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BL460c Gen9 "disconnected NIC", not connect until I reset OA

I have 3 C7000 blades enclosures that we used with BL460c Gen8 without any problems, but we are changing them for BL460c Gen9 and some blades don't connect it network until I reset OA. All blades are ...
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Rackmounting a tower chassis HP BLc3000 Blade System

Ok, so we have a HP BLc3000 that we are bringing in from a remote office to our central datacentre, its currently in its purchased tower / pedestal configuration (with the wheels and all that) Is it ...
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Cannot connect to the IPMI (iLO 4) from the same server

I have an HPE DL380e G8 server running Proxmox and I can't connect to iLO 4 neither from the web page nor from SSH when trying to connect from the same server (or when connecting from outside the ...
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Tape capacity and backup routine in Linux

I have a HP Ultrium 5-scsi tape device on a Linux server and I'm currently using a HP LTO-5 Ultrium RW (model C7975A) tape and I have a couple of questions regarding this setup and does it work. 1 - ...
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HP ML350 Gen 8 - Can't install any OS

Good afternoon, I recently got myself an HP ProLiant ML350 Gen 8 server (with 6x3TB configured in RAID 5). I intend to use this server for file storage and light CAD work. My issue is that I can't ...
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run multiple commands in oneline (like in linux **date && ls**) in **HP iLO3 ssh console

i want to run multiple commands in oneline (like in linux date && ls) in HP iLO3 ssh console, but it (&&) not works. How i can do it? I not found it in documentation i want run 2 ...
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SAS Drive Upgrade [closed]

We have a HP Proliant server with a RAID 1 disk ( 2x 146Gb 15K SAS) configuration. The logical drive is full and I would like to expand it. I've purchased 2 x 300GB 15K SAS to replace the 146K ...
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How to use a MIB file

I have a HP 2626 switch and want to monitor it by SNMP. how can i use the MIB file. Any starting points on how to understand it ? using snmpwalk to get the data in a *nix machine and output it in a ....
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3Com 3CDSG8 Serial Console Input Not Working

I have a 3Com 3CDSG8 Office Connect Managed Gigabit Switch. I am trying to restore factory defaults. I don't have original rj45 to db9 connector cable. So i am trying to make a new one to connect ...
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ProLiant DL380 G7 won't boot, solid amber power LED

I have a problem with an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 that leaves me without much in the way of troubleshooting approaches. This server will not boot. It was stored in a datacenter, and I went to retrieve it ...
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HP P420 Bandwidth Limitation

I have an HP DL360p G8 with P420g with 1G Cache and 4x Seagate Constellation 3TB as Raid 5 and 10Gbps UPLINK to my datacenter, As I know p420 is 6Gbps so its for the whole of the interfaces? or its ...
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HP 1/8 G2 medium changer not detected in Oracle Linux 8

I have a HP 1x8 G2 Autoloader that connected to a SAN switch, on my VMware environment I have an Oracle Linux that should work with the tape. The problem is after connecting tape to VM, medium changer ...
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HP - BIOS - Invalid Opcode Exception

I have an HP DL360 Gen9. It is running Windows Server 2019, but after I restarted it, I'm not able to boot again after "Loading System Firmware Modules - Complete" it just dies with an "...
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HP Proliant DL360 G7 Wont Boot from USB

Whenever I try to boot from a USB stick I get the Red Screen Of Death. I've tried to load VMWare, Windows and Linux from a bootable USB but nothing.
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Would upgrading RAM in a HP LaserJet printer improve its performance?

Would RAM upgrade for an HP 4050N LaserJet printer matter? We have this real workhorse of a Laser Printer. It's an HP 4050N and it's been in use for many years. In the past few years, I've noticed ...
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VMware - persistent "Host memory status" alarm in vSphere

I have a particular VMWare ESX 4.1 host that has a very persistent "Host memory status" alarm. This is running on an HP ProLiant DL360 G7 server. The HP ILO and System Management agents don't know ...
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Can HP Proliant server be set to use no RAID?

I recently purchased 2 HP Proliant DL380 G6 servers for the purpose of virtulization; each will be a new host in our VMware environment. I know that I will get heat for this, but I do not want to use ...
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What could cause an LTO drive to write at half its capacity?

I have an LTO4 drive that when given even new LTO4 tapes, only writes around 460GiB to the tape even though the tape's uncompressed capacity is supposed to be 800GB. I have noticed that in one ...
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P420i controller / 2 disks failed in RAID5 / RAW FS after parity initilization

We woke up this morning with 2 failed disks on RAID5 with a single hot-spare configuration. Hot-spare disk didn't replace any damaged disk maybe because there are 2 disks failed at the same time. ...
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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 ILO utility for Ubuntu - hponcfg fails due to missing hp-ilo package

I'm working with an Ubuntu-based system running on an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 server. I prefer to install HP's management agents when I can for full hardware monitoring/configuration capabilities. Per ...
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HP Array P410, HDD changed, but still predict to fail soon

On HP Proliant DL G6, one disk in RAID 1 on P410 array broken. It was HP EG0300FBDBR. I changed it on compatible HP model - HP EG0300FAWHV. (both 300 Gb, 10K) But HP Array Configuration Utility still ...
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sas ssd in raid or nvme in storage pool

this may have been asked several times but till now I can't find a decent answer I am configuring a server for a hyper-v setup with around 5 VM look for the best solution performance and redundancy-...
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What settings are needed to make a FortiSwitch 148F communicate with an HP 5130 using SFP Transceivers?

