Specifications
Table Of Contents
- HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade User Service Guide
- Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Overview
- 2 General Site Preparation Guidelines
- 3 Installing the Server Blade Into the Enclosure
- Safety Information
- Installation Sequence and Checklist
- Unpacking and Inspecting the Server Blade
- Installing Additional Components
- Installing and Powering On the Server Blade
- Accessing the Integrated Lights Out 2 Management Processor
- Configuring the iLO 2 MP
- Accessing EFI or the OS from iLO 2 MP
- Server Blade to Enclosure Interface
- LAN / NIC Configuration
- Configuring the HP 2 Internal Port SAS Host Bus Adapter
- Verify and Install the Latest Firmware
- 4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
- 5 Troubleshooting
- Methodology
- Troubleshooting Tools
- Errors and Error Logs
- Supported Configurations
- Troubleshooting Processors/Memory/SBA
- Enclosure Information
- Cooling Subsystem
- Troubleshooting Communications Modules
- Troubleshooting Management Subsystem
- Firmware
- Troubleshooting the Server Interface (System Console)
- Troubleshooting the Environment
- Reporting Your Problems to HP
- 6 Removing and Replacing Components
- Service Tools Required
- Removing and Replacing a Hot-Plug SAS Disk Drive
- Preparing the Server Blade for Servicing
- Removing and Replacing the Server Blade from the Enclosure
- Removing and Replacing the Server Blade Access Panel
- Removing and Replacing Internal Components
- Removing and Replacing DIMMs
- Removing and Replacing a Processor
- Removing and Replacing the SAS Backplane
- Removing and Replacing the Front Display Assembly
- Removing and Replacing the Server Battery
- Removing and Replacing the Mezzanine Cards
- Removing and Replacing a Cache Module
- Removing and Replacing the Low Profile Battery Backed Write Cache (BBWC) Battery
- Removing and Replacing the Trusted Platform Module
- Removing and Replacing the System Board
- A Parts Information
- B Server Upgrades
- C Utilities
- NVRAM Backup Utility
- Extensible Firmware Interface
- EFI/POSSE Commands
- Specifying Parameters
- Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu
- Integrated Lights Out 2 Management Processor
- Index
B Server Upgrades
This appendix provides information for upgrading processors.
Processor Upgrades
The HP Integrity BL860c server blade supports upgrades from Intel Itanium Montecito to Intel Itanium
Montvale processors.
CAUTION: Ensure that processor speed and cache size are identical for all processors. Failure
to observe this caution results in performance degradation or system failure.
To ensure compatibility, use processors with identical part numbers.
Table 30 lists the processor upgrades that are supported, and required system firmware levels for
each server.
Table 30 Processor Upgrades
System Firmware LevelProcessorManufacturing Part Number
HP Integrity BL860c server blade
greater than 01.01
1.42 GHz / 12 MBAD394-2101C
1.6 GHz / 6 MBAD395-2102C
1.67 GHz / 18 MBAD396-2101C
Upgrading Versus Adding On
If your HP Integrity server already contains one, or more, of the processors listed in Table 30,
follow the processor removal and replacement procedures (see “Removing and Replacing a
Processor” (page 115)) to add another processor. Updating the system firmware and OS is
unnecessary when adding another processor.
If your HP Integrity server does not currently contain one, or more, of the processors listed in
Table 30, then a server upgrade is being performed, and system firmware and OS updates may
be necessary. After any necessary system firmware and OS updates are performed, follow the
processor removal and replacement procedures (see “Removing and Replacing a Processor”
(page 115)).
Firmware
Before upgrading the processor, ensure the server is at the required system firmware level. Check
the system firmware version by executing the info fw command at the EFI Shell prompt.
NOTE: HP recommends using the latest version of firmware.
Go to http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers to download firmware updates.
Operating Systems
IMPORTANT: Check the HP Support Center (HPSC) website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc
for any required OS patches.
HP-UX
HP-UX supports the processor upgrade at the following minimum release levels:
• HP-UX 11.23 0706
• HP-UX 11.31 0709
148 Server Upgrades