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
Exit the SAS Configuration Utility Screen..........................................................................61
CFGGEN Utility.................................................................................................................61
Starting CFGGEN.........................................................................................................62
CFGGEN Operation.....................................................................................................62
Rules for Creating IM Volumes and Hot Spare Disks...........................................................62
CFGGEN Utility Commands...........................................................................................62
CREATE Command...................................................................................................63
AUTO Command......................................................................................................63
HOTSPARE Command...............................................................................................63
Verify and Install the Latest Firmware.........................................................................................64
Verify the Latest Version of Firmware.....................................................................................64
Download the Latest Version of Firmware...............................................................................64
Install the Latest Version of Firmware on the Server..................................................................65
4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System........................................66
Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade......................................................................66
Installing the Operating System onto the Server Blade.................................................................66
Installing the OS Using a USB DVD Drive and the OS Disks.....................................................66
Installing the OS from the External USB DVD Device...............................................................67
Installing the OS Using HP Ignite–UX....................................................................................68
Installing the OS Using vMedia...........................................................................................68
Configuring System Boot Options..............................................................................................68
Booting and Shutting Down HP-UX............................................................................................70
Adding HP-UX to the Boot Options List..................................................................................70
Adding the HP-UX Boot Option.......................................................................................70
HP-UX Standard Boot..........................................................................................................71
Booting HP-UX (EFI Boot Manager)..................................................................................71
Booting HP-UX (EFI Shell)...............................................................................................72
Booting HP-UX in Single-User Mode (EFI Shell).......................................................................73
Booting HP-UX in LVM-Maintenance Mode............................................................................74
Shutting Down HP-UX.........................................................................................................74
Booting and Shutting Down HP OpenVMS.................................................................................75
Adding OpenVMS to the Boot Options List............................................................................75
Booting OpenVMS.............................................................................................................76
Booting OpenVMS (EFI Boot Manager)............................................................................76
Booting HP OpenVMS (EFI Shell)....................................................................................76
Shutting Down OpenVMS...................................................................................................77
Booting and Shutting Down Microsoft Windows.........................................................................78
Adding Microsoft Windows to the Boot Options List................................................................78
Booting the Microsoft Windows Operating System.................................................................79
Shutting Down Microsoft Windows.......................................................................................80
Shutting Down Windows from the Command Line..............................................................81
Booting and Shutting Down Linux..............................................................................................82
Adding Linux to the Boot Options List....................................................................................82
Booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System...........................................................83
Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux from the EFI Shell............................................................83
Booting the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System.....................................................84
Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server from the EFI Shell......................................................84
Shutting Down Linux...........................................................................................................85
5 Troubleshooting........................................................................................86
Methodology.........................................................................................................................86
General Troubleshooting Methodology.................................................................................86
Recommended Troubleshooting Methodology .......................................................................87
Basic and Advanced Troubleshooting Tables.........................................................................88
Troubleshooting Tools..............................................................................................................91
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