Questions tagged [physical-environment]

This tag is appropriate for questions dealing with the physical environment of a system/deployment (e.g. dust, vibration, etc.) with no better, more specific tag.

This tag is appropriate for questions dealing with the physical environment of a system/deployment. Examples include questions asking about "special" environments, like:

  • Substantial shock/vibration
  • High dust levels
  • High levels of EM interference
  • Extremely hot or cold temperatures, or wide temperature swings
  • Extremely humid areas

If a more specific tag exists, please use that instead.

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Need temperature readings from a live CD/USB

I have a laptop that is sometimes restarting and I want to check if it is overheating. It is an Intel dual core laptop and it doesn't have the temperature sensor readings as an option in the BIOS setup menu. I want a program/script on a live CD or…
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Monitor Dell thermal sensors in FreeBSD?

I'm trying to remotely monitor temperature sensors within two Dell PowerEdge 6850's. I have a fear that the building we are in is turning off the air conditioning on the weekends to save power, which doesn't bode well for a server room which…
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Case Fan Speed - Control via BIOS, Vista, or otherwise?

I just bought a replacement case fan (link to Tiger Direct here) and the fan seems to be working great, but unfortunately I was under the impression this fan had speed control. I have checked my BIOS and I can see "SYS FAN 1 SPEED" although it is…
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network rack types

When I go shopping for network infrastructure, I see lots of different kinds of racks available and I don't understand the difference between them. What are the different types of racks you would typically see in a datacentre?
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Storage Chassis Rack Location

There are so many configurations of racks, it's not even funny. Where do you guys keep your storage located? I think the problem I'm having is that they're currently set too high in the rack and cold air isn't getting to them. The cold air is…
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Does a fan lattice made of round wire really make less noise than one made by cutting a metal sheet through?

Electronic equipment fans are often covered with a lattice guard, especially the fan in the power supply unit of a computer case. Two variants are typical: either there'a a huge round hole in the power supply unit wall and that hole is covered with…
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LM Sensors always returning same (invalid) value for one temp sensor

I am trying to monitor the temp sensors on a server, and plot them using Cacti. I have lm-sensors installed and working correctly. For example, here is the output from sensors: % sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter:…
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Monitor temperatures in a PC

I'm experimenting with different locations and fans in my server. Whats a good program to monitor temperatures?
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Hot video card in server

Not sure if this belongs here or Superuser (I looked at Superuser -- suspect there are more hardware gurus here). I have a server that sits in a cabinet. It's connected to a small screen that is normally off. However, the video card is running at…
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How can I monitor a Smart-UPS 2200 in PRTG?

This UPS is connected via a serial cable to a server. I am trying to get the temperature readings off of the sensor that is connected to the UPS and get them in PRTG. We were able to do this in the past and then when we changed the server out, we…
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Advice on collapsing a physical network?

As we expanded throughout the building we now own completely, offices were physically disconnected. This was back when 10Mbps was still usable, and there were printers and workstations acting as fileservers and whatnot in each office suite. Thus…
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Why do technicians recommend a lowest temperature for server rooms?

This answer redirects to OpenXtra that suggests server rooms shouldn't run too cold. Google also suggests not going lower than 55°F, but doesn't go into details regarding why. Given that: CPUs do work completely fine while in sub-zero…
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Mounting equipment that only occupies half the depth of the cabinet?

I'm a bit naïve at all of this (sorry!), but I have to install a bunch of equipment in our co-location facility. We have a switch that only occupies half the "depth" of the cabinet. How do I mount this? Is attaching it with the front screws only…
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Putting the server "outside"

I live in Montreal, where the temperature oscillates between a max of 27 celsius in summer and a min of -27 celsius in winter. I am currently in the process of purchasing a cheap decommissioned 2U server with enough cores and RAM for computational…
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Reset temperature sensor on Supermicro X7DWA-N

My supermicro X7DWA-N will no longer boot and the temperature light just blinks even when the system has been off for 12 hours, so it's not hot at all. Is there a way to reset this alarm and perhaps letting the computer boot? I wanted to try a CMOS…
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