smx10fanctl | A fancontroller for Supermicro boards using IPMI raw

smx10fanctl is a Python library. smx10fanctl has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has build file available, it has a Permissive License and it has low support. You can install using 'pip install smx10fanctl' or download it from GitHub, PyPI.

smx10fanctl is a fancontroller for Supermicro boards using IPMI raw commands. I created this project because I wanted a quieter homeserver. Supermicro motherboards expect high RPM fans and fans that have at least 600RPM. I am using a Noctua NH-U12DXi4 CPU cooler which has a minimal RPM of 300. When the CPU is around 20 to 40 degrees Celcius, it will start to ramp up the fans because the Supermicro motherboards have thresholds set. This means that the motherboard demands the fans are running at least a certain amount of RPM (you can check those thresholds in your IPMI interface). You can lower the thresholds to 0 for example, but Supermicro motherboards are sometimes reading 0 RPM, I can't find an explaination why Supermicro reads 0RPM, but the internet is full of problems with Noctua fans and Supermicro motherboards. Because the motherboard reads 0RPM, it will start to ramp up the fans as well. This happens over and over again, which is really annoying. Therefore I created this CLI tool to control the fan speeds on the OS based on the CPU temperature. This tool will only work on Linux distributions.