Re: Dell R710 and critical limit exceeded [Temp6]

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fredrik Pettai <pettai%nordu.net@localhost> wrote:

>
> On Mar 18, 2014, at 13:12 , Fredrik Pettai <pettai%nordu.net@localhost> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I recently installed NetBSD 6.1.3 amd64 (also tried 6_STABLE) on a Dell 
> > R710.
> > The (un)funny thing is that it shutdown once it had booted up, constantly, 
> > with the message:
> > 
> > Mar 17 14:41:45 xsrv1 root: /etc/powerd/scripts/sensor_temperature: (ipmi0) 
> > critical limit exceeded [Temp6]
> > Mar 17 14:41:52 xsrv1 syslogd[372]: Exiting on signal 15
> > 
> > There is nothing in the system that was overheated AFAIK.
>
> I moved aside /etc/powerd, so the machine wouldn't shutdown instantly.
>
> > I tried to find some more info of use to post, […]
>
>
> Here is the envstat output:
> ..
> Looks like some values might be wrong?

This seems not uncommon on various lines of Dell, HP, etc.  I just edited
the scripts under /etc/powerd to do nothing when the occasional super high
virtual temp spike is detected.  Suppose one could track down the upper
temp limits and bump them up some but it seems largely unecessary unless
you really care what the temps are.