Systems and methods for reporting of excessive vibration conditions in a storage resource

1. An information handling system comprising:

a processor; and

a storage resource communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to:

monitor one or more operating parameters of the storage resource indicative of vibration external to the storage resource affecting performance of the storage resource, wherein the monitoring includes maintaining a count of a number of retries needed to successfully service at least one read request received by the storage resource;

determine whether the one or more operating parameters exceed respective threshold values, wherein the respective threshold values are normalized values that are based on measurements of different types of storage resources, the normalized values being indicative of sensitivities of the different types of storage resources to vibrations at particular frequencies; and

in response to determining that the one or more operating parameters exceed a respective threshold value, communicate an indication from the storage resource to a subsystem of the information handling system that the storage resource is experiencing excessive vibration from sources external to the storage resource, wherein the communicating includes transmitting an indication of the count of the number of retries.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operating parameters of the storage resource further comprises at least one of a position error signal and a settling time.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the subsystem comprises a management controller coupled to the processor for out-of-band management of the information handling system.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein in response to receipt of the indication, the subsystem is configured to cause an operational modification of one or more components of the information handling system in order to reduce the excessive vibration.

5. The information handling system of claim 4 , wherein the operational modification comprises a modification of a speed of a motor of an air mover of the information handling system for cooling components of the information handling system.

6. A method comprising:

monitoring one or more operating parameters of a storage resource indicative of vibration external to the storage resource affecting performance of the storage resource, wherein the monitoring includes maintaining a count of a number of retries needed to successfully service at least one read request received by the storage resource;

determining whether the one or more operating parameters exceed respective threshold values, wherein the respective threshold values are normalized values that are based on measurements of different types of storage resources, the normalized values being indicative of sensitivities of the different types of storage resources to vibrations at particular frequencies; and

in response to determining that the one or more operating parameters exceed a respective threshold value, communicating an indication from the storage resource to a subsystem of an information handling system in which the storage resource is disposed that the storage resource is experiencing excessive vibration from sources external to the storage resource, wherein the communicating includes transmitting an indication of the count of the number of retries.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more operating parameters of the storage resource further comprises at least one of a position error signal and a settling time.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the subsystem comprises a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, in response to receipt of the indication, causing by the subsystem an operational modification of one or more components of the information handling system in order to reduce the excessive vibration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the operational modification comprises a modification of a speed of a motor of an air mover of the information handling system for cooling components of the information handling system.

11. A storage resource comprising:

storage media for storage of data; and

control circuitry configured to:

monitor one or more operating parameters of the storage resource indicative of vibration external to the storage resource affecting performance of the storage resource, wherein the monitoring includes maintaining a count of a number of retries needed to successfully service at least one read request received by the storage resource;

determine whether the one or more operating parameters exceed respective threshold values, wherein the respective threshold values are normalized values that are based on measurements of different types of storage resources, the normalized values being indicative of sensitivities of the different types of storage resources to vibrations at particular frequencies; and

in response to determining that the one or more operating parameters exceed a respective threshold value, communicate an indication from the storage resource to a subsystem of an information handling system comprising the storage resource that the storage resource is experiencing excessive vibration from sources external to the storage resource, wherein the communicating includes transmitting an indication of the count of the number of retries.

12. The storage resource of claim 11 , wherein the one or more operating parameters of the storage resource further comprises at least one of a position error signal and a settling time.

13. The storage resource of claim 11 , wherein the subsystem comprises a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system.

14. The storage resource of claim 11 , wherein in response to receipt of the indication, the subsystem is configured to cause an operational modification of one or more components of the information handling system in order to reduce the excessive vibration.

15. The storage resource of claim 14 , wherein the operational modification comprises a modification of a speed of a motor of an air mover of the information handling system for cooling components of the information handling system.

16. An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:

monitor one or more operating parameters of a storage resource indicative of vibration external to the storage resource affecting performance of the storage resource, wherein the monitoring includes maintaining a count of a number of retries needed to successfully service at least one read request received by the storage resource;

determine whether the one or more operating parameters exceed respective threshold values, wherein the respective threshold values are normalized values that are based on measurements of different types of storage resources, the normalized values being indicative of sensitivities of the different types of storage resources to vibrations at particular frequencies; and

in response to determining that the one or more operating parameters exceed a respective threshold value, communicate an indication from the storage resource to a subsystem of an information handling system comprising the storage resource that the storage resource is experiencing excessive vibration from sources external to the storage resource, wherein the communicating includes transmitting an indication of the count of the number of retries.

17. The storage resource of claim 16 , wherein the one or more operating parameters of the storage resource further comprises at least one of a position error signal and a settling time.

18. The storage resource of claim 16 , wherein the subsystem comprises a management controller coupled to the processor for out-of-band management of the information handling system.

19. The storage resource of claim 16 , wherein in response to receipt of the indication, the subsystem is configured to cause an operational modification of one or more components of the information handling system in order to reduce the excessive vibration.

20. The storage resource of claim 19 , wherein the operational modification comprises a modification of a speed of a motor of an air mover of the information handling system for cooling components of the information handling system.