HP (Hewlett-Packard) BL870C I2 manual

HP In tegr it y BL8 6 0c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 & BL8 9 0c i2 Se r v er Blade U s er S erv i ce Gui de Abstract This doc ument contains spec ifi c info rmati on that is intended f or use rs of this HP pr oduct. HP P art Number: 5 900- 2 66 1 P ublished: Ma y 20 1 3 E dition: 1 1[...]

© Cop yr ight 20 1 0, 20 1 3 Hew lett-P ackar d Developmen t Compan y , L.P . The inf ormati on contained he r ein is sub ject to c hange w ithout no tice . The o nly w arr anties for HP pr oducts and servi ces ar e set f orth in the expr ess war r anty statements acco mpan y ing such pr oducts and servi ces. No thing her ein should be co nstrued [...]

C on ten ts 1 Ov erv ie w..................................................................................................8 Serv er blade o v ervi e w...............................................................................................................8 Serv er blade compone nts.............................................................[...]

Booting HP -UX fr om the UEFI Shell...................................................................................34 Booting HP -UX in single -user mode....................................................................................... 34 Booting HP -UX in L VM-maintenance mode................................................................[...]

W arr anty r egistr ation................................................................................................79 Support ....................................................................................................................... 80 Blade link and s y ste m info rmati on par ameters.............................................[...]

R emo v ing the Blade L ink f or BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 co nf igur ations...................................110 R eplac ing the Blade L ink f or BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 co nfi guratio ns...................................111 Blade L ink fo r BL8 60c i2 conf igur ations............................................................................[...]

Set Boot Ne xt V alue.........................................................................................................148 Set T ime Out V alue..........................................................................................................148 R eset S yste m...........................................................................[...]

1 Ov er v ie w The HP In tegr it y BL8 6 0c i2 Serve r Blade is a dense , low-co st , Intel® Itanium® pr ocesso r serv er blade . Using a Blade L ink hard war e assembl y , multiple BL8 60c i2 S erver Blades can be conj oined to c r eate dual-blade , four s ock et and quad-blade , eight s ock et var iants . Number of Proces sor Sockets Number of [...]

Serv er blade componen ts 8 ICH mezz anine connector 1 CP U0 2 CP U0 po w er connec tor 9 Mezz anine connector 3 (ty pe 1 or 2) 1 0 CPU1 po wer connec tor 3 Mezz anine connector 1 (ty pe 1 ) 4 Mezz anine connector 2 (ty pe 1 or 2) 1 1 CPU1 1 2 S AS bac kplane 5 S yst em boar d thumb sc r ew 6 Battery (CR203 2) 1 3 Pull t ab NO TE: The iL O 3 pass w[...]

2 Site pr epar atio n The HP In tegr it y BL8 6 0c i2 Serve r Blade does not ha ve cooling or po wer s ys tems . Cooling and po w er is pr ov ided by the c -Class enc losure . IMPORT ANT: T o av oi d har d w ar e damage , allow the ther mal mass of the pr oduct to equali z e to the tempe r atur e and humi dity of the installati on f ac ility after [...]

20% to 80% Oper ating 5% to 9 5% Non-operating 1 All tem per ature r atings sho wn ar e for sea le vel . An altitude der ating of 1°C per 304.8 m ( 1 .8°F per 1 000 ft) to 304 8 m ( 1 0,000 ft) is appli cable . No direct sunli ght allo w ed. Uppe r oper ating limit is 3, 048 m ( 1 0, 000 f t) or 7 0 Kpa/1 0. 1 psia . Upper non-operating limit is [...]

T able 4 Site Inspection C hecklist (continued) Comment or Date Check eit her Y es or No. If No, include comment number or date . Is a netwo rk line a vaila ble? 8. Is a telephone line a v ailable? 9 . Ar e c ustomer -supplied per ipher al cables and LAN cables av ailable and of the pr oper t y pe? 1 0. Ar e floor tiles in good conditio n and pr op[...]

T able 4 Site Inspection C hecklist (continued) Comment or Date Check eit her Y es or No. If No, include comment number or date . No Y es Ar ea or Condition Number Ar e cabinets av ailable f or tape and dis c media? 3 1 . Is shelv ing availa ble for doc umentation? 3 2 . T raining Ar ea or Condition Number Ar e personnel enr olled in the S ys tem A[...]

V er if y ing site pr epar ation V erify ing site pr eparati on is an es sen tial f acto r of a succes sf ul serv er blade installati on, and inc ludes the fo llo w ing tasks: • Gather LAN infor mation . Determine the tw o IP addr ess es f or the iL O 3 MP L AN and the serve r blade LAN. • E stablish a me thod to connec t to the s erver blade c[...]

3 Inst alling the se rv er blade int o the enc losur e Inst allatio n seq uence and c hecklis t Completed Description Step P erfor m site pr eparation (s ee “Site pr eparation” (page 10) f or more inf ormati on) . 1 Unpac k and inspect the s erver shipp ing container and the n inv entory the contents u sing the packing slip . 2 Install additi o[...]

2 . R emo v e the thr ee adjacent blanks. R emo ving a c7 000 dev ice bay di v ider 1 . Slide the de vi ce bay she lf locking t ab to the le ft to open it . 2 . P ush the dev ice ba y shelf bac k until it st ops , lift the ri ght si de slightl y to disengage the tw o tabs f rom the di vi der w all , and then r otate the r ight edge do wn war d (clo[...]

3 . L ift the left side of the de vi ce ba y shelf to dise ngage the thr ee tab s fr om the div ider w all , and then r emov e it fr om the enc losur e. R emo ving a c3 000 de v ice ba y mini-div ider or de vi ce bay di v ider 1 . Slide the loc king tab do wn . Installing and po wer ing on the serv er blade 1 7[...]

2 . R emo v e the mini-di v ider o r di v ide r : • c3000 mini-di vi der : P ush the div ider to war d the back of the enc losur e until the di v ide r dr ops ou t of the enc losur e. • c3000 di vi der a . P ush the di vi der to war d the back of the enc losure un til it stop s. b . Slide the di v ide r to the left to dise ngage the tabs f rom [...]

Inter connect ba y numbering and de vi ce mapp ing • HP Blade S yst em c7 000 Enclo sur e • HP Blade S yst em c3000 Enc losur e T o support networ k connecti ons for spec ifi c signals, inst all an inter connect module in the ba y corr esponding t o the embedded NIC or mezz anine signals. Interconnect bay labels c3000 interconnect bay c7 000 in[...]

Interconnect bay labels c3000 interconnect bay c7 000 interconnect bay Server blade signal 3 and 4 5 and 6 Mezz anine 2 3 and 4 7 and 8 3 and 4 5 and 6 Mezz anine 3 3 and 4 7 and 8 F or detailed port mapping inf ormation , see the HP Blade S yst em enc losur e installatio n pos ter or the HP Blade S yst em enc losur e setup and inst allation gui de[...]

3 . Install the s erver blade . The s erve r blade should come u p to standb y pow er . The s erve r blade is at standb y pow er if the blade po w er LED is amber . Serv er blade po w er st ates The s erve r blade has thr ee pow er states: s tandb y po wer , full po wer , and off . Install the se rver blade into the enc losur e to ac hie ve the sta[...]

T able 5 P ower S tates DC P ower Applied? S tandby P ower Applied? Fr ont P anel P ow er Button Activated? Server Blade Installed in Enclosure? P ower S tates No Y es No Y es Standb y pow er Y es Y es Y es Y es F ull po we r No No No No Off P o w ering on the s erve r blade Use o ne of the f ollo wing meth ods to po wer on the s erver blade: NO TE[...]

