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
4 Booting and Shutting Down the Operating System
This chapter covers procedures for booting and shutting down operating systems that run on the
server blade. The operating systems that run on the server blade are HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23),
HP-UX 11i Version 3 (B.11.31), HP OpenVMS v8.3, Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server 2003,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4, and Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
Operating Systems Supported on the Server Blade
HP supports the following operating systems on the server blade.
• HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23)
• HP-UX 11i Version 3 (B.11.31),
• HP OpenVMS v8.3
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
• Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Installing the Operating System onto the Server Blade
These are generalized operating system installation procedures. For more specific details regarding
OS installation, see your operating system documentation.
Installing the OS Using a USB DVD Drive and the OS Disks
Before you can install the OS from a DVD disk, you must connect an external USB DVD device.
To install the OS onto the server blade from a USB DVD:
1. Connect the Integrity SUV cable to the front of the server blade.
See Figure 31.
Figure 31 Connecting a USB DVD Drive to the Server Blade
2. Connect the USB DVD cable to one of the USB ports on the SUV cable.
For the ports on the SUV cable, see Figure 32.
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