Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator

External Chassis Fan Probes Information

Use this window to review the redundancy status of external chassis fans and to see a list of fans.

Systems can be designed with redundant fans to prevent system shutdown due to fan failure. When fans are present in a system, being able to see that one or two fans have failed enables administrators to replace fans and restore redundancy before the last fan failure causes the entire system to fail.

NOTE: This help page may include information about features not supported by your system. Server Administrator only displays the features that are supported on your system.

User Privileges

Table 1. User Privileges
Selection View Manage
External Chassis Fan Probes Information User, Power User, Administrator Not Applicable
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see Privilege Levels In The Server Administrator GUI.

Fan Redundancy

Redundancy Status Indicates the status of the fan
  • Good - Indicates that the fan is in good status.
  • warning - Indicates that the fan is in warning status.
  • Failed - Indicates that the fan is in failed status.
Number of devices required for full redundancy Your system has a number of fans defined for full redundancy. If the number of fans required for Full redundancy is three, redundancy is degraded when two fans are working, and lost when only one fan is working.

Fan Probe List

Status Displays whether the event type for the probe is Normal/OK, Warning/Noncritical, or Critical/Failure.
Probe Name Displays the alphanumeric text that uniquely identifies a fan probe; for example, CPU Fan.
Reading Displays a snapshot of the fan RPM actually measured by the probe at a given time.
Minimum Warning Threshold Displays the lowest acceptable fan RPM that is recommended for system operation. Values that fall below this RPM level result in warning events.
Maximum Warning Threshold Displays the highest acceptable fan RPM that is recommended for system operation. Values that exceed this fan RPM result in warning events.
Minimum Failure Threshold Displays the lowest acceptable fan RPM that is required for system operation. Values that fall below this fan RPM result in critical/failure events.
Maximum Failure Threshold Displays the highest acceptable fan RPM that is required for system operation. Values that exceed this fan RPM result in critical/failure events.