpuma/8972079b7da52afef15cc039039ff818 | |
| 1. Get your iDRAC on the LAN and config a username and password | |
| 2. In the iDRAC interface (access via web browser), enable IPMI in iDRAC Settings > Network > IPMI Settings | |
| 3. Download/install the Dell iDRAC tools for windows (in this case, filename was DellEMC-iDRACTools-Web-WINPE-9.4.0-3732_A00.exe) | |
| 4. Open a cmd prompt (iDRAC IP in this example is 192.168.16.2) | |
| 5. cd c:\program files\dell\sysmgt\iDRACTools\IPMI |