HI,
First post here. My background was technical (once). but not for a umber of years.
Have been given an old HP Proliant ML310e Gen8 V2 server. Upon startup it goes through the Early System Optimisation process. Manages to get to 100% then goes blank, before repeating the process again.
So far i';ve tried and failed in the following actions to try and some kind of progress;
1. Set SW6 to "On" and boot and then "Off" and boot. (removed all power between boots)
2. removed/replaced the CMOS battery
3. Tried to boot from a CD (Ubuntu and Windows).
4. Tried to boot from USB.
5. Checked and re-seated DIMMS (all gen HP ECC).
6. iLO access (Doesnt have any sticker/toe tag for credentials). iLO version is 1.32 - so vulnerable to exploit to recover credentials - but cant get passed the Curl A(+29) command. BIOS is P78 - but showing a date of 2013.
So, i'm not sure what else there is left to try. And i'm steruggling from a technical PoV on what to try next, or simply strip the box down for spare parts.
I would be very grateful for advice or just a sterr on what to do next.
Thanks.