NO TE: Befor e installing the Blade L ink for BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 , mak e sur e the f ollo wing state ments ar e true: • All blades ha ve the same CP U SKU s • All blades ha ve the same har dw are r ev isi on (onl y us e BL8 6 0c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , or BL8 90c i2 Serv er Blades) • All blades ha ve CP U0 inst alled • All blades ha ve th[...]

P ar tner blade half-height ba y number / Server blade full-height bay number P ar tner blade support? Blade location rules Supported enclosures Number of conjoined blades Blade Link part number Class N/A No Bays 2&3 w ith Monar ch blade in c3000 onl y 2 (BL8 7 0c i2) AD3 99-6 7 0 1 1 ev en bay using full-he ight n umber ing. N/A No Bays 1&[...]

1 2 . Log in to iL O 3 on the Monar c h blade . F or mor e inf or mation , see the HP Integr it y iL O3 Oper ations Guide . 1 3. In iL O 3, go to the Co mmand Menu and e xec ute xd -r to reboo t all of the iL O 3s in the conjo ined set . 1 4. Still in the iL O 3 Command Men u , pow er on the Monar ch blade w ith the PC -on -nc command . P o w er in[...]

Using iL O 3, yo u can: • R emotel y pow er on, po we r off , or r eboot the ho st s erver . • Send alerts fr om iL O 3 r egar dles s of the st ate of the ho st s erver . • Acces s ad vanced tr oublesh ooting featur es thr ough the iL O 3 interface . F or mor e info rmati on abou t iL O 3 basic f eatures , see the iL O 3 documen tatio n on th[...]

UEFI F r ont P age If y ou ar e at the UEFI shell pr ompt , enter exit to get t o the UEFI Fr ont P ag e . T o vie w boot options , or launch a spec ifi c boot option , pr es s B or b to launc h the Boot Manager . Acces sing UEFI or the O S fr om iL O 3 MP 2 7[...]

T o configur e spec ific de vi ces , pr es s D or d to launc h the Dev ice Manage r . This is an ad vanced featur e and should onl y be perf ormed w hen dir ected . T o perform main tenance on the s ys tem su ch a s adding , deleting , or reor dering boot options , pr es s M or m to launc h the Boot Maintenance Manager . T o perform mo r e ad vance[...]

Oper ating s y st em is loaded ont o the serv er blade If the O S is loaded on y our server blade , normall y UEFI will a utomati call y boot to the O S. If the UEFI F ron t P age is loaded, pr ess ENTER to st art auto boot , or B or b to selec t a spec ifi c boot optio n fo r y our O S . • Use y our standar d OS logon pr ocedur es , or see y our[...]

4 Oper ating s y ste m pr ocedur es Oper ating s ys tems supported on the s erv er blade • HP -UX 1 1i v3 HWE 1 003 • HP OpenVM S v8.4 • Mi cr oso ft Windo ws S erver 200 8 Itanium E dition R2 Inst alling the oper ating s ys te m onto the s er v er blade The f ollow ing pr ocedur es desc r ibe gener aliz ed operating s yst em inst allation . [...]

5 . Locat e the de v ice y ou wan t to boot f r om. a . F or U SB D VD , locate the dev ice: i . Use the map co mmand to list all de vi ce names f r om the UEFI Shell pr ompt . The map command displa ys the f ollo wing: fs2:> map Device mapping table fs6 :Removable CDRom - Alias cd66d0a blk6 PcieRoot(0x30304352)/Pci(0x1D,0x7)/USB(0x3,0x0)/CDROM[...]

F or mor e info rmati on r egarding loading the O S with vMedi a, s ee the vMedia C hapter o f the HP Integr it y Integr ated Li ghts- Out Managemen t Pr ocessor Oper ations Gui de . NO TE: After the O S is loaded , mak e sur e to sav e your n on v olatile memory settings t o pr ese rve boot entr ies in case o f blade failur e . C onf igur ing s y [...]

1 . Acces s the UEFI Shell en vir onment . a. L og in to iL O 3 for Integr it y and ent er CO to acces s the s yste m console . When acce ssing the cons ole , confir m that y ou are at the UEFI F ront P age . If y ou ar e at another UEFI menu , then choos e the Ex it option or pr ess X or x t o e x it the menu . Ex it until y ou retur n to the scr [...]

7 . Ex it the conso le and iL O 3 MP interf aces . 8. Pr es s Ctrl–B to e xit the s ys tem cons ole and r eturn to the MP Main Menu . T o ex it the MP M ain Menu , pre ss X or x . Booting HP -UX fr om the UEFI Shell 1 . Acces s the UEFI Shell . 2 . F rom the UEFI F ront P age , pre ss S or s to la unch the UEFI she ll . 3 . Use the map co mmand t[...]

2 . Issue the shutdown command w ith the appr opr iat e command-line optio ns. The co mmand-line options y ou spec if y deter mines the wa y in whic h HP -UX shuts do wn and w hether the se rver is r ebooted. Use the f ollow ing list to c hoos e an HP -UX shutdo wn opti on f or y our server : • Shut do wn HP -UX and halt (pow er off) the serv er [...]

Booting OpenVM S T o boot OpenVMS , us e either o f the f ollo wing pr ocedure s: • “Booting OpenVM S fr om the UEFI Boot Manager ” (page 36) • “Booting HP OpenVM S fr om the UEFI Shell” (page 36) Booting OpenVM S fr om the UEFI Boot Manager 1 . Fr om the UEFI Boot Manager m enu , c hoos e an item f r om the boot options list t o boot O[...]

%SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #5 has joined the active set. %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #9 has joined the active set. %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #1 has joined the active set. %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #11 has joined the active set. %SMP-I-CPUTRN, CPU #13 has joined the active set. %STDRV-I-STARTUP, OpenVMS startup begun at 11-AUG-2010 06:15:29.21 6 . Ex it the conso le and iL O 3 MP[...]

1 . Acces s the UEFI Shell en vir onment . a . Log on t o iL O 3 for In tegr it y and enter CO t o access the s ys tem cons ole . When acce ssing the cons ole , confir m that y ou are at the UEFI F ront P age . If y ou ar e at another UEFI menu , then ch oose the Ex it option or pr ess X or x to e xit the menu . Ex it until y ou retur n to the scr [...]

Booting the Mi cr oso ft W indo ws oper ating sy stem Use UEFI Boot Manager menu to ch oose the appr opri ate Windo ws item f r om the boot options lis t . See “Shu tting dow n Mic ros oft W indo ws ” (page 39) for mo r e inf ormati on on shutting do w n the W indo w s oper ating sy stem. 1 . F rom the UEFI Boot Manager choo se an item f rom th[...]

Y ou can use this meth od whe n using a gr aphical int erface to the s erve r . • Issue the shutdown command f r om the Windo ws command line . Y ou can issue this command fr om a command pr ompt thr ough the Spec ial Adminis tr atio n Cons ole or f r om any othe r command line . The W indow s shutdown command includes the f ollow ing options: /s[...]

5 Opti onal com ponen ts If y our se rver blade has n o additional co mponen ts to install , go to “Installing and po wer ing on the serv er blade ” (page 15) . P artner blades The f ollow ing partner blades ar e supported: • Ultr ium 44 8c T ape Blade • SB9 20c T ape Blade • SB1 7 6 0c T ape Blade • SB3000c T ape Blade • SB40c S tor [...]

