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PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

theseanodell — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 21:15:00 GMT

My 5060 fans are running at full speed at all times. I attempted to run the follow command "set system setting fan-mode auto" in Operation and Configure mode and it will not work. Getting the "invalid syntax" error.

Any thoughts???

Re: PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

FJU-ITCS — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:23:30 GMT

Hi, the command is only working on a PA-200, it's nomal that the fans running at full speed.

Re: PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

reaper — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:32:31 GMT

the fans on the larger chassis will always run at full speed to keep the unit at optimal temperature

the fan-mode command only works on the PA-200 to make it more quiet in case it is running in the office rather than in a datacenter

Re: PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

theseanodell — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:24:10 GMT

Any way to "hack" around that? Full speed fans are overkill and unnecessary.

Re: PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

reaper — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:59:21 GMT

not that i'm aware of. Is there a use case for keeping the fan speed down ?

you could reach out to your sales contact so they can create a feature request to have this added to larger chassis

Re: PAN-5060 Fans running at Full Speed

BPry — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:43:32 GMT

I believe that the assumption is that while the PA-200 may be setup on a shelf in an office, where you would want the fans spinning up only if they actually need to be, everything larger would likely be mounted in a rack and put in a data closet or a DC. To my knowlege there is no fan controller onboard any of the larger units, meaning that the fan is either on an on or off state.