Users Guide

An operation successful message is displayed after the ECM option is successfully enabled or disabled. The ECM mode does

not get enabled if:

• The extra power required for supported fans is not available.

• Any of the fans in the chassis does not support ECM.

• MPCM is already enabled.

An alert message with the reason for ECM not getting enabled is displayed .

NOTE: If you try to enable MPCM when ECM is enabled, the ECM mode changes to enabled but unsupported state.

Conguring Enhanced Cooling Mode for Fans Using RACADM

To enable and congure the Enhanced Cooling Mode for fans, use the following RACADM object under the cfgThermal group:

cfgThermalEnhancedCoolingMode

For example, to enable the ECM mode, use:

racadm config –g cfgThermal –o cfgThermalEnhancedCoolingMode 1

In case of errors, an error message is displayed. The default value of Enhanced Cooling Mode option is disabled (0). This value is set

to disabled (0) when racresetcfg command is issued.

To view the current ECM mode, use:

racadm getconfig –g cfgThermal

To view the current state of ECM mode, use:

racadm getfanreqinfo

[Enhanced Cooling Mode]

Enhanced Cooling Mode(ECM) Status = Disabled

For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference

Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.