Re: Smart Array P420i extremely slow writes
How many and what type of drives are in the array? What are the write caching settings for the P420? Any errors about the supercap not being charged or anything?There was an update to the P420 firmware...
View ArticleRe: CPU Upgrade in DL160G8 question about VRM/PPM
Add-on processors should come with the heat-sink... it'll either have a pre-applied layer of thermal compound (a little blue colored pad on the heat sink, protected by the plastic cover until you...
View ArticleRe: SAS drive update, HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 and registration, monitoring...
Good point about the drive carrier change. When I read the original email, I assumed he pulled them from another Gen8. :)
View ArticleRe: Microserver Gen8 start fail
Some explanation. The system has a redundant ROM, this means 2 locations for storing the BIOS. You have an active ROM used for booting and a backup ROM. If you update the BIOS, the new version will be...
View ArticleRe: 10GB card for Proliant DL380p G8
They're RJ-45. The specs page on that link you have shows that info.Some of the HP 10Gb NICs have gbics for whatever optical medium or direct Cu connections, some have RJ45 for 10Gbase-T, so it's good...
View ArticleRe: Smart Array P420i extremely slow writes
There are 8 600GB 10K sas drives in the array. The write cache is enabled, but I agree that this is probably the issue.I have temporarely enabled nobatterywritechache and so far the problems are gone....
View ArticleRe: Smart Array P420i extremely slow writes
I'm not familiar with the management software HP has for Citrix Xenserver ... I just looked, and there's not a lot of stuff in it's drivers/downloads page.ILO 4 has the "System Information" ->...
View Articlehp nc523sfp missing jumbo frames option (Server 2012 R2)
I have 2 hp nc523sfp dual port 10Gb nics. The servers are DL380 G7 servers. The NIC claims to support jumbo frames but the option is not in the advanced settings on the cards. I'm running the newest...
View ArticleRe: Proliant ML 350 G4 test project
Waaronb, I downloaded the firmware and burned it to a DVD disk. I tried to boot the G4 witht he disk in a dvd drive, but it wuld not boot to the firmware. There are some issues, I took pictures of the...
View ArticleRe: Proliant ML110 G6 Shuts down unexpectedly while booting!
Hi, Get the server to minimum configuration, remove additional RAM, PCI Cards which is not necessary for booting.You may also disconnect hard drive cables and test to boot the server using a bootable...
View ArticleDL580 G4 sliding rack rails stuck. Help!!!
I have the G4 slid 3/4 of the way out of the rack and it's stuck in this position. It won't go forward or backward. There are two small levers/switches at the front of the rails on both sides that move...
View ArticleHP Proliant ML350G4 server - problem with array
Hi, I have HP Proliant ML350 G4 server. The problem is that I can not configure the array for SCSI hard drives. When I run the Array Configuration Utility from the SmartStart CD, I get the message:...
View ArticleQuick question: obtaining motherboard info?
DL380p Gen8 running an HP ESXi 5.5.0 U1 image. How can I obtain the model of its motherboard? I've tried Googling ESXi shell commands, and the 'smbiosDump' one does pull some info, but I just need to...
View ArticleRe: Quick question: obtaining motherboard info?
What do you expect to get?It is a DL380p Gen8 board. But there are 2 versions of the board - with caged or screw-down heatsink. To investigate this, paste the serial number into partsurfer.hp.com For...
View ArticleRe: Quick question: obtaining motherboard info?
Well I guess I did ask for a quick and dirty answer... So are you imolying any DL380p Gen8 board is going to have the same number of DIMM slots, the same DIMM configuration, the same memory frequency...
View ArticleRe: Quick question: obtaining motherboard info?
Usually all the specs are the same for a single server - you can have different configurations for CPU and memory, but all on the same board. The exception here is the heatsink - see above.If something...
View Article12Gb SAS SSD backwards compatibility
Was browsing for a 400 GB SSD and found HP 400GB 12G SAS High Endurance SFF 2.5-in SC Enterprise Performance 3yr Wty Solid State Drive (741155-B21). It had the highest Drive writes per day for five...
View ArticleRe: DL380 G6 windows 7 professional installation
msnn wrote:i m trying to install windows 7 on DL380 G6 but its not booting from CD ROM Pls help.If the system has a CD drive make sure you're not trying to boot a DVD.....
View ArticleRe: Quick question: obtaining motherboard info?
Looks like we have the screw-down heatsink. Well the reason I ask all this is because we're looking to upgrade our servers' RAM so I wanted to find out the specific model of boards we've got to avoid...
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