I have recently purchased three S1200SPOR servers, and they all three are having the same issue: at random intervals, the fans will spin up to max for just a second or two before settling back down. These intervals can be anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, and they do not correlate with server load.

I have upgraded the firmware to S1200SP.86B.03.01.0026.092720170729, check for thermal trips, and examined the SEL, but they didn't help. However, in watching the IPMI sensors, I did notice one correlation: the times when the fans spin up seem to correspond to the sensors being unable to read "P1 Therm Margin". My conclusion was that the system is occasionally unable to read the power supply temperature, so it spins up the fans "just in case", but on the next reading it reads the temperature correctly and so returns the fans to normal.

I checked the sensor wire and it is secure. (Fiddling with it doesn't trigger the fan response either.) I might conclude a hardware fault, but this is happening on all three systems, each of which were purchased at different times over the last few months.

I also found this thread: R1304SPOSHBNR 1U chassis fans randomly spin up to maximum for a few seconds and then go back to normal. but the information isn't any help since the SEL doesn't report any errors, the problem is intermittent, I don't have a RAID controller in them, and the standard checks didn't reveal anything promising.

If anyone has any ideas on where to go next, I would appreciate the input.

Thanks!

System info dump (all three set up the same):

OS: CentOS 7

# dmidecode

Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.

SMBIOS 2.7 present.

64 structures occupying 3770 bytes.

Table at 0x80630000.

Handle 0x0006, DMI type 0, 24 bytes

BIOS Information

        Vendor: Intel Corporation

        Version: S1200SP.86B.03.01.0026.092720170729

        Release Date: 09/27/2017

        Address: 0xF0000

        Runtime Size: 64 kB

        ROM Size: 16384 kB

        Characteristics:

                PCI is supported

                PNP is supported

                BIOS is upgradeable

                BIOS shadowing is allowed

                Boot from CD is supported

                Selectable boot is supported

                EDD is supported

                5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

                3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

                3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)

                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)

                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)

                Serial services are supported (int 14h)

                Printer services are supported (int 17h)

                CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)

                ACPI is supported

                USB legacy is supported

                LS-120 boot is supported

                ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported

                BIOS boot specification is supported

                Function key-initiated network boot is supported

                Targeted content distribution is supported

                UEFI is supported

        BIOS Revision: 0.0

        Firmware Revision: 0.0

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 1, 27 bytes

System Information

        Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

        Product Name: S1200SP

        Version: R1304SPOSHBNR

        Serial Number: QSCD74200212

        UUID: 71C4BAF6-8AB0-E711-AB21-A4BF0128AAE2

        Wake-up Type: Power Switch

        SKU Number: SKU Number

        Family: Family

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 2, 17 bytes

Base Board Information

        Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

        Product Name: S1200SP

        Version: H57534-260

        Serial Number: QSSA74100091

        Asset Tag: Base Board Asset Tag

        Features:

                Board is a hosting board

                Board is replaceable

        Location In Chassis: Part Component

        Chassis Handle: 0x0000

        Type: Motherboard

        Contained Object Handles: 0

Handle 0x001D, DMI type 4, 48 bytes

Processor Information

        Socket Designation: CPU 1

        Type: Central Processor

        Family: Xeon

        Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation

        ID: E9 06 09 00 FF FB EB BF

        Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 158, Stepping 9

        Flags:

                FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)

                VME (Virtual mode extension)

                DE (Debugging extension)

                PSE (Page size extension)

                TSC (Time stamp counter)

                MSR (Model specific registers)

                PAE (Physical address extension)

                MCE (Machine check exception)

                CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)

                APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)

                SEP (Fast system call)

                MTRR (Memory type range registers)

                PGE (Page global enable)

                MCA (Machine check architecture)

                CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)

                PAT (Page attribute table)

                PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)

                CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)

                DS (Debug store)

                ACPI (ACPI supported)

                MMX (MMX technology supported)

                FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)

                SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)

                SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)

                SS (Self-snoop)

                HTT (Multi-threading)

                TM (Thermal monitor supported)

                PBE (Pending break enabled)

        Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v6 @ 3.00GHz

        Voltage: 0.9 V

        External Clock: 100 MHz

        Max Speed: 4200 MHz

        Current Speed: 3000 MHz

        Status: Populated, Enabled

        Upgrade: Other

        L1 Cache Handle: 0x001A

        L2 Cache Handle: 0x001B

        L3 Cache Handle: 0x001C

        Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

        Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

        Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

        Core Count: 4

        Core Enabled: 4

        Thread Count: 4

        Characteristics:

