Knowledge Article: ID B40050000: Hot air has been detected exiting the rear of the chassis

Description

Hot air has been detected exiting the rear of the chassis and being recirculated to the air inlet at the front of the chassis.

Causes

For the system to have sufficient cooling, check the chassis for missing devices, and make sure that those bays contain fillers.

Implications

Replace any failed fan modules.

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

  1. Check the chassis for missing devices, and make sure that those bays contain fillers.
  2. Replace any failed fan modules.

Additional information

To find additional troubleshooting help, visit the "IBM Support & downloads" Web site. At "IBM Support Portal: Quick start" page, select Browse for "Choose your products", select your Chassis from PureFlex System under the Hardware list, and "Troubleshoot" for "Choose your page", then select "Continue" for "See your results". To narrow the results, search with keywords that are related to this article, such as "fail", "Chassis", etc. in the "Search support" field at the right panel.

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