Compaq DL380: Fan speed

[Alan Dayley]

Darrin Chandler said:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:50:03PM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
>> A follow-up to this question:
>> 1a. After looking around the HP site at some of the other DL380 systems,
>> I
>> note that newer distros are supported by the software downloads for the
>> newer DL380 systems.  Would using a newer download still support a first
>> generation DL380?  Has anyone tried?
>
> Does the DL380 have a G#?

The one I am dealing with is the G1 as in "Generation 1."  It seems that
the HP site lists it interchangably either with or without the G1. 
Anything G2 or over always has the G# specified.

Is this a way to force enterpize hardware upgrades?  Only support the OS
version that was relatively current when the hardware was released so that
upgraded software forces a new hardware purchase.  Nice business model, I
guess, but it feels like a hardware upgrade treadmill for the customer.

Alan