eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by HwFanTest

This HwFanTest monitors the status of each of the cooling units/fans on a server. This test can work only on servers with a Dell OpenManage or HP/Compaq Insight agent, or an AIX server. The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Current_speed Indicates the current speed of the cooling unit/fan in revolutions per min RPM  
Fan_status Indicates whether the cooling unit/fan is workingproperly Number A value of 1 indicates normalcy. A value of 2 indicates a minor problem, a value of 3 indicates a major problem, and a value of 4 indicates a critical problem.