Good Day, I recently purchased a used HP server from the list and its unreasonably loud. This is a test bed for web development software with an Oracle db in the background. The server is an HP Proliant DL380 G3 - Bios version P29 09/15/04, loaded with RHEL5.1, running 5 redundant fans, two processors, 4 70+ GB hard drives and six sticks of RAM. I mention this because some people think this generates more heat therefore the fans kick in harder, which is not necessarily true hence the speed is the same upon booting this system. Some of the information I've gathered is the fan speed can only be brought successfully with Windows Server or at least documented: http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1219183779786+28353475&threadId=643218 If I plan on installing the latest HP Support Pack it appears it may only give me: ftp://ftp.hp.com//pub/softlib2/software1/doc/p603757071/v48462/psp-8.11.rhel5.linux.txt Added fan module number to message logged to syslog for MSA70. And I would have to upgrade to RHEL5.2: RH EL 5 = Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 HP management Agent support is now available with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and the HP Linux ProLiant Support Pack version 8.10. The last and less probable option is to roll back to an older BIOS which allowed the user to manage the fan speeds? Rolling back the BIOS probably not! Having zero exposure I'd like to know if anyone with experiencecan tell me if installing the HP System Management and Support Pack will give me better system /fan control or will it be a waste of time? Thank you in advance, David ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.