Hot-plug S AS disk dr iv es The s erve r blade supports up to tw o hot -plug S AS dr iv es. CA UTION: T o pre ven t impr oper cooling and thermal damage , do not oper ate the server blade or the enc losur e unless all har d dri ve and de v ice ba ys ar e populated w ith either a com ponent o r a blank. IMPORT ANT: T he disk dr i v e does not s eat [...]

4. Clo se the le v er to loc k the dri v e into place . Inst alling inte r nal compo nents R emo v ing the access pane l 1 . L ift the access panel lat ch . 2 . Slide the acces s panel bac kw ards appr o x imatel y 2 cm (0.7 5 in) . 3 . R emo v e the access pane l b y lifting it str aight u p and off the s erver blade . After the acce ss panel is o[...]

Pr ocess or and heatsink module Pr ocessor load or der Obse rve the f ollo wing gui delines w hen installing additio nal pr oces sor s: • In a BL8 60c i2 , CP U0 is installed be fo r e CP U1 . • In a BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 , each blade m ust ha ve CP U0 inst alled. • When adding additi onal CP Us in a conjo ined conf igur ation: Load bo th[...]

2 . T ransf er the dupli cate part/ser ial numbers la bel fr om the pr ocessor module to the pr ocesso r heatsink . a . Remo ve the dupli cate tear -aw ay label that lis ts the part and ser ial n umbers f rom the pr oces sor module . b . P lace the label on the top o f the heatsink . 3 . Install the pr ocesso r o v er the load pos ts. NO TE: Ensure[...]

CA UTION: Dur ing installation , after re mo v ing the pr otecti v e co v er fr om the heatsink: • Do not tou ch o r come into co ntac t w ith the ther mal interf ace mater ial. • Immediate ly ins tall the heatsink . CA UTION: T o av oid damage to the se rver blade and pr ocess or , ensure the pr ocess or heatsink locking handle is f ull y back[...]

CA UTION: T o pre ven t thermal ins tab ility and damage to the serv er blade , do not separ ate the pr oces sor module f r om the proces sor's heatsink after the y hav e been coupled . Installing int ernal com ponents 4 7[...]

6 . Sec ure the heatsink to the pr ocesso r a . Slide both plas tic loc king tabs into place . (See callout 1 in the f ollo wing f igur e) . b . Gra sp and r otate the latc h do w n w ar d . (See callout 2 in the f ollow ing fi gur e.) W ARNI NG! T he heatsink loc king le ve r can constitu te a pinc h haz ard , keep y our hands on top of the le ver[...]

IMPORT ANT: If y ou ar e adding an additional pr ocessor to y our serve r blade , the DIMMs in the serv er blade mu st be r econfi gur ed to suppo rt both CPU s. F or mor e info rmati on , see “DIMM pair load or der ” (page 49) . DIMMs DIMM installati on guide lines Obse rve the f ollo wing gui delines w hen installing additio nal memory: • I[...]

T able 6 DIMM pair load order (continued) CPU1 CPU0 7A 1A — — 2nd — — 1 0B 9B 3rd 1 0B 6B — — 4th — — 6C 1C 5th 9C 3C — — 6th — — 1 2D 7D 7th 1 2D 4D — — 8th — — 5E 2E 9th 8E 2E — — 1 0th — — 1 1F 8F 1 1th 1 1F 5F — — 1 2th DIMM quad load or der rules T able 7 DIMM quad load order CPU1 CPU0 — — — ?[...]

NO TE: The serv er blade ships w ith at least tw o DIMMs installed in slots 3A and 4A. 3 . Ensur e the DIMM slot latc hes are ope n. CA UTION: Us e onl y HP lo w pro f ile DIMMs. DIMMs f r om other s our ces might ad vers el y affec t data integr ity . DIMMs do not seat f ull y if turned the w rong w ay . DIMMs in a pair or quad mu st be i denti ca[...]

4. Insert a DIMM in a slot and push do wn f irmly un til the latc hes c lic k shut . Mezz anine car ds Optional mezz anine cards ena ble additio nal netw ork co nnecti vity and pr o v ide F ibr e Channe l support . F or mezz anine card locati ons , see “Se rver blade com ponents ” (page 9) . Optional mezz anine cards ar e classif ied as T ype I[...]

4. Ali gn the mezz anine connector on the opti on card w ith the mezz anine connect or on the s yst em boar d . 5 . Pr es s do w n on the connec tor to s eat the car d . CA UTION: T o pre ven t damage to the serv er blade , apply pr essur e ov er the mezz anine connect or w hen inst alling the mezz anine card . Do not apply pr essur e to the edges [...]

5 P7 00m contr oller board 3 1 1 .5 inc h (2 9 .2 cm) bat tery cable 1 BB WC battery 2 6 Battery mounting br ack et Mezz anine card blank 4 5 1 2 cache module IMPORT ANT: T his pr oduct u se s the 4 5 2 34 8-B2 1 battery kit, als o called the HP S A P -S er ie s L o w Pr of ile Bat tery . Do not or der or us e the 3 83 2 80-B2 1 battery kit option [...]

4 3 1 Mezz anine foot C-hook Battery re str aining clips 2 Mezz anine post loop Installing the C ontr oller Boar d When u sed w ith the MS A2000sa G2 stor age arr a y (and ther efor e with out the opti onal battery kit) this car d is supported in slots 1 , 2 , and 3 on the Integr it y BL8 60c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , and BL89 0c i2 serv er blades . 3 2 1[...]

2 1 Slot 1 Slot 3 NO TE: When a mi x ed conf igur ation of BL8 60c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , and BL8 90c i2 blade(s) and other c -Class s erver blade s ar e in the same enc losure , the pr ef er r ed locatio n fo r the P7 00m cards is slot 3 . If y ou ar e unable to use mezz anine slot 3, yo u w ill ha ve t o r emo ve the mezz anine card in slot 2 , BB WC[...]

NO TE: If the P7 00m contr oller is in mezz anine 1 , r oute the battery cable bac k o ve r the car d and under the DIMM latc hes , doubling bac k to war ds slot 3, sliding the cable under the inner mezz anine post f or slot 3 . 8. R eplace the battery mounting brac ket . 9 . If the battery mounting br ack et and BB WC w er e pr e v iou sl y instal[...]

NO TE: If you ar e installing the p7 00m into slot 1 , slide the br ack et loop ov er the mezz anine 2 post that s tic ks up thro ugh the notc h in the edge of the mezz anine car d or mezz anine car d blank. 6 . Pr es s the br ack et thumbs cr ew c lip ov er the th umbsc re w close st to the mezz anine post . 7 . P ush the r emaining br ac k et f o[...]

5 . If it is not alr eady connec ted , plug the battery cable cache module plug in to the cac he module battery connector . P ush the battery cable's plug int o the battery connector un til it snaps in to place . NO TE: The lip of the battery cable's cac he module plug has thr ee tiny tab s that should f ace do w n . 6 . If y ou had to r [...]

R emo ving upgr ade componen ts R emo v ing the 5 1 2MB cache module CA UTION: Onl y r emo ve/r eplace the cache module w hen it is installed in the blade , so as not to bend the contr oller boar d. 1 . If y ou ar e also going to be r emov ing the BB WC battery: a . Back up all dat a . b . Clos e all applicati ons 2 . po w er off the s erver blade [...]

4. R emo v e an y mezz anine card ins talled in slot 2 ( “Mezz anine cards ” (page 123) ) . 5 . If installed , remo ve the BB W C bat tery ( “Re mo v ing the BB WC batte ry” ) . 6 . R emo v e the battery mounting br ack et R emo v ing the BB W C battery CA UTION: If y ou must r emo v e the cache module t o tr ansf er data , the battery mus [...]