                64-bit capable

                Multi-Core

                Execute Protection

                Enhanced Virtualization

                Power/Performance Control

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

        Array Handle: 0x001E

        Error Information Handle: Not Provided

        Total Width: Unknown

        Data Width: Unknown

        Size: No Module Installed

        Form Factor: Unknown

        Set: None

        Locator: DIMM_A1

        Bank Locator: NODE 0 CHANNEL 0 DIMM 1

        Type: Unknown

        Type Detail: None

        Speed: Unknown

        Manufacturer: Empty/NO DIMM

        Serial Number: Not Specified

        Asset Tag: Not Specified

        Part Number: Not Specified

        Rank: Unknown

        Configured Clock Speed: Unknown

        Minimum Voltage: Unknown

        Maximum Voltage: Unknown

        Configured Voltage: Unknown

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

        Array Handle: 0x001E

        Error Information Handle: Not Provided

        Total Width: 72 bits

        Data Width: 64 bits

        Size: 8192 MB

        Form Factor: DIMM

        Set: None

        Locator: DIMM_A2

        Bank Locator: NODE 0 CHANNEL 0 DIMM 2

        Type: DDR4

        Type Detail: Synchronous

        Speed: 2133 MHz

        Manufacturer: Kingston

        Serial Number: BA3287C7

        Asset Tag: DIMM_A2_AssetTag

        Part Number: 9965669-023.A00G

        Rank: 2

        Configured Clock Speed: 2133 MHz

        Minimum Voltage: Unknown

        Maximum Voltage: Unknown

        Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

Handle 0x001F, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

        Array Handle: 0x001E

        Error Information Handle: Not Provided

        Total Width: Unknown

        Data Width: Unknown

        Size: No Module Installed

        Form Factor: Unknown

        Set: None

        Locator: DIMM_B1

        Bank Locator: NODE 0 CHANNEL 1 DIMM 1

        Type: Unknown

        Type Detail: None

        Speed: Unknown

        Manufacturer: Empty/NO DIMM

        Serial Number: Not Specified

        Asset Tag: Not Specified

        Part Number: Not Specified

        Rank: Unknown

        Configured Clock Speed: Unknown

        Minimum Voltage: Unknown

        Maximum Voltage: Unknown

        Configured Voltage: Unknown

Handle 0x0020, DMI type 17, 40 bytes

Memory Device

        Array Handle: 0x001E

        Error Information Handle: Not Provided

        Total Width: Unknown

        Data Width: Unknown

        Size: No Module Installed

        Form Factor: Unknown

        Set: None

        Locator: DIMM_B2

        Bank Locator: NODE 0 CHANNEL 1 DIMM 2

        Type: Unknown

        Type Detail: None

        Speed: Unknown

        Manufacturer: Empty/NO DIMM

        Serial Number: Not Specified

        Asset Tag: Not Specified

        Part Number: Not Specified

        Rank: Unknown

        Configured Clock Speed: Unknown

        Minimum Voltage: Unknown

        Maximum Voltage: Unknown

        Configured Voltage: Unknown

# sensors

acpitz-virtual-0

Adapter: Virtual device

temp1:        +27.8°C  (crit = +119.0°C)

temp2:        +29.8°C  (crit = +119.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000

Adapter: ISA adapter

Physical id 0:  +44.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Core 0:         +39.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Core 1:         +40.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Core 2:         +42.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

Core 3:         +44.0°C  (high = +80.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

power_meter-acpi-0

Adapter: ACPI interface

power1:       36.00 W  (interval = 4294967.29 s)

