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*...and finally, if the power / mains are pulled then everything reverts to defaults and the above settings have to be input again.

=== Another Solution ===

===Another Solution===

Sourced from here: http://www.righteoushack.net/dell-poweredge-13th-gen-fan-noise/

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Below is a "direct quote" from the above source. No copyright infringement intended.<br />'''Disable Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response:'''

ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00

'''Enable Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response:'''

ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

'''To check the current third party PCIe card default cooling setting:'''

ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x01 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00

This response means disabed:

16 05 00 00 00 05 00 01 00 00

This response means enabled:

16 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00

===Additional Information===

Thanks to: https://old.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/7xqb11/dell_fan_noise_control_silence_your_poweredge/ for the information.

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*0x30 seems to indicate OEM specific "Extended" Settings, but why 0x30 0x30? Is that Extended, Extended Settings? Or is the second 0x30 Fan control?

*Is the 0x01 the command for Set?

===Cool Other Thoughts===

...it turns out the IPMI utility was originally written by a person by the name of Duncan Laurie.

https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool

Some documentation on 'hidden settings': https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19464-01/820-6850-11/IPMItool.html#50602039_46384

SuperMicros IPMIView works (mostly)

Power Cap Policy / Policies are an interesting subject (for later), that can curb a power hungry system (thus cutting down fan speeds), but at a cost of performance: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac9-lifecycle-controller-v3.0-series/idrac_3.00.00.00_ug/viewing-and-configuring-power-cap-policy?guid=guid-8b420aae-ecdb-4d50-9cc9-13ac6669afd5&lang=en-us (yes, it says iDRAC9, but applies to 8 too)

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 *...and finally, if the power / mains are pulled then everything reverts to defaults and the above settings have to be input again.
-=== Another Solution ===
+===Another Solution===
 Sourced from here: http://www.righteoushack.net/dell-poweredge-13th-gen-fan-noise/
-<br />
+Below is a "direct quote" from the above source.  No copyright infringement intended.<br />'''Disable Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response:'''
+ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x01 0x00 0x00
+'''Enable Third-Party PCIe Card Default Cooling Response:'''
+ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x00 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
+'''To check the current third party PCIe card default cooling setting:'''
+ipmitool -I lanplus -H ipaddress -U root -P password raw 0x30 0xce 0x01 0x16 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00
+This response means disabed:
+05 00 00 00 05 00 01 00 00
+This response means enabled:
+05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00
 ===Additional Information===
 Thanks to: https://old.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/7xqb11/dell_fan_noise_control_silence_your_poweredge/ for the information.
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 *0x30 seems to indicate OEM specific "Extended" Settings, but why 0x30 0x30?  Is that Extended, Extended Settings?  Or is the second 0x30 Fan control?
 *Is the 0x01 the command for Set?
+===Cool Other Thoughts===
+...it turns out the IPMI utility was originally written by a person by the name of Duncan Laurie.
+https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool
+Some documentation on 'hidden settings': https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19464-01/820-6850-11/IPMItool.html#50602039_46384
+SuperMicros IPMIView works (mostly)
+Power Cap Policy / Policies are an interesting subject (for later), that can curb a power hungry system (thus cutting down fan speeds), but at a cost of performance: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac9-lifecycle-controller-v3.0-series/idrac_3.00.00.00_ug/viewing-and-configuring-power-cap-policy?guid=guid-8b420aae-ecdb-4d50-9cc9-13ac6669afd5&lang=en-us (yes, it says iDRAC9, but applies to 8 too)
+<br />