8. P ush the battery plug out of the battery connector . HP Smart Ar r a y P7 1 1m Co ntr oller The HP Smart Ar r a y P7 1 1mis a PCIe car d supporting direc t attach and shar ed S AS St or age. T his car d is supported in slots 1 , 2 , and 3 on the Integr it y BL8 60c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , and BL89 0c i2 server blades . NO TE: When a mi x ed conf igu[...]

4 3 1 Mezz anine foot C-hook Cable r estr aining clips 2 Mezz anine post loop Installing the Su per cap mounting br ack et 1 . P ow er off the se rver blade and r emov e it fr om the se rver blade enc losur e ( “Pr epar ing the serv er blade f or serv ic ing ” ). 2 . R emo v e the access pane l ( “ Acce ss panel” (page 113) ). 3 . R emo v e[...]

8. R eplace an y mezz anine cards that y ou had to r emov e fr om mezz anine slot 2 ( “Mezz anine car ds ” (page 123) ) . Installing the P7 1 1m contr oller boar d This car d is supported in slots 1 , 2 , and 3 on the Integr ity BL8 60c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , and BL8 90c i2 serv er blades . 3 2 1 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 NO TE: When a mi x ed conf igur[...]

NO TE: The mounting br ack et is installed either o n top of a mezz anine card in slot 1 , or the mezz anine blank in slot 1 , depending upon the c ustome r's conf igur ation . If no car d is used in slot 1 , the mezz anine car d blank mus t be inst alled fo r the br ack et to c lip onto . NO TE: The Super cap P ack inc ludes tw o plasti c tab[...]

Upgr ading a conjo ined conf igur ation This s ecti on con tains inf or mation r equir ed to com plete an upgr ade of a BL8 60c i2 , BL8 7 0c i2 , or BL8 90c i2 serv er blade . T his doc ument e xpands on the infor matio n pr o v ided in the Read T his F irst doc ument w hich is inc luded in the upgrade kit . Pr ocedure summary 1 . Existing server [...]

Bef ore getting st arted IMPORT ANT: • Do not inst all or us e the upgr ade Blade Link until e xplic itly called fo r in the upgr ade procedur e. F or mor e info rmati on , see “Blade link and sy stem inf or mation par ameters ” (page 80) . • The s erve r blade fir mw ar e may need to be updated on the e xis ting serv er blades a s part of [...]

IMPORT ANT: T he Oper ating S ys tem ma y need to be re installed o n the upgr aded server . This w ill be e xplained later . IMPORT ANT: If y ou w ill be using HP -UX, re vi e w the HP -UX err ata documen tatio n that is listed at the fo llo w ing url: http://bi zsupport2 .aus tin .hp .com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c0 2 1 1 1 05 9/c0 2 1 1 1 0[...]

X: Exit Connection [ilo002264fee2de] hpiLO-> cm (Use Ctrl-B to return to MP main menu.) [ilo002264fee2de] CM:hpiLO-> sr SYSREV Revisions Active Pending Bay 5 Bay 6 --------------------------------------------------------- iLO FW : 01.41.01 01.41.01 01.41.01 System FW : 01.80 01.80 01.80 MHW FPGA : 02.00 02.00 02.00 Power Mon FW : 03.04 03.04 [...]

Product Name : BladeSystem c7000 Onboard Administrator Part Number : 412142-B21 Spare Part No.: 414055-001 Serial Number : O985MP8457 UUID : 09O985MP8457 Manufacturer : HP Firmware Ver. : 3.15 Hw Board Type : 0 Hw Version : B1 7 0 Optional com ponents[...]

V CM Use o ne of the f ollo wing meth ods to deter mine the cur r ent V CM fir m w ar e versi on: • O A GUI — Select the Inter connect Bay 1 dev ice and then se lect the Infor mation tab . Under Information the r e is a F irm w ar e V ersion line w hich indi cates the c urr ent V C FW v er sion ins talled on the pr imary VC in ter connect modul[...]

• V C Support Utility — Launc h V C Support Utilit y – Inte r acti ve and ent er version . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility Version 1.6.0 (Build 95) Build Date: Oct 13 2010 07:03:49 Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company,[...]

pr oces sor o f each blade (b y enclo sur e ba y number ) can be cho sen indi vi dually and the info rmati on displa yed w ill include the inf ormati on needed for compar ison . F or mor e info rmati on , see “Proce ss or and heatsink module ” (page 44) , and “ CPU and heatsink module ” (page 118) . DIMM matching and loading rules The r ule[...]

2 . If a V C conf igurati on is used and the upgr ade requir es mo v ing to a ne w enclosur e , then setu p the tar get VC s erver pr of ile on the ne w enclosur e no w using the V CM domain and the designat ed Monar ch Serv er V C pro file o n the c urr ent s yste m fo r guidance . Ref er to “P ossible change s due to V C pro f ile mapping on th[...]

c. P lace the pr oduct number porti on fr om the F ield Upgr ade Only label on t op of the old pr oduct n umber and bar code on the label carr ier car d fr om the Monar ch Serv er . IMPORT ANT: Do not co ver the se r ial numbe r on the label car rier car d. d . Remo ve the po sition inf ormati on label (the le ft hand label in the abo ve p ic tur e[...]

1 5. Enter sr t o v ie w the sy stem r ev isio n inf ormati on. A sample o utput f or a BL8 90c i2 is sh o w n belo w . The BL8 90c i2 w ill show f our blades compo sing the serv e blade , a BL8 7 0c i2 will sho w t w o . If the output does not sh o w all of the blades e xpected , then ther e is a proble m w hic h mu st be r esol ved be f or e proc[...]

a . Log int o the Monar ch iL O 3 MP , enter the C ommand Men u , and ex ec ute the command sysset . This w ill list the s y stem info rmati on par ameters st or ed in the Upgrade Blade L ink (Pr imary) and those st or ed on the server blade (Seco ndary) . Belo w is an e x ample of the output w hen upgr ading fr om a BL8 6 0c i2 to a BL8 7 0c i2 . [...]

d . After the iL O 3 MP r eset (le ss than one min ute), log back into the iL O 3 MP , go to the Command Me nu , and enter sysset again t o ve r ify that the sy stem inf or mation par ameters hav e been set f or cor r ectl y for both Pr imar y and Secondary . The v alues between Pr imar y and Secondary should no w match . [ilo002264fee1be] CM:hpiLO[...]

c. Ex ec ute the UEFI shell command map – r t o mak e sur e that all of the expec ted disks ar e mapped . d . Exec ute the UEFI shell command cpuconfig to mak e sure that all o f the e xpected pr oces sor s ar e there and indi cate acti ve . e . Exec ute the UEFI she ll command info mem – dimms to mak e sure that all o f the e xpected DIMMs ar [...]

The pr oof of pur chas e should be a s canned cop y or f ax of a sale s r eceipt o r in v oi ce fr om HP or an autho r i zed r eseller . It can also be an or der confir mati on , shipping r eceipt , or r eseller bas ed pur c hase/shipp ing conf irmation that con tains the f ollo wing: • The pur chas e or shipp ing date . • The pr oduct numbe r [...]

The r e ar e two s ets of par ameters sh o w n: • Pr imary values ar e stor ed on the Blade Link . • Secondary value s ar e thos e sto r ed on the se rver blades . When an e xis ting serv er blade is upgr aded, the s yste m mus t r etain the e xis ting UUID and ser ial number , but the pr oduc t name and number w ill need to be changed t o r ef[...]