# ipmitool sdr elist full

System Airflow   | 11h | ok  | 23.1 | 8 CFM

BB P1 VR Temp    | 20h | ok  |  7.1 | -74 degrees C

P1 VR Ctrl Temp  | BAh | ok  |  7.1 | 31 degrees C

Front Panel Temp | 21h | ok  | 12.1 | 23 degrees C

SSB Temp         | 22h | ok  |  7.1 | 32 degrees C

BB Inlet Temp    | 23h | ok  |  7.1 | 22 degrees C

BB BMC Temp      | 24h | ok  |  7.1 | 30 degrees C

BB Mem VR temp   | 25h | ok  |  7.1 | -75 degrees C

HSBP 1 Temp      | 29h | ok  | 15.1 | 24 degrees C

Exit Air Temp    | 2Eh | ok  |  7.1 | 28 degrees C

System Fan 1     | 34h | ok  | 29.1 | 5978 RPM

System Fan 2     | 31h | ok  | 29.2 | 5978 RPM

System Fan 3     | 32h | ok  | 29.3 | 5978 RPM

PS1 Input Power  | 54h | ok  | 10.3 | 35 Watts

PS1 Temperature  | 5Ch | ok  | 10.1 | 41 degrees C

P1 Therm Margin  | 74h | ok  |  3.1 | -55 degrees C <----- this will say "No Reading" rather than "-55 degrees C" when the fans spin up, then back to "-55 degrees C" when the fans spin back down

P1 Therm Ctrl %  | 78h | ok  |  3.1 | 0 percent

P1 DTS Therm Mgn | 83h | ok  |  3.1 | -34 degrees C

DIMM Thrm Mrgn 1 | B0h | ok  |  8.1 | -60 degrees C

Agg Therm Mgn 1  | C8h | ok  |  7.1 | -12 degrees C

BB +12.0V        | D0h | ok  |  7.1 | 12.10 Volts

BB +3.3V Vbat    | DEh | ok  |  7.1 | 3.08 Volts

MTT CPU1         | 34h | ok  |  3.1 | 0 percent

(I have had fan spin-ups since the last system boot show here)

#ipmitool sel elist

   1 | 12/12/2017 | 16:15:21 | Event Logging Disabled System Event Log | Log area reset/cleared | Asserted

   2 | 12/12/2017 | 19:49:35 | Power Unit Pwr Unit Status | Power off/down | Asserted

   3 | 12/13/2017 | 15:36:02 | Processor P1 Status | Presence detected | Asserted

   4 | 12/13/2017 | 15:36:09 | Drive Slot / Bay HDD 0 Status | Drive Present | Asserted

   5 | 12/13/2017 | 15:36:09 | Drive Slot / Bay HDD 1 Status | Drive Present | Asserted

   6 | 12/13/2017 | 15:36:29 | System Event BIOS Evt Sensor | OEM System boot event | Asserted

   7 | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:26 | Power Supply PS1 Status | Presence detected | Deasserted

   8 | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:31 | Physical Security #0x04 | General Chassis intrusion | Asserted

   9 | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:35 | Fan #0x30 | Lower Non-critical going low  | Asserted

   a | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:35 | Fan #0x30 | Lower Critical going low  | Asserted

   b | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:35 | Fan #0x33 | Lower Non-critical going low  | Asserted

   c | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:35 | Fan #0x33 | Lower Critical going low  | Asserted

   d | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:36 | Physical Security #0x04 | General Chassis intrusion | Deasserted

   e | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:36 | Fan #0x30 | Lower Non-critical going low  | Deasserted

   f | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:36 | Fan #0x30 | Lower Critical going low  | Deasserted

  10 | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:36 | Fan #0x33 | Lower Non-critical going low  | Deasserted

  11 | 12/13/2017 | 15:54:36 | Fan #0x33 | Lower Critical going low  | Deasserted

  12 | 12/13/2017 | 21:53:14 | Power Unit Pwr Unit Status | Power off/down | Asserted

  13 | 12/14/2017 | 15:15:22 | Processor P1 Status | Presence detected | Asserted

  14 | 12/14/2017 | 15:15:28 | Drive Slot / Bay HDD 0 Status | Drive Present | Asserted

  15 | 12/14/2017 | 15:15:28 | Drive Slot / Bay HDD 1 Status | Drive Present | Asserted

  16 | 12/14/2017 | 15:15:47 | System Event BIOS Evt Sensor | OEM System boot event | Asserted

  17 | 12/14/2017 | 15:36:49 | Power Unit Pwr Unit Status | Power off/down | Asserted

  18 | 12/14/2017 | 15:36:52 | Power Unit Pwr Unit Status | Power off/down | Deasserted

  19 | 12/14/2017 | 15:37:17 | System Event BIOS Evt Sensor | OEM System boot event | Asserted

As Noted for a skylake of TDP 160W. What will be max power Consumption?

In the purley PDG # 546835 (table 230 : ) it states that the Pmax is 363W .

Hi there,

I'm trying to setup a Samsung m.2 with the S2600CW2 motherboard in a dual xeon configuration but it seems it can't be detected by the system.

