Questions tagged [hp]
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How do I upgrade my HP ProLiant ML150 G6 server RAM?
I want to upgrade the RAM on two HP ProLiant ML150 G6. They currently have 2 dimms labeled 2GB 2RX8 PC3-10600E-9-10-E0. I believe these are UDIMMs? The servers have a total of 12 memory slots.
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Which hardware gives us better redundancy, performance, and cost efficiency for a large Enterprise Cloud Solution? [closed]
We are going to build a Large Enterprise Cloud Solution and would like to know in which configuration we would have a better redundancy/performance and cost efficient.
Here are 2 examples which we're ...
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HP ILO 3 gives XML syntax errors with hponcfg utility
I have an HP ProLiant DL360 G7 server running VMWare ESX 4.1. The system board on the server was changed months ago following a lightning strike at the facility.
The HP technician reprogrammed the ...
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Server for virtualization [closed]
HP Proliant DL380 G5
I have looked at this server for some good virtualization. I can get the server for around 450usd 2x xenon (X5355) 2 x 72GB HDD 8GB Ram
As my g3 360 and g4 360 and g3 360 are ...
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What does this mean: "SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration"?
Can anyone tell me what this means in ESXi 5.1?:
SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration
I've googled it and I get a lot of results, but as yet all the pages that contain the ...
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I configured HP ILO, now I get hponcfg errors
Just installed I-Lo a few days back to one of my servers (Proliant DL380 G7).
Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility picked up a DHCP based IP address and I changed it to static.
Lights-Out said it ...
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Proliant server will not accept new hard disks in RAID 1+0?
I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G5, I have two logical drives configured with RAID. I have one logical drive RAID 1+0 with two 72 gb 10k sas 1 port spare no 376597-001.
I had one hard disk fail and ...
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Procurve Primary VLAN
I'm trying to depreciate usage of VLAN 1 on my ProCurve switches; 1 is unused. I understand that VLAN 1 must exist, but I want to remove it from all ports, especially trunks between switches.
The ...
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How to reset password for HP Proliant ML330 G6
We have HP Proliant ML330 G6 and its BIOS is closed with password. Password is already forgotten and we can't get there. Is there any way to crack or reset a password at this box?
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Install server 2012 on HP ML110 G7 with B110i controller, no disks found
I'm trying to install Server 2012 on a HP ML110 G7 with a B110i controller and four non hot-swappable SATA drives.
I just can't get the Server 2012 boot disk PE environment to find any disks.
I have ...
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How to change hard disk array on HP Proliant ML 350?
We have a hd damage and we need to replace this hd, How to change and add more hd to array to HP Proliant ML 350 G5 server ?
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Smart Array P400i Physical Drive failed after being replaced
We have replaced the bad drives in a few HP systems (ProLiant DL360 G5), but they continue to show failed. The drives are part of RAID, and I think this might be why they are appearing as failed. The ...
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Teamed network cards on a Proliant Server
We have 4 network cards in a Proliant server with Server 2008R2 running Exchange 2010, with 1 card set to a static IP address and the other 3 set to DHCP.
I just need some clarification as I have not ...
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What is the name of this screw? (from HP ProLiant quick-deploy rail kits) [closed]
I need the name of the screw for the HP quick deploy rail kit. The screw clicks into the square holes of the rack. It is a Gen4 Rail kit but the screw is like the Gen8 Rail kit ones. I called HP ...
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HP P410i RAID10 performance causing Xen to crash
It seems HP P410 RAID card is causing some of my servers to crash when under high IO.
Configured RAID10 with 4x SAS 15k HDDs.
Is this normal? Do I need some other hardware to add to the RAID card ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - HP ProLiant DL380 G4 - Load Maxes Out / Unresponsive
Trying to post this question on here. I've posted it on the Ubuntu forums as well with no replies.
Recently I upgraded an HP ProLiant DL380 G4 server from Ubuntu 10.04 server to Ubuntu 12.04 server.
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Can different drive speeds and sizes be used in a hardware RAID configuration w/o affecting performance?