Upgr ade scenar io s w hic h do not r equir e a r eins tall of the ope r ating s ys tem OS reinstall r equired? HP Virtual Machin es Virtual Connect Operating sy stem no HPVM HPVM no V C VC NO 1 X X HP -UX NO X X NO 1 X X NO X X NO 1 N/A N/A X OpenVM S NO X NO 1 N/A N/A X Windo ws Serve r 2008 NO X 1 Note cauti ons in “P ossible change s due to V[...]

4) , that had not bee n mapped to an y ports prio r to the upgr ade, w ill be mapped to FC HB A ports on the au xiliary blade in the upgr aded server . The Ethe rnet co nnecti on entr ies in a pr ofile ar e handled differ ently f r om S AN entr ies in or der to balance the use o f F lex - 1 0 por ts (e v en if no F lex - 1 0 ports are u sed , the s[...]

on the Monar ch blade . The r esulting s et of Ether net connection e ntr ie s in the pr ofile w ould be as fo llo w s. Mapping to BL8 7 0c i2 ports V CM assigned MAC addr ess Assigned network Prof ile entry Monar ch L OM1–a 00 - 1 7 -A4 - 77 -90 - 1 0 LAN - 1 1 Au xiliary L OM1–a 00 - 1 7 -A4 - 77 -90 - 1 2 unassi gned 2 Monar ch L OM2–a 00 [...]

P ortable Image pr oduct is ins talled and ena bled on the blade serv er bef ore the upgr ade . After the upgr ade, P I w ill automaticall y modif y the HP -UX netwo rk ins tance number s of the new har dw are en v ir onment so that the y match the pr e -upgr ade env ironme nt . This tak es adv antage o f the V CM inter connect st acking links t o [...]

Y ou should see the f ollow ing: Tunable Value Expression Changes gio_portable_image (before) 1 1 Immed (now) 0 0 3. T he networ king should be c heck ed to mak e sure that the or iginal s y st em netw ork ins tance s func tio n corr ectl y . If the HP -UX boot repo rts a L AN interf ace conf igur ation f ailur e , then chec k the /etc/r c.log f il[...]

6 T r oublesh ooting This c hapter pr ov ide s str ategies , pr ocedur es, and tools f or tro ubleshoo ting serv er blade er r or and fa ult conditio ns. Methodo log y Gener al tr oubleshooting me thodolog y 1 . R ev ie w the f ollo wing list o f s ymptoms: • F ron t P anel LED blinking • S yst em Alert pr esent on s ys tem cons ole • Serv er[...]

NO TE: Alw ay s e x amine the iL O 3 MP SEL in the case of a blinking y ello w or red f r ont panel health LED , befor e r eplac ing an y hard w ar e . Ex ec uting r ecommended tr oubleshooting me thodolog y The r ecommended methodolog y for tr oubleshooting a s erve r blade err or or fa ult is as f ollo ws: 1 . Consult the sy stem conso le fo r an[...]

T able 9 Basic Low End T roubleshooting (continued) Action Condition Step 4. If the po we r button ’s integrated LED on f r ont panel r emains off , then re seat the serv er blade . 5 . As a last r esort, r eplace the server blade . This issue is fi xed w hen the fr ont panel LED states ar e as follo ws: blade health is stead y gr een . A fatal f[...]

T able 9 Basic Low End T roubleshooting (continued) Action Condition Step 2 . Sear ch f or the boot disk path using the UEFI shell ( map-r ) command . 3 . Ex amine the iL O 3 MP logs for en tri es r elated to pr ocess ors , pr ocess or po w er modules , and shar ed memory , and core I/O de v ices (s ee “Err ors and err or logs ” (page 101) for [...]

T able 1 0 Advanced Low End T roubleshooting Action S ymptom/Condition Step SEL logging has stopped (health is s teady gr een and pow er is steady gr een). Cannot r ead SEL fr om the s y stem console . 6 1 . Examine cons ole mess ages fo r an y UEFI err ors or w arnings a bout oper ation or co mmunicati ons. This is sue is fi xed w hen the SEL r es[...]

Co ntr ols and ports F ron t panel v ie w 9 P ar titi on Identif ier 5 Monar ch po w er button 1 Monar ch blade indicat or 2 UID LED 1 0 Phy sical Pr ese nce Button 6 HDD bay 1 7 HDD bay 2 3 Blade health LED 1 1 SUV connec tor 1 2 8 4 iL O heartbeat LED (behind gr ill) Blade po w er LED NICs 1 , 2 , 3, 4 9 2 T r oubleshoo ting[...]

R ear panel v iew 2 1 GBX signal connec tor s P ow er connect ors Serv er blade LEDs F ron t panel LEDs Status Description Item Gr een = Blade is acting as Monar ch blade Monar ch blade indi cator 1 Off = Blade is not Monar ch or is not conjo ined Blue = Identif ied UID LED 2 Blue flashing = A cti ve r emote management Off = No acti ve re mote mana[...]

Status Description Item Gr een = Netw ork link ed NICs 1 , 2 , 3, 4 4 Gr een flashing = Netwo rk acti vity Off = No link or acti vity Gr een = Blade is acting as Monar ch and is po we r ed on Monar ch po wer butto n / Monar ch po we r LED 5 Amber = Blade is acting a s Monar c h and is in standb y Off = Blade is not Monar ch N/A SUV co nnector 6 N/A[...]

S AS disk dr iv e LEDs The r e ar e t w o disk dr i v es on the BL8 60c i2 S erver Blade . The y hav e ide ntical LEDs that dis pla y the dr i v e statu s. Description Item F ault/UID LED (amber/blue) 1 Online LED (gree n) 2 S AS har d dri v e LED combinati ons NO TE: Predi cti ve f ailur e alerts onl y occ ur w hen the har d dri v e is connec ted [...]

Interpretation Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Online/activity LED (green) The dr ive is ac ti ve , and it is operating normall y . Off F lashing irr egularly A cr itical fault conditi on has been identif ied for this dr ive , and the Steadil y amber Off contr oller has placed it offline . Replace the dri ve as soon a s possible . A pr edicti ve failur [...]

• L OCA T OR • P O WER T able 1 1 Indications f or the iL O 3 TUI LEDs V alue Indicati ons E qui vale nt P urpose VFP LED Health of the partition and the health of one or mor e blades within the partition is DEGRADED , meaning that: F lashing amber S y stem Health LED in the iL O 3 GUI's Virtual F ront P anel Repr esents the health of the [...]

The s yste m/partition is iden tifi ed. On Identifi es the s ys tem/partition and w ill L OCA T OR UID LED on the fro nt panel of the indi vi dual blade • S y stem/partiti on is not ide ntif ied and no fir m w are u pdate is acti vel y wr iting to any of the s y stem R OMs Off blink while a f irmw are update is in pr ogress . NO TE: All blades in[...]

S UV Cable and P orts The S UV port on the fr ont of the serv er blade is used in co njunc tio n w ith an S UV cable to connec t the serv er to e xternal de v ice s suc h as a ter minal emulator or monito r . In a conjoined s erver , only the S UV port on the Monar ch Serv er is acti ve . CA UTION: T he S UV cable is not designed t o be used a s a [...]

Diagn os tic s A suite of o ffline and o nline support tools ar e av ailable to ena ble tr oubleshooting s erver blade issues . In general , if the operating s ys tem (HP -UX) is alread y running , HP does not r ecommend shutting do wn the serv er blade . Use the online support tools . If the O S cannot be boot ed, u se the o ffline su pport tools [...]

