Forget smart start and similar, this is much too old.
Use Intelligent provisioning (press F10 or F8 when the controller message appears in POST) and you will find something like this:
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Re: DL380p Gen8 (P420i) exit out of HBA mode
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HP Proliant G6 question concerning RAID 1 (500G to a 600G)
hi i have a HP Proliant with 2 500G SAS Disk configure in RAID 1, but i got recently an warning event (in the event viewer ) to warn me about a possible disk failure of one of those disk .
we got some spare 600 G SAS Disk compatible with this Server , but i would want to know if the Raid of this Hardware is still working between a 500G disk and a 600G disk ? even if my 600G isn't used to full Capacity .
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Re: HP Proliant G6 question concerning RAID 1 (500G to a 600G)
No problem to replace a disk with a larger drive, only the smaller capacity will be used.
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Re: HP Proliant G6 question concerning RAID 1 (500G to a 600G)
Thank you very much for your fast reply.
(Free Kudo for this ;D)
it helps
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Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
I recently tried repurposing two HP Proliant DL380 G6 servers. I first "sanitized" the old 15k 146 GB SAS drives using the following commands:
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda to randomize disk contents
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda to zero drive contents
I then replaced the original drives with HP 10k 300GB SAS drives. I can't get the server to recognize the new drives. It says no drives found on initial boot. When I hit F8 to get to the Raid Controller setup it says no physical drives found.
I tried reloading the firmware with the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD that originally came with the server but that didn't work.
If I put the old drives back in the server, it recognizes them and I can load an OS on them.
What am I missing? What do I need to do to get the server to recognize the new drives?
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
The DL380 G6 has most likely the HP Smart Array P410i installed.
The current firmware is 6.64.
I would try to update this first.
I think the installed version is very old now.
By the way, if you run your "dd" command against the RAID, you write to the logical drive, but not to the disk directly.
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NIC Teaming not working
Hello,
We have a ProLiant BL460c G7 server with Windows Server 2008 R2 OS, after install latest HP service pack ( 871790_001_spp-2016.10.0-SPP2016100.2016_1015.191) for drivers and firmware upgrades Netowrk Teaming stop working. Team consit of 2 x HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter. When NIC team was created, virtual adapter copletely loose connection or has a lot of drop packets. If team ceated from other adapters everything s ok. Without team HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter works fine without any issues. (more details in attachment)
I suppose that the problem could be in new versions of drivers and HPE Network Configuration Utility.
BR,
Max
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
Thank you for the quick reply. I tried that yesterday and it didn't help.
Also, a little more information on my problem. I have two servers and installed two new drives in each getting the same results...can't see the drives. I ordered four more drives thinking I got bad drives with the first order. The second set won't work either. I sent two of the drives to another office that has the same servers and they couldn't get them to recognize either.
We have 23 offices in our region. They all recently updated their drives in their old HP Proliant DL380 G6 servers with the same drives I'm using with no problems.
I also have two HP Proliant DL380 G7 servers. I tried installing two new drives in it with no luck. When I say install, all I did was pull the old ones out, put the new ones in, and boot.
I can't believe I'd get 8 bad drives. I may be the only office that "sanitized" the old disks first. Is it possible that the procedures wiped out more than just the contents on the disk?
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
>> I can't believe I'd get 8 bad drives.
agreed.
Do you have a model or partno. of the new dirves? Picture maybe? What exactly did you order?
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
My regional headquarters did a mass order for all 23 offices. I'm not sure how they ordered them. Here is the model and part number off of one.
HP Model: EG0300FAWHV
HP P/N: 507119-004
I know that 10k disks should work but is there some firmware that needs to tell the server it's alright. I can't figure out why it recognizes the old disks but not the new. The only difference is the size and speed.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
If you translate this modelno. using
http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c00305257
you find it is a 507127-B21 - supported for exactly your server according to the quickspec.
This is good.
OK. If you swap these disks, you should power off the server. swap the disks, power on and press F5 to go into the array config.
At "create logical drive" you should see the available disks. No disks there?
This is bad.
Back to the firmware. What version does the controller have?
It is shown during POST.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
When the Raid Controller is searching for drives it shows (256M V 6.64) beside it.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
More information to help in the troubleshooting. When I initially boot up the lights on the disks flash green then eventually go to a solid amber.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
Maybe you hit this issue:
http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03342857
You should contact the vendor and/or HPE support.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
I don't think that's the issue. My part number isn't on that list and the odds of my office getting the only 8 bad drives out of 96 ordered by region HQ is pretty slim. They initially had 92 sent to them then shipped 4 to each office from there so it wasn't like the vendor may have grabbed a bad batch for my office and not the others. Region later ordered 4 more for my office from a different vendor.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
Your partno. IS on that list (507127-B21).
Maybe you can run your server and insert the new drives too, so you can check if SSA (smart storage administrator) can see the disks and get some information (ADU report) from the drives.
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Refubish Server got and some problem to use it.....
I bought this Server: HP ProLiant SE326M1
The specs are: 2x Xeon X5560 Quad Core 2.8 GHz, 16 GB RAM
1) I dont know how to configure the Raid Controller. Its an P410.
Normally Raid Controller could be configured on Startup but nothing here.
I read here that I need a CD?!
2) It got the Message 207-Memory Initalisation....
Ok some posts here say take memory out and push in. -> done
Check for bened pin on the CPU -> ?! I got it from the Dealer.
Any ideas? Thanks
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ML350p G8 - Will a G9 LFF drive cage work in it ?
Hi
I have a ML350p G8 with a SFF and was looking to move to a LFF (just for home lab and get drives at larger capactity and stuff like that).
I've been looking for these two items without much luck so I could have the two cages for drives in the system
659485-B21 HP 5U 6LFF Hot-Plug Drive Cage Kit
661717-B21 HP 5U 6LFF Expander HDD Cage Kit
I have been trying to find some decent parts without any luck. Does anyone know if any of the other models of the ML350 LFF cage kits will work in the G8 ?
IF you know of any good parts places and can pass them along I'd apprecaite it
Thank you
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Do I change a P410 array controller even if the testing says it might be ok???
Hello again all, I posted previously about possibly upgrading a P410/256 controller without battery backed bbwc to one with a bbwc and I received no answer, so I'll try a different approach. I had a terrible failure that cost me a lot of time and some data. I ran tests as per instructions of an HP service rep. The results showed that the controller was OK except no bbwc. My simple question is this even with the test results showing that the controller is OK would I be better off changing out the controller and adding a bbwc or just keep the old controller and adding bbwc to it. Please I need some advice on this matter.
Thank you in advance.
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Re: Hard Drives not Recognized by Server
I've tried that too. Nothing sees the disks.
You are correct that the HP option kit # on the advisory matches the option part # on my drives but the advisory also shows the bare part # and model # that doesn't match my drives. I take that to mean the HP option kit was used on multiple models and the advisory applies to that specific model # that had that option kit.
Plus what are the odds that I'd get the 4 bad drives out of 92.
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