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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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IainThomson85_1
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Aug 31, 2016

Rack move time then. Get it optimal cooling.