F ault managemen t o v er v ie w The goal o f f ault managemen t and monitor ing is to incr ease serv er blade a v ailability , by mo v ing fr om a r eacti ve fa ult detec tion , diagnosis , and repair str ategy t o a pr oactiv e fault detec tio n , diagno sis, and r epair str ateg y . The objec ti ves ar e: • T o detect issues a utomati cally , [...]

• Ev ents ar e cr eated by f irm w ar e or the OS and ar e stor ed in eithe r or both of the SEL and fo rwar d progr ess e vent logs . • The iL O 3 MP displa y s the SEL e ve nt logs . Ev ent log u sage T o consult the ev ent logs: 1 . C onnect t o the s y ste m console . 2. Ent er Ctrl–B to acce ss the MP Main Menu . 3. T o v ie w ev ent log[...]

1 . Log in w ith the pr oper us er name and pass wor d. NO TE: the default login and pa ss wor d are: login = Administrator pass wo r d = R andomly ge ner ated pass w ord f ound on the iL O 3 Netwo rk pull t ab located on the r ight si de of the Monar ch blade . 3 2 1 P ull tab La bel carr ier door B us y LED 3 2 1 Blade cha ssis end F actory trac [...]

4. Enter sl t o displa y the statu s logs . T he statu s logs consis t of: • S yst em Ev ent • F orwar d Pr ogres s • Cur rent Boo t • Pr e v io us Boot • L i v e Ev ents • Clear SELs 5 . Enter Ctr l–B to r eturn to the MP Main Menu . SEL r ev ie w 1 . Acces s the iL O 3 MP command pro mpt . 2 . R un the sl command . T he Ev ent Log V[...]

3 ILO 1 2 4080230D00E10004 0000000000000000 FW_UPDATE_START 07 Jan 2010 22:31:23 2 ILO 1 2 408022E200E10002 0000000000000000 ENTER_MFG_MODE 4. Selec t a , then a thr eshold f ilter numbe r to f ilter e vents t o desir ed lev el . MP:SL (+,-,<CR>,D, F, L, J, H, K, T, A, U, ? for Help, Q or Ctrl-B to Quit) >a Alert Level Threshold Filter: 1 [...]

Pr obable f irm w ar e failur e ar eas ar e: • Unsupported f irm w ar e installati on • Cor rupt f irm war e installatio n T o trou bleshoot f irm w ar e issues: 1 . V erify that all serv er blade f irm war e components ar e fr om the same r eleas e (use the MP sysrev command). 2 . R eins tall serv er blade f ir m w ar e . V er if y and install[...]

T able 1 2 Ser ver blade env ironmental specifications Non- Operating Range Maximum Rate of Change Recommended Operating Range Operating Range P arameter - 40°C t o 60°C (-40°F to 1 40°F) 1 0°C (50°F ) / hr with tape 20°C (6 8°F) / hr w ithout tape 20°C to 2 5°C (68°F to 77°F ) (up to 5000 feet) 5°C to 3 5°C (4 1°F to 9 5°F) (up to [...]

7 R emo v ing and r eplac ing compone nts Serv er blade componen ts list NO TE: P art numbers ar e found b y using the part nomenclatur e fr om this list to selec t the cor r ect part fr om HP P artsurfer ( http://www .partsurfer .hp.co m/sear ch .asp x ) . T able 1 3 CRU L ist Spare P art Number Description with P art Number Memory AM3 2 6 -6 900 [...]

T able 1 3 CRU L ist (continued) Boards and Car ds 4 5 6 9 7 8-00 1 HP Dual P or t 8Gbps F ibre C hannel HB A Mezzanine C ar d (Emule x) (part number 4 56 9 7 2 -B2 1 ) 4 5 5 8 6 9-00 1 HP Dual P ort 8Gbps Fibr e Channel HB A Mezzanine C ar d (Q-Logi c) (part number 4 5 1 8 7 1 -B2 1 ) 6 1 53 1 6 -00 1 HP P7 00m PCIe Dual P ort SA S HBA Mezz anine [...]

1 The heatsink m ust be or dered along w ith the proces sor . Y ou cannot r eplace a pr ocess or w ithout also r eplac ing the heatsink. Pr epar ing the serv er blade fo r serv ic ing T o servi ce an inter nal server blade compo nent , pow er off the se rver blade and r emov e it fr om the serv er blade enc losur e. W ARNI NG! Bef ore pr oceeding w[...]

5 . P lace a plasti c protec tor ov er the connector on the bac k of the Blade Link and place it in an antist atic bag . NO TE: Plas tic pr otect ors ar e only pr ov ided w ith replacemen t Blade L inks . R eplac ing the Blade Link f or BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 co nf igur ations IMPORT ANT: If y ou ar e installing the Blade L ink f or the f irs t [...]

1 2 . Log in to iL O 3 on the Monar c h blade . F or mor e inf or mation , see the HP Integr it y iL O3 Oper ations Guide . 1 3. In iL O 3, go to the Co mmand Menu and e xec ute xd -r to reboo t all of the iL O 3s in the conjo ined set . 1 4. Still in the iL O 3 Command Men u , pow er on the Monar ch blade w ith the PC -on -nc command . P o w er in[...]

Serv er blade CA UTION: A fter y ou pre ss the r elease button , the serv er blade is unloc k ed fr om the enclo sur e. Use bo th hands to suppo rt the server blade w hen yo u r emo ve it fr om the r ack . The serv er blade w ei ghs appr ox imately 9 k g (20 lb). CA UTION: T he enc losur e fans migh t still be r unning w hen the serv er blade is in[...]

Disk dr iv e blanks The s erve r blade has tw o disk dr i v e ba y s. If y ou only pur cha sed one har d disk, then y our serve r blade has a har d dri v e blank inst alled. Har d dri ve blanks maint ain pr oper airflo w thr oughou t the serv er blade . CA UTION: P opulate hard dr iv e bay s w ith a disk dri v e or a disk dr iv e blank . Oper ating[...]

F or the location of the S AS disk LEDs, s ee “S AS disk dr iv e LEDs ” (page 95) . T o asses s har d dr i v e statu s, ob serv e the S AS disk dr i v e statu s LEDs. F or an explanati on of the se LEDs, s ee “F ron t panel LEDs ” (page 93) . IMPORT ANT: Bef ore r emov ing a S A S disk dr i v e , perform a co mplete dat a back up . If disk [...]

3 . P ull the D IMM baff le str aight up and ou t . T o replace the com ponent , re ver se the r emov al procedur e. DIMMs The me mory subs yst em supports onl y DDR3 SDR AM tec hnolog y using industry-standar d 1 .2” hi gh DIMMs. BL89 0c i2 Min / Max Memory size BL8 7 0c i2 Min / M ax Memory size BL86 0c i2 Min / Max Memory size Single DIMM siz [...]

6 . R emo v e the DIMM fr om the slot . IMPORT ANT: DIMMs do not seat f ully if turned the w rong w ay . T o replace the com ponent , re ver se the r emov al procedur e. CP U baffle CA UTION: T o pre ven t damage to the serv er blade , nev er pow er on a serv er blade w ithout a CP U baffle or CP U in each CP U soc k et. T he CPU baffle is needed f[...]

3 . P ull the CPU baff le str aight up and out . T o replace the com ponent , re ver se the r emov al procedur e. CP U and heatsink module The BL8 60c i2 S erver Blade con tains a pr ocessor su bs yst em accommodating one or tw o Intel Itanium pr ocessor module s. E ac h pr oces sor module consis ts of the f ollow ing: • CP U chip , including CP [...]

