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Fan RPM defaults for a 3020

rayb — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:13:11 GMT

I recently purchased a PA-3020 and just fired it up for the first time. The first thing I have noticed is how loud this device is. It is almost deafening and can be heard in the hallways behind a door in my server room. Is this typical behavior? I check the fan RPM speeds and all four are registering around 14k. I called support but they stated that this is the default behavior of the device. I find this very hard to believe. Can anyone else with a 3020 weigh in on this? Are the fans in your device running at the same RPM as mine? Is yours extremely loud?

Re: Fan RPM defaults for a 3020

Retired Member — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:59:46 GMT

I think support is correct.it is not a device working noiseless and this is normal behaviour.

Here is our one of the 3020 rpm values

S1	Fan #1 RPM	False	14160
S1	Fan #2 RPM	False	14112
S1	Fan #3 RPM	False	13967
S1	Fan #4 RPM	False	13590

Re: Fan RPM defaults for a 3020

HULK — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:06:15 GMT

Hello Rayb,

Once you will power up the PAN firewall, first few minutes the fan will rotate at a high speed. But after that, it would come to a normal state.

Output from a PAN 3020 FW:

----Fans----

Slot Description Alarm RPMs Min RPM

S1 Fan #1 RPM False 14361 2500

S1 Fan #2 RPM False 14313 2500

S1 Fan #3 RPM False 14312 2500

S1 Fan #4 RPM False 13729 2500

Thanks