Specifically, I have a RAID 1 array configuration with two 500gb 7200rpm SATA drives mirrored as logical drive 1 (a) and two of the same mirrored as logical drive 2 (b). I'd like to add two 1tb ...
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ProLiant DL360 ASR
I have several ASR events on my DL360 G4p without any reason.
There is nothing in the log file. I installed a remote syslog server. There I only see the rebooting messages. In the iLO nothing is ...
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RAID 1 configuration does not show after installation
I used the HP Smart Array Configuration utility to setup a RAID 1 array (hardware P400 controller) using four disks. I created 2 logical drives with physical hard drive 2 mirroring drive 1 (o/s drives)...
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Configure spanning tree from HP to Cisco hardware
I have three switches I'd like to configure in a loop - a Cisco stack (3750s) and two HP 2900 series. Each is connected to the next with a 10 gig backplane of one form or another.
How do I configure ...
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How to prevent partial crash during VLAN configuration on a HP ProCurve 3500
As you can see from my question, I have a VLAN configuration problem with a ProCurve 3500.
The goal is to remove a VLAN from the existing configuration, however when I use the WEB UI to do this, I ...
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How to make my HP server boot faster?
I have an HP ProLiant DL370 G6 server that I am using as a workstation. It takes 60 seconds during reboot and cold boot before screens post with a discrete Radeon HD6xxx GPU. What can I do to make ...
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SMC Tigerswitch and HP Procurve wouldn't connect with fiber
the first thing that I don't understand is why the SMC switch considers the pair of single mode fibers as one port,one link, but the HP switch sees the two fibers as two ports.
when I wanted to ...
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Firmware and drivers upgrade for HP Smart Array E200i controller
What is the recommended way to upgrade firmware and drivers for HP Smart Array E200i controller on HP Proliant BL460c G1?
Is it better to boot from a Maintenance CD or install directly from the OS?
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Using second eSATA port for second DAS
I have a server with a HP M60 12TB disk array attached.
The server and disk array both have 2 eSATA ports in order to connect 2 cables to double the throughput, but I am wondering if it is possible to ...
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How to analyse data/voice ratio within a network
I would like to analyse data/voice ratio within a network that uses HP switches. I tried to use HPTools that works with sFlow but it does not give good results.
Do you have any idea please ?
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If a managed network switch were to overheat, would you consider it no longer reliable?
Here is the scenario - I have a network switch, one of several in a stack. It's fan failed. Soon, there were reports of users with network issues. After quickly replacing the fan, the users ...
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3com SuperStack 3, is it possible to replace a unit with a newer 'hp' equivalent unit?
We have various super stack's, mostly 3com 4500 and some 5500 stacks. I know HP now owns this line, so I am hoping someone knows if it's possible to purchase a single HP 4500G for example and ...
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How HP D2700 disk enclosure is monitored for alarms via SNMP
We have HP D2700 disk enclosure and we would like to monitor D2700 (connected to HP Proliant DL360G8) for alarms.I have following questions regarding this.
What are the options available for ...
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DL185 G5 Upgrade to 3tb hard drives
I would like to upgrade my DL185 G5 to take 3tb hard drives. the P400 controller does not support 3Tb hard drives. If I upgrade the controller to a P212 (which I already have), Do I simply use a SFF-...
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Can i boot the server [closed]
Hello and good day.
I have a ml350 g4 and i have these questions:
I dont have the cpu-fan & heatsink does it need that to boot?
Does it need the chassis fan to boot?
What ram does it need?
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How do you monitor your HP hardware while running virtual servers?
Our organization servers are mostly not virtualized and we have been using HP System Management, System insight manager to get hardware health from the servers. This system works well and we like it.
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HP RAID array - hpacucli
I've noticed that one of the drives has "unassigned" status. Does it mean that it's a spare disk?
# hpacucli controller all show config
Smart Array P410i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: ...
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How to get HP ASM to work under Xen Hypervisor?
I have a HP DL560, currently running Debian Squeeze as dom0 on Xen Hypervisor, and the fans constantly run at 100%. In the past this wasn't a problem because I could install HP's ASM which includes ...
