freebsd stable - Apr 2003 - INFO: Problem with latest HP ProLiant GL360 G3 [workaround]

Hi,

I just wanted to inform everyone who is using HP ProLiant GL360 G3, that
we had some trouble with one of the latest system we got:

HP changed the BIOS such that fans will operate more silently. As a side effect,
our SMP-system crashed after some time due to thermal problems. For Linux and
other supported systems, additional tools exist to control the fan speed from
OS-level. I consider this a very bad idea...

For a short term solution, downgrading the bios (file SP23587.exe, 1107177
bytes)
did help here (at least uptime is now more than 5 hours). For a long term
solution
complaining at HP might help.

Regards,
Holger Kipp