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Listing and Managing Server Hardware
Checking Blower and Fan Status
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
EMSP—[e-mail]
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HP-UX Commands This procedure (parstatus -B or parstatus -V -b # ) lists the status of
blowers and fans from HP-UX.
Step 1. Log in to HP-UX running on any of the system’s nPartitions.
You can check blower and fan details from HP-UX running on any
partition.
Step 2. Issue the parstatus -B or parstatus -V -b# command.
The parstatus -B command gives a brief summary of all cabinets
including fan status. The parstatus -V -b # command gives detailed
fan status for cabinet (-b # ) that you specify.
# parstatus -B
[Cabinet]
Cabinet I/O Bulk Power Backplane
Blowers Fans Supplies Power Boards
OK/ OK/ OK/ OK/
Cab Failed/ Failed/ Failed/ Failed/
Num Cabinet Type N Status N Status N Status N Status GSP
=== ============ ========= ========= ========== ============ ======
0 SD64000 4/ 0/ N 4/ 1/ ? 6/ 0/ N+ 3/ 0/ N+ active
1 SD64000 4/ 0/ N+ 5/ 0/ ? 6/ 0/ N+ 3/ 0/ N+ none
8 IOX 2/ 0/ N+ 4/ 0/ N+ 2/ 0/ N+ N/A none
4/ 0/ N+
Notes: N+ = There are one or more spare items (fans/power supplies).
N = The number of items meets but does not exceed the need.
N- = There are insufficient items to meet the need.
? = The adequacy of the cooling system/power supplies is unknown.
# parstatus -V -b0
[Cabinet]
Cabinet I/O Bulk Power Backplane
Blowers Fans Supplies Power Boards
OK/ OK/ OK/ OK/
Cab Failed/ Failed/ Failed/ Failed/
Num Cabinet Type N Status N Status N Status N Status GSP
=== ============ ========= ========= ========== ============ ======
0 SD64000 4/ 0/ N 4/ 1/ ? 6/ 0/ N+ 3/ 0/ N+ active
Cabinet Blowers
===============
Fan 0 ok
Fan 1 ok
Fan 2 ok
Fan 3 ok
I/O Fans
==============
Fan 0 ok
Fan 1 failed
Fan 2 ok
Fan 3 ok
Fan 4 ok
Bulk Power Supplies(BPS)
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Power Supply 0 ok
HP Restricted / DRAFT
DRAFT NOV 2001