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What is the memory module on a RAID card needed for?
As above, what is the reason for needing a memory module on a RAID card?
The card I am looking at (HP P410) comes with either 256MB or 512MB but unsure which to get and why.
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Should I enable "Intel NIC DMA Channels"?
I have HP DL360p Gen8 646902-xx1
I'm trying to optimize my config for low latency trading.
Should I enable "Intel NIC DMA Channels"? Will that help/affect my system?
From HP doc:
Added a new ROM ...
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Why does HP update suggest to install 100-series update on 360-series server
While running HP update on my HP DL360p server i have noticed that one of the suggested items is for 100-series server. Why so? It also marked as "critical to install" so I've decided to answer here. ...
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Can I cascade 2 HP MSA60 enclosures and create a RAID1+0 array over all disks
I have a DL380 G5 (p411 SmartArray Controller) with a single loaded MSA60 (12x2TB SATA)and am purchasing a 2nd to cascaded as illustrated above. If I do this with identical disks (another 12x2TB SATA) ...
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Third-party SSD in Proliant g8?
Anyone having success with third-party SATA or SAS drives with Proliant G8's? I know the G7's were flaky and had BIOS issues.
We're looking for real-world success stories with particular brands and ...
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How to view HP Smart Array firmware version on HP Proliant BL460c blade server
What is/are the quickest way(s) to view firmware version for HP Smart Array (preferably GUI version)?
Should I look for it in Windows or it can be viewed via the iLO?
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Balancing RAM when using multiple CPUs
We have HP DL360 G7 server with one cpu and 16G 12G ram. We plan to add another cpu. So, we need also ram for second cpu. Is there any negative performance impact if we add different size of ram to ...
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HP DL380e Linux not seeing drive array for installation
I am trying to install Linux and FreeBSD on a HP DL380e. However, during the installation process all of the OS's are stating that they can't find any disks to install to. Even RHEL. If I try to use ...
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Can't Remove Logical Drive/Array from HP P400
This is my first post here. Thank you in advance for any assistance with this matter.
I'm trying to remove a logical drive (logical drive 2) and an array (array "B") from my Smart Array P400. The ...
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HP ProLiant DL360 G5 fails to reboot
Some history of this also available here.
As of my latest update on the forum linked above, now cold reboot as well as hard reset and following boot for my proliant dl360 g5 works as expected and ...
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HP 2520 poe switch ip configuration trouble
I'm configuring an HP 2520 switch by CLI menu interface and i get an error trying to setting this ip config:
default gw: 10.0.0.254
switch ip: 10.0.255.5
subnet-m: 255.255.0.0
The error simply tells:...
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HP ESXi WBEM Agent Not Showing Power Supply Data
Server: HP ProLiant DL 380 G5
ESXi: 5.0.0 U1 (HP Custom Image)
HP SIM: 7.1 (CentOS 6.3 VM)
I have my basic hardware monitoring up and running. I cannot see events for power supply failure within HP ...
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Uncorrectable machine check
I am experiencing rare but real unrecoverable machine checks on HP DL370 G6 dual-core Xeon server. I ran memtest86+ before, and ran CPU-intensive operations without any problems.
In your opinion, ...
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Disk/RAID Monitoring for HP Proliant Servers and Ubuntu 12.04
How can I monitor the status of the hard disks and the RAIDs of an HP Proliant server using Ubuntu 12.04. In Ubuntu 10.04 I could use the cciss-vol-status to query the RAID status periodically but ...
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HP ProLiant DL360 G5 disk diagnostic issue
We recently got two used drives (15000) and installed on our HP proliant dl360 G5 server. Created RAID1 and used HP SmartStart CD to perform diagnostics.
Interestingly, the Diagnostic tab immidiately ...
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HP LasterJet P2035 not mapping on remote desktop
I am connecting from a Windows 7 Pro laptop to a remote 64bit Windows 2008 R2 server via Remote Desktop. My local laptop has a networked HP LaserJet P2035 printer set as the default printer. When I ...