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The fantool tests the fans by setting them to dierent speeds and then verifying the congured fan speeds.
Registers and values are passed as hexadecimal values with or without the preceding 0x. Fans display from 1 to Max System Fans.
CLI options
DellEmc Diag - Fan Controller Tool
version 1.5, x.xx.x.x-x
build, 2017/05/23
Syntax: fantool <option>
Show the help-text:=
fantool --h (or)
fantool -h
Initialize the fans to the default state:=
fantool --init (or)
fantool -i
Test using the Fan Controller config file:=
fantool --test [--fan=<fan>] [--lpc] (or)
fantool -t [-F <fan>] [-l]
Get the speed of the specified fan or all fans in RPM:=
fantool --get --fan=<fan | all> [--lpc] (or)
fantool -g -F <fan | all> [-l]
Set the fan(s) to the speed:=
fantool --set --fan=<fan | all> --speed=<speed in RPM> (or)
fantool -s -F <fan | all> -S <speed in RPM>
Execute repeatedly command by count:=
fantool --iteration=max/<count> [option1] [option2]... (or)
fantool -I max/<count> [option1] [option2]...
Read the Register from the fan controller:=
fantool --read --fan=<fan | all> --reg=<register | all> (or)
fantool -r -F <fan | all> -R <register | all>
Write the Register in the Fan Controller:=
fantool --write --fan=<fan | all> --reg=<register> --val=<value> (or)
fantool -w -F <fan | all> -R <register> -V <value>
Usage:=
-h, --h Show the help text
-i, --init Initilize to default
-t, --test Test using the pre-programmed configuration or use supplied config
-g, --get Get operation
-s, --set Set operation
-r, --read Read operation
-w, --write Write operation
-I, --iteration= Iteration command execution
-F, --fan= Fan Id
-R, --register= Register
-V, --val= Value to be set
-S, --speed= Speed of the fan
-q, --lpc Test by reading or modifying SmartFusion registers.
When this flag is used, it must be clubbed with one of above flags
*Registers and Values are passed as Hexadecimal values with or without the preceding 0x.
*Fans are from 1 to Max System Fans.
The fantool uses long options which requires two hyphens in front of the options. Options are required, optional, or none. If you require a
parameter, specify it and include an equal sign. If a parameter is optional, enclose it with square brackets to show that it is optional, but do
not type the brackets at the CLI. For example, --fan is optional and enter it as --fan=1 or --fan=all, and so forth. Parameters with
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