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Setting the cooling fan speed for 4 TB hard drives

Prerequisites

NOTE Dell recommends that 4 TB hard drives be used only in systems configured with a PERC controller.
CAUTION Using 4 TB hard drives in the system without a PERC controller might cause hard drive 1 to overheat under excessive work load, leading to a potential failure of the hard drive.

About this task

When 4 TB hard drives are used in a system without a PERC controller, the speed of the cooling fan needs to be manually adjusted to prevent the hard drives from overheating.

Steps

  1. To enter the iDRAC menu, press F2 or F11 during post.
  2. Select iDRAC setting.
  3. Select Thermal section.
  4. Select Fan Setup setting.
  5. At the Fan Speed Offset section, select Low fan speed offset (+15%).

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