2 . R emo v e the access pane l ( “ Acce ss panel” (page 113) ). 3 . Disconnec t the po wer cor d (see 1 belo w) 4. R otate the CP U locking handle up and bac k until it reac hes a hard s top (see 2 be lo w) W ARNI NG! T he heatsink loc king le ve r can constitu te a pinc h haz ard , keep y our hands on top of the le ver dur ing installation t [...]

7 . If the CP U is not be ing r eplaced, install a CP U baffle ( “ CP U baffle ” (page 117) ) . CA UTION: T o av oid damage to CP U sock et pins and ensur e proper s ys tem coo ling, ins tall a CP U baffle in an em pty CPU s ock et . The r eplacement CP U module is shipped fr om HP w ithout a heatsink . Y ou will need to o r der and attach a he[...]

W ARNI NG! DO NO T SEP AR A TE THE HEA TSINK FROM THE P ROCES SOR MODULE. Damage to the ass embl y w ill occ ur! Only F actory-Repair is au thor iz ed to separ ate ass embl y . R eturn the a sse mbly in the heatsink bo x using the pr ocessor's de fec ti v e r etur n label . When the pr ocesso r/heatsink ass embl y is r emov ed fr om the serve [...]

3 . R emo v e the disk dr i v es or disk dr iv e blanks ( “Disk dr iv es ” (page 114) or “Disk dr i v e blanks ” (page 114) ) . 4. L ift the S A S bac k plane str aight out of the s erver b y the backplane handle . T o replace the com ponent , re ver se the r emov al procedur e. Serv er bat tery If the serv er blade no longe r auto maticall[...]

3 . R emo v e the battery . T o replace the com ponent , re ver se the r emov al procedur e. Mezz anine car ds The I/O su bs yste m is compo sed of e mbedded cor e I/O and up to thr ee mezz anine cards . The serv er blade supports the f ollo wing conf igur ations: • Up to thr ee t y pe I mezz anine cards u sing up to x8-P CIe Gen - 2 links • On[...]

ICH mezz anine board The ICH mezz anine card ho use s the fo llo w ing components: • Intel ICH1 0 South Br idge • A TI/AMD RN5 0/E S1 000 Video C ontr oller • Embedded TP M 1 .2 • Inter nal USB port — NO T SUP P ORTED F OR USE One ICH mezz anine board is r equir ed per s yst em . The ICH mezz anine board is r equir ed in the BL8 60c i2 . [...]

• The ICH mezz anine board ( “ ICH mezz anine boar d” (page 124) ) • The har d disk dri ves ( “Disk dr iv es ” (page 114) ) R emo v e these it ems fr om the r eplacemen t base unit and place the m on the def ecti ve bas e unit f or pr otec tio n during r eturn shipme nt: Quantity Item 2 Pr otecti ve pr ocess or co v ers 4 Mezz anine cov[...]

2 . Use the inde nt to pull the door ope n . F or mor e info rmati on see “Ins talling the Blade L ink for BL8 7 0c i2 or BL8 90c i2 co nf igur ations ” (page 22) 1 2 6 R emov ing and r eplac ing compone nts[...]

8 Support and other r es our ces C ont acting HP Bef or e y ou contac t HP Be sur e to ha v e the f ollo wing inf ormation a vailable bef ore y ou call contac t HP: • T echni cal support r egistr ation numbe r (if applica ble) • Pr oduc t ser ial number • Pr oduc t model name and number • Pr oduc t identif icatio n number • Appli cable er[...]

HP Insigh t R emote Support So ftwar e HP str ongly r ecommends that y ou inst all HP Insigh t Re mote Suppo rt softwar e to complete the installati on or u pgr ade of y our produ ct and to ena ble impr ov ed deliv er y of y our HP W arr ant y , HP Car e P ack S ervi ce or HP con tr actual su pport agree ment . HP Insight R emote Support supplemen [...]

User input Commands and othe r te xt that y ou t y pe . Variable The name o f a placeholde r in a command , func tio n, o r other s y ntax dis play that y ou r eplace w ith an actual value . W ARNING A w arning calls atten tion t o important inf or mation that if n ot unders tood or f ollow ed will r esult in pers onal inj ury or nonr ecov erable s[...]

S tandar d ter ms, a bbr e v iati ons , and ac r on y ms A ASIC Applicati on -spec ific int egr ated c irc uit Au xiliary An y blade in a conjoined s erve r other than the lo west-number ed blade B BBRAM Bat tery-bac k ed RAM BBW C Bat tery Bac k ed W r ite Cac he BCH Boot conso le handler C CE Cu stome r engineer CEC Cor e electr onics comple x CM[...]

L LD AP L ightw eight dir ectory access pr otocol L VM Logical v olume manager M Monarch Designate s a single -blade serv er , or lo w est-number ed blade in a conjo ined serv er MP Management pr ocessor MPS Max imum pay load siz e N NIC Networ k interf ace car d NVRAM Non - V olatile RAM O O A Onboar d Adminis tr ator ORCA Opti on R om Co nfi gur [...]

TUI T ext us er inte rface U UAR T Univ er sal as ynchr onous r ecei v er -transmitter UEFI Unif ied Exte nsible F irmw are Int erface , replaces EFI . UID Unit identif icati on UPS Unin ter ru ptible po w er suppl y USB Uni vers al ser ial bus V V CM Virtual C onnect Manage r vMedia Virtual media VRM V oltage regulato r module W WBEM W eb-Based en[...]

A Utilitie s C onf igur ing a Smar t Ar r a y C ontr oller Using the saupdate command The saupdate co mmand is used t o query or c hange the mode of the Smart Ar r a y P4 1 0i and Smart Arr ay P4 1 1 contro llers t o HB A or R AID . Quer y ing or c hanging modes is n ot supported f or other con tr oller s. The f ollow ing ar e the ne w ly added com[...]

set_mode IMPORT ANT: If y ou are u sing HB A mode, do no t install an y disk that has pr e v io usl y been a part of a RAID volume in to the s yst em . Use set_mode t o change the mode o f the contr oller . If the contr oller is alr eady in the r equir ed mode the fo llo w ing message appear s: The controller at <seg:bus:dev:func> is already [...]

1 . At the UEFI shell , use the drivers command . 2 . F ind the SA S Host Bu s Adapt er in the list o f dr i v ers , and make a not e of the Dr i ver ID fr om the left column . 3 . Use the drvcfg co mmand. 4. F ind the SA S Host Bu s Adapt er’s Dr iv er ID in the list , and mak e a note o f the corr esponding Ctr l ID . NO TE: If the dri vers lis[...]

The OR CA main menu contains the f ollow ing options: • Cr eate L ogical Dri ve • Vi ew L ogical Dr iv e • Delete L ogical Dr iv e NO TE: If you ar e confi gur ing the HP Smart Arr ay P7 00m/5 1 2 C ontr oller or the HP S tor age W orks SB40c s tor age blade (P400 contr oller), then y ou can en ter OR CA fr om P O S T by pr essing the F8 k e [...]

6 . T o sav e the conf igurati on, pr ess F8 . 7 . T o ackno wledge that the conf igur ation w as sa ved and r eturn to the OR CA Main Menu , pr ess Enter . Deleting a logi cal dr i ve W ARNI NG! Bac k up all neces sary data bef ore dele ting the logical dr iv e. W hen y ou delete a logical dr iv e, data on the dr iv e is not pre serv ed . 1 . At t[...]