Any ideas to make it work??

Many thanks,

Hi,

Is dual CPU base system configuration is a better solution? up to what percentage output can expect of (200% Ideal?).Any affected factors to reach ideal maximum output?

Thanks.

Regards,

Pragnesh

Customer wants to know MTBF of some intel components.

How can I find out MTBF of following components?

1. S7200AP

2. S2600BPB

3. S2600WF0

4. Intel OPA Director Class Switch 100 Series-24 slot chassis

5. Intel OPA Edge Switch - 100 Series 48 Ports

6. INTEL OMNI PATH STANDARD REACH PASSIVE COPPER CABLE

7. INTEL OMNI PATH 1:1 OPTICAL CABLE

8. Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) CPU 7250 @ 1.40GHz

9. Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.40GHz

10. INTEL® OMNI-PATH HOST FABRIC INTERFACE ADAPTER 100 SERIES 1 PORT PCIE X16 LOW PROFILE

11. INTEL 10GIGE, COPPER, 2 PORT, X710-DA2, PCIE3.0 X8 - 8 GT/S, FH & LP, SFP+ COPPER

Hello,

I have Blade Servers on MFSYS25, and I need at least activate Advanced Management Pack (MFSADVMGMT) for SysLog feature.

In a good case, I need the same for Shared LUN (MFSLUNKEY).

Our distributor said that he can't help us in this matter.

What should I do in this case?

Thank you.

BB +1.35 P1LV AB

BB +1.35 P1LV DE

All deasserted?  why? is ok?

Hi, I'm trying to find the fix for a really loud fan on this motherboard. All my searches ended up on Workstation board.

Is there a way to lower down the fan speeds on idle, since after powering on the machine, for half a minute, minute the fan is really quiet before going full speed again.

Hi,

I have a dual CPU Gold 6148 in an S2600STB motherboard, using an Intel case (Intel System Cabinet P4304XXMUXX Black) and Intel heat sinks,

Intel PSU (and 512GB RAM)

The system runs hot, around 60C when next to idle.

I replaced the paste between the CPU and the Heat Sink on one CPU and it made no difference.

I have noticed that during startup it spins up and then down the fans in the power supply, then spins up and then down the fans in the case.

However, I've never heard the case fans making a lot of noise while the system is running.

If I try to use a few CPUs at 100% it will heat up to 95C and any more then it will shut down.

However, the fans wont spin up faster when this happens.

I'm using latest Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS

It would seem that this doesn't support the motherboard by default since the fans wont spin up to cool it down.

How do I resolve this?

Hello,

I have the current problem:

I have an INTEL S5000PSL installed with 16GB RAM (4x4) and two Xeon 51xx. The MoBo is installed in an Intel Chassis SC5400 (I don´t know the exactly model and don´t know how to identify)

The Problem is that all Fans running at 100% all the time after the newest BIOS UPDATE (Download Firmware Update Package for DOS ). The settings in Bios were loaded to optimzied settings (F9) and the Fanspeed to Acoustic, 0-300.

I had also resetted the CMOS and the BMC jumper but no solution....

I had recognized that the SYSTEM_STATUS_LED is currently blinking orange/amber all the time also when WIN SERVER 2012 R2 is running.

The SYS_FAN_LED (left back near by RAM) is also lightning in amber but I have installed an 4-PIN PWM Fan....

I don´t know what I can do else. Do you have any information how I can get the fan´s silent/running in Idle mode?

Thanks in advance

Customer wants to know MTBF of some intel components.

How can I find out MTBF of following components?

1. S7200AP

2. S2600BPB

3. S2600WF0

4. Intel OPA Director Class Switch 100 Series-24 slot chassis

5. Intel OPA Edge Switch - 100 Series 48 Ports

6. INTEL OMNI PATH STANDARD REACH PASSIVE COPPER CABLE

7. INTEL OMNI PATH 1:1 OPTICAL CABLE

8. Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) CPU 7250 @ 1.40GHz

9. Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.40GHz

10. INTEL® OMNI-PATH HOST FABRIC INTERFACE ADAPTER 100 SERIES 1 PORT PCIE X16 LOW PROFILE

11. INTEL 10GIGE, COPPER, 2 PORT, X710-DA2, PCIE3.0 X8 - 8 GT/S, FH & LP, SFP+ COPPER

Good Day.

I am tried enable "OS boot watchdog timer" at BIOS, but my OS (Window 10 - 1709) always rebooted.

