Questions tagged [hp-proliant]
Hewlett Packard's range of Intel and AMD-based free-standing, rackmount and blade servers.
1,205
questions
45
votes
1
answer
51k
views
HP ProLiant DL360 G7 hangs at "Power and Thermal Calibration" screen
I have a new HP ProLiant DL360 G7 system that is exhibiting a difficult-to-reproduce issue. The server randomly hangs at the "Power and Thermal Calibration in Progress..." screen during the POST ...
- 197k
39
votes
12
answers
77k
views
Disable hyperthreading from within Linux (no access to BIOS)
I have a system running a financial trading application at a remote facility. I do not have access to the ILO/DRAC, but need to disable hyperthreading. The system runs Intel Westmere 3.33GHz X5680 hex-...
- 197k
39
votes
4
answers
24k
views
What is the use case of a SD slot on motherboard?
My HP Proliant ML110 G7 has a full-size SD slot on the motherboard. What is its use case?
The PDF manual mentions it on page 10: item 17 just to show its placement, but nothing more. In a later ...
- 475
36
votes
2
answers
8k
views
HP plan to restrict access to ProLiant server firmware - consequences?
I've been a longtime advocate for HP ProLiant servers in my system environments. The platform has been the basis of my infrastructure designs across several industries for the past 12 years.
The ...
- 197k
33
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Is it possible to influence the way CPUs are enumerated under Linux?
I have a HP DL380 G7 with 2 mismatched CPUs in it. One is a quad core CPU with faster cores, and one is a 6 core CPU with slower cores.
On this box I run an application that due to licensing reasons ...
- 1,694
32
votes
4
answers
51k
views
What happens when the USB key or SD card I've installed VMware ESXi on fails?
An SD (SDHC) card installed in an HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 server running VMware ESXi just failed :(
I encountered some ominous looking messages on the vCenter console and in the HP ProLiant ILO event ...
- 197k
26
votes
7
answers
66k
views
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. ...
- 361
21
votes
5
answers
52k
views
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 ...
- 889
17
votes
6
answers
5k
views
Is it safe to use a UPS designed for desktop PCs to power a server?
I am working on a server within my office. The server will eventually be relocated to a data center. I would like to be able to leave the server switched on in my office, which means I would like to ...
- 773
17
votes
7
answers
70k
views
Disabling RAID feature on HP Smart Array P400
I'm planning to use ZFS on my system (HP ML370 G5, Smart Array P400, 8 SAS disk). I want ZFS to manage all disks individually, so it can utilize better scheduling (i.e. I want to use software RAID ...
- 1,633
15
votes
3
answers
6k
views
HP storage arrays - multiple channels?
Our SQL server is becoming pretty heavily loaded, and all indications point to the disk channel being the bottleneck. The current HP server has a fairly low-end array card, and we're looking to ...
- 1,147
15
votes
3
answers
21k
views
Force renegotiation of PCI Express link speed? x2 card reverts to x1 width
In an effort to circumvent compatibility and cost barriers to using SSD drives with newer HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, I'm working to validate PCIe-based SSDs on the platform. I've been experimenting ...
- 197k
14
votes
4
answers
78k
views
Controlling HP ProLiant DL380 G6/G7 fan speed
I'm having fan speeds and noise level issues from my most recent batch of HP ProLiant DL380 G7 servers. Most of the systems are nearly silent with low fan speeds (as reported by hplog -f). The ...
- 197k
14
votes
1
answer
3k
views
MTTF, MTBF, MTBR and MTBF for HP ProLiant Gen9
I have been looking into MTTF, MTBF, MTBR and MTBF for out HP Gen9 servers running in our production environment.
Root of my question, should be worried or not.
I cannot seem to get any good data as ...
- 9,556
13
votes
2
answers
21k
views
How to check if server is NUMA enabled?
My boss wants to know if the HP DL320 G5 is NUMA enabled. I've tried scouring the internet, but can't find any specific information.
Does anyone know off hand if this server is suitable for running ...
- 636
13
votes
3
answers
30k
views
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 ...
- 683
13
votes
6
answers
45k
views
ZFS SAS/SATA controller recommendations
I've been working with OpenSolaris and ZFS for 6 months, primarily on a Sun Fire x4540 and standard Dell and HP hardware. One downside to standard Perc and HP Smart Array controllers is that they do ...
- 197k
13
votes
5
answers
44k
views
How can I determine the power demand of an HP server's power supply under load?
