[Ipmitool-devel] fan speeds

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hi

below is a sensor list on a server. How can it be that the chassis and 
CPU fans rotate at several thousands rotations per second? My server is 
still sitting there, but according to the numbers below, it should be 
flying out the window chasing the nearest Boing...

roy

pstngwx:/usr/src/cvs/ipmitool# ipmitool -I open sensor list
SYSTEM           | 28.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 0.000     | na     
    | 0.000     | 0.000     | na        | na
CPU1             | 29.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 0.000     | na     
    | 0.000     | 0.000     | na        | na
CPU2             | 26.000     | degrees C  | ok    | 0.000     | na     
    | 0.000     | 0.000     | na        | na
VCCP             | 1.472      | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
-12V             | -11.538    | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
3.3VSB           | 3.312      | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
+3.3V            | 3.344      | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
+5V              | 5.165      | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
+12V             | 11.956     | Volts      | ok    | na        | na     
    | na        | na        | na        | na
CPU1             | 254483.000 | RPM        | ok    | 6400.000  | na     
    | 6400.000  | 6400.000  | na        | na
CPU2             | 261011.500 | RPM        | ok    | 6400.000  | na     
    | 6400.000  | 6400.000  | na        | na
Chassis          | 1671167.500 | RPM        | ok    | 6400.000  | na    
     | 6400.000  | 6400.000  | na        | na