I have a FortiSwitch 148F-FPOE that will not communicate with an HP 5130 Switch. I get link lights on the ForitSwitch but not the HP. The HP 5130 has a Dell-branded SFP module and the FortiSwitch has ...
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How can 8 SAS lanes support 1024 disks? [duplicate]

According to the LSI 9207-8e specs then it supports up to 1024 disks of 6Gb/s, which I don't quite understand, when it is only an 8 lane JBOD card. In my case, I have an HP D6000 with 70 disks as ...
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HP DL380e Gen8 NMI error

I have an HP DL380e Gen8 with P420 RAID controller it was powered on 24h per day at my previous job for 7 Months without any issues running a few VMs. After changing job I had the server at home for ...
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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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DL580 G7 not booting / posting

I have two DL580 G7 and I cannot get any of these to boot. What happens is that the internal health LED flashes red and it displays all four CPU-LEDs in amber. There is no post code, exactly nothing ...
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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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HP PROLIANT 1300w hstns-pa01 PSU orange/amber light

I bought an HP Server PSU (For mining) - HP PROLIANT 1300w (hstns-pa01) - I plugged it in and it was working perfectly for 12h and 20min, then the rig shut down ( because no power) but PSU fan was ...
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Third-party SSD solutions in ProLiant Gen8 servers

I was wondering if anyone had any specific experience using Intel DC3700 SSDs (or similar) in the HP (DL380p) Gen8 servers? I'm upgrading a set of database servers that use direct-attached storage. ...
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Proliant dl585 g5 counts ram then turns off

I recently aquired a proliant dl585 g5 server that I wish to use as a home server As I have been working with pcs for a long time the first thing I did after I had made sure it was clean inside and ...
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HP Proliant DL80 Gen9 cannot connect to iLO

I have a second hand HP Proliant DL80 Gen9 server that was purchased without any instructions or passwords details, I'm trying to connect to ILO so I can install Windows etc using a USB as I do not ...
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HP DL20 Gen 9 + Ubuntu 16.04 = LOM Error + Unclaimed Network

I previously have HP DL20 Gen9 server working well with Ubuntu 16.04 on LOM (Lan On Motherboard) 1 and then suddenly LOM 1 seems have trouble on networking LOM 1 tes result Lom 1 tes log so I change ...
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How can I upgrade SSA embedded on an HP 380 G9

I recently purchased a DL380 G9 server with an additional P840ar array controller. The built in SSA doesn't seem to support the P840. It has a list of supported devices, and P840 is not listed. I was ...
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Enable Smart Array P400 HP Proliant DL 120 G7

I have a HP ProLiant D7 120DL with a Smart Array P400. After doing BIOS "Restore Default System Settings" the Smart Array can't see the drives attached to it. When starting the server, Smart ...
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Hp Proliant DL120 G7 won't show ORCA

I have on old server, HP Proliant DL120 G7. I configured it with 4 500GB Hard Disk in RAID 10. With this configuration I was able to enter in ORCA setup and the hard drives where connected. Then I ...
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Mixing dual and single port SAS disks

I have a HP DL380 G5 with 8x146GB single port SAS SSF disks (DG146ABAB4). A couple of them have failed and I can't find any new single port disks anymore. They all seem to be dual port. I'm wondering ...
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SAS drives not getting detected + orange light

I am using a HP Proliant server with the original hard drives. They have worked before. I had it powered off for like two weeks. After trying to power it on again, the two SAS drives had an orange ...
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Difference of HP network adapter types?

HP have a special type of cards they call FlexibleLOM, and I can't figure out what the differences are of the following HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530FLR-SFP+ Adapter HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ ...
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Issue with bootstrap.ini on MDT

I have an odd problem with my MDT Deployment. If I use the following bootstrap.ini, when MDT starts it goes straight to a screen saying "Specify which deployment share to use" [Settings] ...
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HP ComWare - Detecting mac/hardware address of CONNECTED interface

Alright, so I'm adding an IRF member to our switch stack. They are 5130's, JG937A. Only problem is the IRF cables are BURIED in the rack channel (I mean buried buried), and there's no way for me to ...
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IRF (stacking) Configuration on HP Comware switches (5130's)

I currently have a stack of 6 HP 5130's and would like to add another switch to that IRF stack. I have everything on the same firmware, etc. but I'm confused as to when to enter the configurations on ...
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RAID 1 HDD replacement with used HDD

We have an HD Proliant G8 with 2 HDDs built RAID 1. One of the HDD drive light becomes amber and iLO shows Bay 2 disk has a failure. I'd like to replace the failed drive with one pulled from other ...
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HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 iLO connectivity

I'm trying to install windows on a recently purchased (used) HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 server but I do not have a monitor to connect to the server to guide the installation. The only way to do it is ...
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Plextor SSDs don't work reliably in HP DL380p Gen8 servers

We recently purchased a few HP 380p G8 servers to add some VM capacity, and decided to add a pool of SSDs to our standard build, to create a "fast" RAID 1+0 array for some of our VMs that have higher ...
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Proliant ML310e Gen8 Smart Array Predicted Failure Issue with SSD

This is a question related to this one: Third-party SSD solutions in ProLiant Gen8 servers but not covered by the question or the answers. I have an OCZ 120 gig SSD as system drive on a Proliant ...
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HP Compaq 8200 Elite SFF won't boot from USB drive

Can't get an HP 8200 Elite Small Form Factor to boot from USB. It's done so in the past & the USB boot drive works in a different machine (HP 8440p laptop). Have tried upgrading BIOS (from 2.09 ...
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HP ProLiant DL380 G7 servers will not POST

We have just received 2 HP DL380 G7's from our DR site. They have been running fine at the site for some time but we have tried to power them up in our DC and they will not post. We get a very brief ...
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One-way traffic with port mirror HP-2610 to Hyper-V

I have a Hyper-V box that has call recording for IP phones with the following connectivity: PBX on an access port (native vlan 42), plugs to port 22 on switch (it has no settings for VLANs, so we set ...

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