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NickChatz_28816's avatar
NickChatz_28816
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Aug 30, 2016

Big IP F5 2000 Operating temperature

Good morning , i would like to ask a question regarding operational temperature of Big IP F5 2000 load balancer. At my work we have Nagios to monitor the health of BIG IP and the temperature threshol...
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IainThomson85_1's avatar
IainThomson85_1
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Aug 30, 2016

Hi Nick,

 

Is your DataCentre/Comms room over 40 Degrees? I think it would be prudent to stick to manufacturers guidelines for heating alerts, rather than adjust them to stop alerts being raised.

 

The other alternative is to configure Nagios to ignore anything below your threshold (If you feel that confident...)

 

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NickChatz_28816
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Aug 30, 2016

Dear Iain , No actually the data center is cooled efficiently ( has a stable 23 degrees Celsius ) but the location where the specific rack with the LB is in the position where it doesn't get optimal cooling ( also that rack happens to be full). So i was wondering since it spikes for a short period of time to 41 ,42 or 47 the highest with the fans not even working full speed at 20k ( mostly around 16k rpm ) maybe to increase the Nagios threshold to avoid that. As no expert in F5 thought better to ask first.