I didnt find Intel Watchdog driver and i dont understand how i should install it.

I am really need your help.

How i should check this driver? Does this function support Windows 10?

Hi

We have a S1200SPOR with RMS3CC080, the below document on page 6 (real PDF page 16) says this controller (and all others that are 12Gb) will:

"Online capacity expansion to add space to an existing drive or a new drive"

"Online RAID level migration"

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/raid-products/12G_RAID_Controllers_UG.pdf

Ive completed both of the above before with PROMISE controllers and LSI / AVAGO, however i can find anyway in the BIOS or with RWC3 (RAID Web Console 3) to do this, when i select the Virtual Drive there are no options to expand or change the RAID level.

So how is this done?

We have a Server with Integrated RAID Module RMS3CC040 (Firmware Package V: 24.21.0-0012, Firmware Version: 4.680.00-8249) with 3 Samsung 850 Pro Drives RAID 0 (HS)

Every Reboot the Controller shows 3 Warnings: Controller ID:  0  PD is not enterprise class self encrypting drive. Encryption capability of the drive will be disabled   -:-:0

We Use AVAGo MSM 17.05.00.02

Any suggestions or ideas ? Thanks in advance.

I use Intel's dual-server server S2600CP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. After installing the INTEL RSTE GUI, when setting up a mail reminder, after entering the SMTP mail server address and port and the sender and recipient email addresses, Send test mail each unsuccessful, for a lot of SMTP mail server address and port number, as well as the sender and the recipient's mail address will not work. And I was thinking, if you do not need to enter the login password of the mailbox, how can it send a test mail? I need to remind the function of mail, how should I properly set it, in order to normal use of the e-mail alert function.

Hello

first of all thanks for reading this question  , I'd like to say I have little

experience with server boards . But could successfully ensemble my first server , pretty cool .

I've been running my s2600cp , paired with 02 E5-2643 v1   , and 48 GB ram

with no problems , as a Maya/Nuke workstation ( Windows 10 installed )

Now I purchased a GTX 1070 video card but can't run it , probably because the old BIOS

( I got a message error  "PCI vendor.."  on boot) . Besides I would like to upgrade it to 2x V2 cpus as prices go down,

and I can see on Intel site  the minimum BIOS should be 02.01.0002 . Furthermore I bought a USB 3.0

and couldn't get it to work yet .

My current specs :

BIOS............................ SE5C600.86B.01.02.0003

BMC............................. 1.04.2896

SDR package............... 1.03

ME................................ 2.1.5.69

I never tried to update because I read other chat with warnings about trying to update

very old boards could fail and brick it , with some advice to only update BIOS not ME

but the readme.txt say ME must be update as well in order you can go ahead so I got

a bit scared to be honest.

SO my questions are :

0) is it correct , the 02.01.0002 is the minimum bios I need  to get v2 CPU compatibility

and directx12 videocards ??? is it correct I need to update all packages ? I dont need server

capabilities only using as workstation ? desktop

1) is it safe to update step-by-step from my current 01.02.0003  to 02.01.0002 ?

2) the update depends upon board releases ?  if positive how can I be sure / what should I check ???

3) if its safe please confirm I must go step by step , so I need to download all 6 bios update packages ,

• 02.01.0002
• 01.08.0003
• 01.06.0002
• 01.06.0001
• 01.03.0002
• 01.02.0006

burn it one by one  on a USB stick and perform the shell EFI procedure as indicated , it that allright ?

anyone who can give me any advice I welcome and thank in advance !!!!!

regards

Grenchyoll

Hi Team,

We have Intel Server System R2224WFTZS with minimum configuration(Single processor & Memory).

Please let me know whether I can use all the available PCIe slots with single CPU?

Thanks!

Hello,

my Intel S1200SPL is in a third party case an I got problems with the fan speed. I have two PWM fans and one with 3 pin.

The Fans with PWM spin to slow and the 3 pin fan spin withe 100%. How can I fix this?

I allready made a SDR update and choose "Other Case" and set the fans.

As Noted for a skylake of TDP 160W. What will be max power Consumption?

In the purley PDG # 546835 (table 230 : ) it states that the Pmax is 363W .

Hi there,

I'm trying to setup a Samsung m.2 with the S2600CW2 motherboard in a dual xeon configuration but it seems it can't be detected by the system.

Any ideas to make it work??

Many thanks,