I’ve just finished building two HP Proliant DL380 G9 servers for a clients project. As part of that I downloaded and installed the latest HP SUM to ensure all drivers, firmware etc are up to date. In the past I’ve never had an issue with this, it’s normally a matter of installing them, reboot and you’re good to go. I discovered however that after installing HP SUM … [Read more...]
Why do my Fujitsu Servers fans speed up every night at 11pm?
Amongst my varied collection of gear in my home lab environment, I’ve got a couple of Fujitsu RX200 S8 servers that are running as part of my W2012 R2 Cluster. They do a great job and I’m really happy with them overall, with one minor exception. Given they are in my home office, which is essentially a bedroom, every night at 11pm without fail the fans in the servers … [Read more...]