DL360 server acting ... odd ...

[Matt Hartzell]

Just a shot in the dark but are all of the firmwares on the server current?


Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>
> I posted something to the HP Forums about this, see if I get anything 
> over the weekend, but figured I'd pop a note to the list to see if 
> anyone else has experienced something like this ... its not a FreeBSD 
> issue, since its not getting to that point yet ...
>
> Here's what I've posted to the Forums ... maybe someone here has an 
> idea? Or do I have a bad server?
>
> ============
>  Just picked up one of these things, and its a beauty ... but I'm 
> getting *really* odd behaviour ...
>
> I login through iLO, open up Remote Console then go to Virtual Devices 
> to power up ... but all that seems to happen is it goes from:
>
> Monitored Server Is Powered Down.
>
> to:
>
> Monitored Server Console Is In An Unsupported Text Mode.
>
> And then just sits there ... eventually, I hear two beeps come out of 
> it ...
>
> The reason why this is odd ... I've already powered this server up, 
> installed an operating system on it, rebooted several times, 
> everything was great ... I unplugged the server from the wall (those 
> fans can be annoying) two days ago, haven't moved the server ... just 
> plugged it back in today to do some more work on it ...
>
> I'm at a loss ... she was working great :(
>
> Kinda makes me nervous to deploy it ...
>
> What should I be looking at?
>
> thanks ...
> ==========
>
> Followed up by:
>
> =========
>
> k, this is odd ... I took the cover off of the box, since there are 
> 'flashing lights' on the inside ... plug'd it back in, boots fine ... 
> replug in the power supplies again, doesn't boot fine ...
>
> when it boots fine, its consistent ... I can be in iLO and type 'power 
> off' / 'power on' all I want and it boots fine ... when it doesn't 
> boot, it never boots ...
>
> power seems to be fine in all cases ... fans all power up, drives 
> power up, and lights flicker on the RAID controller ...
>
> The one thing that has botherd me though ... the 'charging' light on 
> the RAID controller always appears on ... bad battery? or is this 
> normal? ==========
>
>
> Right now, after unplugging it from the wall and back in again, I've 
> got the server booted up and in the OS, and it seems to be running 
> nicely ... if I shut it down, and try unplugging it from the wall and 
> back in again, it has a 50-50 chance of booting ...
>
> Everything seems okay, even when it doesn't boot ... I can get into 
> iLO, I can do 'power on' and hear the fans all wind up, and the drive 
> lights all come on ... but it does those 2 beeps after a period of 
> time, and no POST screen, no nothing ...
>
> When I first set it up, my first thought was memory, so I pulled them 
> all out, no difference ... re-seated them all and it booted ... so, at 
> that time, I figured I must have not seated them right the first time 
> and all was well ...
>
> Thoughts / ideas?
>
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> Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services 
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