RAID 5 on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8
I have three new HP servers ProLiant DL380p Gen8, when set the RAID 5 with 6 disk of 1 TB (4,55 TB of available space) the configuration finished successfully. after I installed VMWare ESXi 4.1.0, I go...
View ArticleProliant SL4540 Issues
We recently purchased a SL4540 3-Node Chassis. We have had significant issues. When I search on the forums the keyword SL4540 doesnt even come up on searches (unless I did the search wrong). Has anyone...
View ArticleRe: High failure rate on ProLiant DL380p Gen8 / EG0300FBVFL SAS disk
Was there a pattern to the failed disks ? i.e. was it every other disk... every third disk... or random locations ?
View ArticleRe: Proliant SL4540 Issues
I forgot to mention a couple things... the server seldom throws any errors. We use RIBCL to do an embedded health check and pull logs. It passes health checks and throws no failed or degraded events in...
View ArticleRe: HP thermal compound... where to get?
Hi Chris, Part number for Thermal Grease Kit is - 395532-001.You can contact your reseller with the part number or order from some other stores....
View ArticleRe: DL380p Gen8 CPLD 31 only available for MS-Windows??
When I try to install the 64 bit file cp021330 on a W2K8 R2 DL380p GEN8 it gives me an error:"This software will not be installed on the system because the required hardware is not present on the...
View ArticleRe: Installing CentOS 6.3 to DL360e can't load driver for smart array controller
Yes, I am using CentOS 6.3. USB sticks are strickly forbidden. I could lose my job for bringing one of those in. So, I used a cd. I go through the whole driver load, but it keeps saying this driver...
View Articlehardware level passwords
1) are there any sort of hardware level passwords on HP proliant servers, I am not on about the OS installed on them, I mean the hardware level below. What exactly are these hardware level passwords...
View ArticleRe: hardware level passwords
Get the manual named"HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide"and read about server security menu.You can set a power-on and a admin password (protects RBSU (BIOS) access).Power cycle your server.If you...
View Articlelocal drives/capacity
On proliant HP servers, which management tool will do a nice quick overview of all local drives, and their used space/free space? Can anyone list the tool and screenshot?
View ArticleRe: hardware level passwords
Without physical access to the server (3rd party hosted) or having to restart the server - how can you prove the server is password protected. What does the hardware password protect against, and are...
View ArticleILO password
We need to demonstrate to our auditors that all our proliant range are protected with an ILO password. Is there anyway to demonstrate this in any of the HP management tools?
View ArticleHow will I know when a RAID 0 disk has failed
I have a Proliant N40L with MS Server 2010 on a pair of RAID 0 disks. I'm about to install a pair of RAID 0 3TB disks for our data.When one of these disks fail, how would I know? Is there some...
View ArticleRe: Prolaint DL380 G6 w Smart Array P410i
Hello Everybody, I have a diffirent problem with Proliant DL380 g6 (p410i controller). Some time ago I started receiving the following error message in ACU and on start up - Cache disabled, array...
View ArticleRe: How will I know when a RAID 0 disk has failed
How will you know? Well, for one you wont have access to the data any longer. If any drive fails in a RAID 0 configuration, the volume is dead and cannot be recovered. I am not familiar with the...
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Re: local drives/capacity
Use SMH (System Management Homepage). Select Logical Disks and you can see something similar to as follows: Access SMH by going to a browser: http://ip-address:2301 or if local...
View ArticleInterim Recovery Mode - RAIO5 Array P400
Our 6 DRIVERS WITH RAID-5 ARRRY ,When Recovering slot 5 in Recovery mode appeared " Interim Recovery "and Slot 4 failed . The indicator light on hard driver of slot-1,2,3,5,6 show in green except...
View ArticleRe: How will I know when a RAID 0 disk has failed
>on a pair of RAID 0 disks. Why do you say you have a "pair"? Are you using software mirroring/RAID?
View ArticleCache disabled on Smart array P410i
Hello Everybody, I have a problem with Proliant DL380 g6 (p410i controller). Some time ago I started receiving the following error message in ACU and on start up - Cache disabled, array accelerator...
View ArticleRe: ML350p as a computing server
Made some progress! I was able to find out through the partsurfer service that the heat sink's part number is 667268-001. See here for a photo. I'm not sure if I can order it separately, though. I did...
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