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Fan Properties

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide

  Fan Properties

Use this window to view information about the enclosure's fans.

Fan Properties

The fans are a component of the enclosure's cooling module. The following table describes the fan properties.

Property

Definition

Status

These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See "Storage Component Severity" for more information.

Name

This property displays the name of the fan.

State

This property displays the current status of the fan.

Ready — The fan is functioning normally.

Degraded — The fan has suffered a failure and is operating in a degraded state.

Offline — The fan or power supply has been removed from the enclosure.

Failed — The fan has suffered a failure and is no longer functioning. Storage Management may also be unable to communicate with the enclosure using SES commands. The Failed state is displayed when the enclosure does not respond to a status query from Storage Management for any reason. For example, disconnecting the cable would cause this state to be displayed.

Missing — The fan is not present in the enclosure.

Part Number

This property displays the part number of the fan.

This property is not displayed for the PowerVault™ 22xS enclosures that have E.17 firmware or later.

Speed

This property indicates the fan speed. Possible values are Fast, Medium, Slow, and Stopped. If the fan is in Offline state, the value for the Speed property is Unknown.

For information on events that cause the fan speed to change, refer to the hardware documentation.


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