I bought an HP DL360 G7 1 U rackmount server. I am looking to put it in a colocation facility. The issue is almost every facility I have seen either limits the amount of power I can access or charge ...
- 1,975
13
votes
3
answers
100k
views
Can't enter HP SmartArray P410 RAID ORCA set-up on HP ProLiant DL320G6
I've just installed an HP SmartArray P410 controller into my HP ProLiant DL320G6 server. The controller seems detected by the server BIOS (it shows up in controllers list in the BIOS set-up), hard ...
- 3,398
13
votes
3
answers
64k
views
Can't enter iLO3 at bootup (HP ProLiant DL360 G7)
At first I thought this was a fluke, but I've now built well over 50 of these servers and I can't seem to find a solution. We are deploying HP DL360 G7's. Before you used to be able to hit F8 during ...
- 2,737
13
votes
6
answers
3k
views
Real benefits of serial console servers (with modern server hardware)?
I'm working in a new environment that makes heavy use of serial console servers for server management. They are augmented with switched PDUs for power management. They are not using the DRAC ...
- 197k
12
votes
4
answers
37k
views
Incredibly low disk performance on HP ProLiant DL385 G7
As a test of the Opteron processor family, I bought a HP DL385 G7 6128 with HP Smart Array P410i Controller - no memory.
The machine has 20GB ram
2x146GB 15k rpm SAS + 2x250GB SATA2, both in Raid 1 ...
- 4,330
12
votes
6
answers
60k
views
SATA drives in HP ProLiant server?
Does anyone know if I can install normal 2.5" SATA drives inside an HP DL360 G5 server? Right now it has 6 72GB SAS drives. I am looking for raw storage for my files SAS performance in not required.
- 1,975
11
votes
3
answers
51k
views
HP ACU CLI Examples
Has anyone used the HP Array Configuration Utility Command Line Interface (hpacucli.exe) to get physical disk information into a file?
I'm not at the machine right now, but basically I want to find ...
- 333
11
votes
2
answers
9k
views
SSD (Intel 530) read/write speed very slow with RAID 10
Explanation:
We have a Server:
Model: HP ProLiant DL160 G6
4 x 240GB SSD (RAID-10)
72GB DDR3 RAM
2 x L5639
HP P410 RAID Controller (256MB, V6.40, Rom version: 8.40.41.00)
SSD drives are 4 brand new ...
11
votes
5
answers
57k
views
iLO 3 Firmware Update (HP Proliant DL380 G7)
The iLO web interface allows me to upload a .bin file (Obtain the firmware image (.bin) file from the Online ROM Flash Component for HP Integrated Lights-Out.)
The iLO web interface redirects me to a ...
- 4,240
11
votes
4
answers
48k
views
How do I get my HP servers to email me when a drive fails?
Ideally, with as simple of install as possible and without requiring rebooting the servers. Mostly for DL380 G5's if it helps.
- 1,174
11
votes
1
answer
7k
views
No video output and no status light on HP Proliant Microserver
I have an issue with a "N40L" HP Proliant Microserver. When the server is powered on the power light turns green but the machine's status light (the HP logo on the front) stays off and there is no ...
- 2,964
11
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Are consumer class hard disks okay for zfs?
I just recently bought a new server an HP DL380 G6. I replaced the stock smart array p410 controller with an LSI 9211-8i.
My plan is use ZFS as the underlying storage for XEN which will run on the ...
- 1,975
11
votes
1
answer
15k
views
Is there a way to view an HP ProLiant server IML log from within ESXi?
I'm investigating a system outage on an HP ProLiant DL360 G7 server running VMware ESXi 5.1.
While I'm a huge advocate of installing the HP-specific management agents for ESXi or using the ...
- 197k
10
votes
4
answers
35k
views
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 ...
- 203
10
votes
3
answers
6k
views
HP Microserver Mini-SAS Cable
I just purchased an HP Microserver I was planning to use with FreeNAS. It needed more RAM, so I tried to follow the instructions to pull out the system board draw to access the DIMM slots. Doing so ...
10
votes
3
answers
159k
views
How can I force HP Smart Array RAID controller to re-recognize drives?
I have an HP ProLiant DL180 G5 server with a Smart Array E200 RAID controller. The RAID controller is refusing to recognize inserted drives as an array. The story so far...
This server (our file ...
