Re: Updating the ILO Firmware
you must step ilo firmwares if they are very old, they change the block layout and it will not update from first release to latest.worst case download all firmwares and step through them. It will work....
View ArticleRe: High CPU Temp on Proliant G7 Servers
Disable the thermal shutdown. If the servers are > 2 years old, it is time to regoop with arctic silver if they have been run in a warm condition!Also some cpu's have failing sensors inside of them,...
View ArticleRe: Proliant DL180 G6 SATA drive capacity
So you need to update to latest firmware first.To boot an array that large you will need GPT and UEFI bios mode.So if you don't know this. never build array with the [f8] key, use ACU from the SPP DVD...
View ArticleRe: Update Firmware of HBA Qlogic on DL380 G5
thanks, I will give that a try and let you know how it goes.
View ArticleDL380e G8 PXE setup
Hi,I have small problem i don't know how to set up DL380G8 I need to boot up image from "non-alom" network card it is pasible ? I was checking "ctrl + P" to get to pxe setup but if I enable my network...
View ArticleRe: IOMMU support in BIOS of HP DL385 g7 servers
Thi option is only avalaible on some GEN8 Servers with AMd processors.See http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00191707/c00191707.pdf on page 38.
View ArticleRe: DL385G7 offering poor performance
We are having the same problems with DL385G7 Opteron 6128 + Postgre SQL.We are looking to try some BIOS option.Once we have the key we will post.
View ArticleHP ProLiant DL380 G3 more than 4 Gb ram?
Hello. I got an HP ProLiant DL380 G3 and I would like to be able to use more than 4 Gb of ram. I do realise its only possible to run 32 bit so I have no clue how or if its even possible to get it to...
View Articlewindows 8 on ML350 G5
Me again:I appreciated the help before and now, delving into new territory.ML350G5, with Windows server 2003 onboard. I have a OEM copy of Win8 pro that was supposed to be on another computer - but it...
View ArticleRe: HP ProLiant DL380 G3 more than 4 Gb ram?
Generally you'll need a 64 bit OS to handle more than 4 GB.
View ArticleHP Proliant DL380p G8 works with the tools parallel programming?
Hi,I need to know if server HP Proliant DL380p G8 works with the tools parallel programming:- Intel MPI Library- Platform MPI- OpenMP included w/Intel compilers- OpenMPI, Intel Cluster OpenMP- Intel...
View ArticleRe: DL360 G5 P400i BBWC Battery Died?
Sbrown, One more questions, What is the P/N of the P410/512M BBWC?Thank you very very much and you teach me a lot, and share your experience. Best Regards,Jimmy Chanhttp://explorerhome.dyndns.org/blog
View ArticleRe: Proliant DL180 G6 SATA drive capacity
Thanks Sbrown. Took a while to read all that. I called HP support Wed and they told me my current configuration will support either 2TB or 3TB disks. I will probably look at ordering 10 3TB disks. This...
View ArticleRe: windows 8 on ML350 G5
Hi, First of all Windows 8 is not a tested operating system for Servers.You may try installing Windows 8 on this server through manual install because SmartStart CD does not work. Coming to Raid 5,...
View ArticleRe: DL360 G5 P400i BBWC Battery Died?
Hi Jimmy, The part number for the P410 with 512mb BBWC is 462864-B21. One note.G5's have SFF-8484 ports whereas G6 and above use the smaller SFF-8087 ports internally.You will need a SAS SFF-8087 to...
View ArticleUsing hpacucli to disable auto logical volume disabling when failed
By default, when a physical drive fails in an HP RAID array, the controller takes the logical volume offline to prevent data loss, instead of taking it in "degraded" status like LSI/Adaptec does and...
View ArticleRe: HP ProLiant DL380 G3 more than 4 Gb ram?
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition supports up to 32GB of RAM on that server without the need for 64-bit.See the TechNet comparison of Win 2k3 editions to...
View ArticleDL380 G7 does not recognize 600GB SFF disks
Hi there, does anybody of you have a DL380 G7 and one or more EG0600FBDBU drives (600GB SFF 10k DP 6G) at hand and could try if the DL380 G7 does recognize the disk if you insert them when the server...
View ArticleRe: Using hpacucli to disable auto logical volume disabling when failed
Are you sure the logical volume is disabled when a physical member of the volume is bad or missing? I never heard of this behaviour of SmartArray Controllers in servers ranging from dl380g3 to g7 and...
View ArticleRe: Using hpacucli to disable auto logical volume disabling when failed
>> By default, when a physical drive fails in an HP RAID array, the controller takes the logical volume offline to prevent data loss, This may be kind of true, but ONLY for RAID0!But data is...
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