3 . F3 to delete the logical dr iv e. 4. T o ackno wledge that the conf igur ation w as sa ved and r eturn to the OR CA Main Menu , pr ess Enter . Us ef ul UEFI command c hecks saupdate.efi list Use saupdate.efi list to lis t contr oller info rmati on suc h as the contr oller v ersion . drivers Use drivers t o find the dr iv er ver sion and DRV #. [...]

pci – i <path> Use pci – i <path> to f ind vendor inf ormatio n. UEFI UEFI is an O S and platfo rm-independe nt boot and pr eboot interface . UEFI re side s betwee n the O S and platfo rm f irm w ar e , allow ing the OS to boo t w ithout ha ving det ails about the unde rl ying har d w ar e and f irm war e. UEFI su pports boot de v i[...]

T able 1 5 UEFI Shell Commands (continued) Definition UEFI Shell Command Cop ies one o r mor e file s or dir ector ies to another locati on cp Deconfi gur e/Reco nfi gur e pr ocess or soc k ets and thr eads cpuconf ig Displa ys o r change s the cur r ent s ystem dat e date Displa ys o ne or mor e blocks f r om a bloc k dev ice dblk Manage dir ect b[...]

T able 1 5 UEFI Shell Commands (continued) Definition UEFI Shell Command Displa ys a lis t of f iles and subdir ector ies in a dir ectory ls Displa ys o r def ines mapp ings map Set/V ie w memor y conf igur ation settings memconf ig Displa ys the me mory map memmap Cr eates one or mo r e direc tor ies mk dir Displa ys o r modifi es MEM/MMIO/IO/P CI[...]

Dr iv e paths in UEFI Dev ices in the s erver blade ar e repr esen ted b y de v ice paths in the UEFI shell . Eac h internal S AS dr i v e could be conf igured e ither as: • RAID mode • HB A (ra w) mode NO TE: A SA S dri ve in RAID mode is identif ied by "S csi" in the de vi ce path A S AS dr i ve in HB A mode is iden tifi ed by “S [...]

Boot Opti ons the Boot Optio ns menu con tains the f ollo wing opti ons: • Add Boot Opti on • Delete Boot Opti on • Change Boot Or der Add Boot Opti on Use this opti on to add items to the Boot Opti ons list . T o add a boot option: Using the Boot Mainte nance Manager 1 4 3[...]

1 . Selec t a boot de v ice ty pe . 2 . Use the F ile Explorer me nu to locat e the corr ect boot de vice . NO TE: File Explo r er w ill load with the appr opri ate dev ices fo r the selec ted boot de vice . Delete Boot Opti on Use this opti on to r emo v e boot optio ns fr om the Boot Optio ns list . NO TE: This does no t delete an y files , appli[...]

1 . Pr es s spacebar to toggle the c hec kbo x f or eac h boot optio ns that y ou w ant to delete . 2 . Selec t Commit Changes and Exit to sa ve the ne w settings and r eturn to the Boot Maint enance Manager . Change Boot Or der Use this opti on to change the or der of boot optio ns. If the f irst boot opti on f ails, the s erver tr ies booting the[...]

Dr i ver Opti ons The Dr iv er Options men u contains the f ollow ing options: • Add Dr iv er Opti on • Delete Dr iv er Opti on • Change Dr iv er Or der Add Dr iv er Option Use this opti on to add dri ver opti ons. T o add a dri v er opti on: 1 . Selec t Add Dri ver Using F ile . 1 46 Utilitie s[...]

2 . Use the F ile Explorer me nu to locat e the corr ect dr i v er . Delete Dr iv er Option Use this opti on to r emov e dri ver optio ns. NO TE: This does no t delete an y files , applicatio ns or dr i v er s fr om y our serv er . T o remo ve dr iv er opti ons: 1 . Pr es s spacebar to toggle the c hec kbo x f or eac h dr i v er that y ou want to d[...]

1 . Selec t a boot de v ice ty pe . 2 . Use the F ile Explorer me nu to locat e the corr ect dr i v er or f ile. Set Boo t Ne xt V alue Use this opti on to run the selec ted boot opti on immediat el y upon en ter ing the main Boot Manager menu . This opti on is usef ul f or booting an opti on that onl y needs to be booted once , w ithout changing a[...]

R es et S ys tem Use this opti on to perfor m a sy stem r ese t . iL O 3 MP The iL O 3 MP is an independent su pport sy stem f or the se rver . It pr o v ides a w ay f or y ou to connect to a serv er and perf or m administr ation or monitor ing tasks f or the serv er har dw ar e . The iL O 3 MP contr ols pow er , r ese t , T oC capabilitie s, pr ov[...]

Inde x A access pane l r emo v ing , 1 1 3 r eplac ing , 6 5 , 1 1 3 adding Windo ws to the boo t options lis t , 3 7 antistati c wris t str ap, 1 3 autoboo t , 3 2 B battery mounting br ack et parts, 5 4 Blade L ink, 1 25 installing , 2 2 LEDs, 9 6 r emo v ing , 1 1 0 r eplac ing , 1 1 1 boot option add, 1 43 change boot o r der , 1 4 5 delete , 1[...]

HDD see S AS disk dr i ve HDD backplane see S AS bac kplane heatsink module installing , 44 r emo v ing , 1 1 8 HP Smart Arr ay P7 00m/5 1 2 Contr oller , 5 3 , 6 2 5 1 2MB cache module r emo v al, 6 0 r eplacment , 56 battery kit, 5 3 battery mounting br ack et, 5 4 r emo v al, 6 0 r eplacment , 5 7 BB WC battery r emo v al, 6 1 r eplacment , 58 c[...]

ICH Mezz anine board , 1 2 4 r eplac ing , 1 1 1 S AS backplane , 1 2 1 S AS disk dr iv e, 1 1 5 serv er battery , 1 2 2 serv er blade access pane l, 1 1 3 serv er blade fr om enclo sur e , 1 1 3 r eplac ing access pane l, 6 5 DIMM baffle , 1 1 5 disk dri ve blank , 1 1 4 ICH Mezz anine board , 1 2 4 r emo v ing , 1 1 8 S AS backplane , 1 2 1 serve[...]

booting , 3 9 shutting do wn, 3 9 shutting do wn fr om the command line , 40 Spec ial Administr ation Co nsole , 3 9 wr ist str ap , antistatic , 1 3 1 5 3[...]

Inde x A access pane l r emo v ing , 1 1 3 r eplac ing , 6 5 , 1 1 3 adding Windo ws to the boo t options lis t , 3 7 antistati c wris t str ap, 1 3 autoboo t , 3 2 B battery mounting br ack et parts, 5 4 Blade L ink, 1 25 installing , 2 2 LEDs, 9 6 r emo v ing , 1 1 0 r eplac ing , 1 1 1 boot option add, 1 43 change boot o r der , 1 4 5 delete , 1[...]

HDD see S AS disk dr i ve HDD backplane see S AS bac kplane heatsink module installing , 44 r emo v ing , 1 1 8 HP Smart Arr ay P7 00m/5 1 2 Contr oller , 5 3 , 6 2 5 1 2MB cache module r emo v al, 6 0 r eplacment , 56 battery kit, 5 3 battery mounting br ack et, 5 4 r emo v al, 6 0 r eplacment , 5 7 BB WC battery r emo v al, 6 1 r eplacment , 58 c[...]

ICH Mezz anine board , 1 2 4 r eplac ing , 1 1 1 S AS backplane , 1 2 1 S AS disk dr iv e, 1 1 5 serv er battery , 1 2 2 serv er blade access pane l, 1 1 3 serv er blade fr om enclo sur e , 1 1 3 r eplac ing access pane l, 6 5 DIMM baffle , 1 1 5 disk dri ve blank , 1 1 4 ICH Mezz anine board , 1 2 4 r emo v ing , 1 1 8 S AS backplane , 1 2 1 serve[...]

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