- 13.4k
10
votes
4
answers
4k
views
Monitoring Dell/HP Servers Running ESXi (Free)
What are you all doing to monitor ESXi servers that run the free edition? With the lack of SNMP support, it seems fairly limited to me. What'd I'd like to be able to do is get some type of alert when ...
- 323
10
votes
3
answers
430
views
Seemingly Random Components on DL380 G5 No Longer Work After Applying Updates
I have a DL380 G5 running Windows Server 2008 R2 that just had two update bundles applied to it and as a result I have several crucial components that no longer work. The update bundles that were ...
- 6,481
9
votes
7
answers
24k
views
Can I just remove a disk from a live RAID 1 array?
I've read the story about the manager taking out a disk from a RAID 5 array, and then a second one, but I’d just like to try out for myself what happens when I simply disconnect a disk from a live ...
- 1,192
9
votes
4
answers
47k
views
HP Smart Array; How to safely remove a physcial drive with SMART predictive failure from array so it can be replaced?
hpacucli controller slot=1 ld 1 show detail
Smart Array P400 in Slot 1
array A
Logical Drive: 1
Size: 273.3 GB
Fault Tolerance: RAID 1+0
Heads: 255
...
- 123
9
votes
13
answers
38k
views
HP Proliant DL380 G4 - Can this server still perform in 2011?
Can the HP Proliant DL380 G4 series server still perform at high a quality in the 2011 IT world?
This may sound like a weird question but we are a very small company whose primary business is NOT IT ...
- 91
9
votes
6
answers
64k
views
Configuration of ILO port on HP servers
I have a HP server that has ILO port. How can i configure it to use from remote location? server os is debian-squeez.
- 279
9
votes
2
answers
180
views
HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 Got Wet during Hurricane Irma, Hard Drive still good, can I just plug to a new identical server
HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 got wet during Hurricane Irma, 2 hard drive configured as RAID 1 (Mirrored) are still good. Already ordered replacement, identical specs with the old one, Can I just simply plug ...
- 91
9
votes
4
answers
21k
views
Hadoop JBOD disk configuration on HP Smart Array 410/i disk controller
I'm in a evaluation phase of some hw that could be used for setting up a hadoop cluster. This hw is refurbished (hp G6 servers w/ Smart Array 410/i controller) and probably we should/must use it... we ...
- 91
9
votes
1
answer
9k
views
Automated hardware testing of HP servers?
As part of provisioning servers we run HP's Insight Diagnostics to test the hardware. This is a manual process. Is there a way automate the running of Insight Diagnostics?
There is the hpdiags ...
- 18k
9
votes
2
answers
4k
views
HP ProLiant system preparation/deployment techniques (Array, BIOS, firmware, etc.)
I spend a lot of my time with HP ProLiant systems and Linux installations. Due to the nature of the business I work in, I don't have the luxury of being able to deploy large numbers of identical ...
- 197k
9
votes
2
answers
107k
views
HP SmartArray P400: How to repair failed logical drive?
I have a HP Server with SmartArray P400 controller (incl. 256 MB Cache/Battery Backup) with a logicaldrive with replaced failed physicaldrive that does not rebuild.
This is how it looked when I ...
- 301
9
votes
2
answers
5k
views
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 ...
- 101
8
votes
2
answers
16k
views
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 ...
- 105
8
votes
7
answers
28k
views
HP ProLiant Shared ILO port disadvantages?
The last few generations of HP ProLiant systems have featured an option to share the ILO functionality with the first network interface. I'm in a situation where per-port costs on the switch I'm using ...
- 197k
8
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Rack Mounting a Server with hot air vents on the top?
We just got a couple of HP DL360 G7's, and I notice it has vents on the top. More hot air seems to exit through these vents than it does anywhere on the back. All our servers in the past have always ...
- 165
8
votes
3
answers
25k
views
How to enable and use the serial terminal of a HP Microserver Gen9?
I have a HP ProLiant Microserver Gen9. It has HP ILO version 4, but the Java based Remote Console doesn't work reliably and I can't use it after the POST screen in the free version of ILO (asks me to ...
- 858
8
votes
4
answers
13k
views
Are new HP Gen8 servers compatible with g7 drives?
Are HP Gen8 servers (namely DL380 Gen8 with 2.5" HP disks) compatible with 2.5" harddrives from G5-G7 servers? I mean original HP disks in HP caddies not plain SAS/SATA drives.
- 410