Terrible write performance on third party SSDs on P840 and P440 in Gen9
There seems to be some kind of issue with the new range of Gen9-controllers and Intel SSDs. I have tried three different Intel SSDs, 520, 530 and S2500. If I disable the cache I get about 20MB/S seq...
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RAID5 fail
Hi there... We have an HP Proliant 380p server with 5 HDD of type (10K SAS 300 GB). The first two are configured as Raid 1,The remaining three are configured as Raid 5 We got a HD failure indicator,...
View ArticleOutput of hplog -t is not consistent between sensors
I am setting up a Monitorix system with "hptemp" module. The output of hplog -t is not consistent, there is a shift in the white space and it is faulting the hptemp logging totally in the...
View ArticleScripting with Proliant SL250
Hello, I have an SL250 Gen8 that I am working on. I am trying to write a powershell script to pull the bios settings. I understand that the HP Client management interface is supposed to provide a...
View ArticlePowershell script to pull bios settings
Hello, I am inerested in being able to pull the bios menu settings via powershell. What steps should I take?
View ArticleRAID 5 crashes when it shouldnt
Hello, We have a HP Proliant DL380 G5 server, 4 drives with RAID 5 configured. Unfortuantely one of the hard drives died yesterday and we have ordered a new one. This shouldn't happen since we have a...
View ArticleSimple question about adding 2nd cpu to ProLiant G5
Hello, I'm very new to HP hardware and I got this used ProLiant ML350 G5 (tower version) for free from a friend and I'm planning to run an eCommerce website along with ubuntu server and ajenti server...
View ArticleDrivers for HP ProLiant DL180 Gen9 Server
Hi All, I was wondering if you could advise how the follworig drivers for HP ProLiant DL180 Gen9 Server could be obtained: RAID controller drivers...
View ArticleHP RDX 1TB USB 3.0 Internal installation in ML350 G8
Trying to install the RDX P/N B7B67A in a HP ProLiant ML350G8 drive bay - needs rail kit. ALL HP Documentation says it doesn't require. Given that it DOES require mounting adapter, does anyone have a...
View ArticleML350 Gen8 server lost key
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement key for my ML350 Gen8 server case? The front of the case is lockable but my colleagues have lost the key.
View Article2 x DL385 Gen8 - 3 out of 4 NIC ports showing amber lights
Following an unexpected power outage our two DL385 servers were rebooted and started showing amber/orange lights on 3 out of the 4 ports on each NIC (on each nic it's ports 1,2, and 4). Checked...
View ArticleP2000 storage and VMware vSphere
I have 2 Proliant DL380 nodes connected to a P2000 storage and running VMware ESXi 5.0 in a vSphere 5.0 cluster.I need to add 2 DL380 nodes to the existing infrastructure.Can I add the new DL380...
View ArticleRedhat 6.5 Installation using 3.6TB and 8TB Array
Hardware: Proliant DL380p G8HDD: Drive Cage 1 connected to P420 PCI Array Controller: 4 X 1.2TB HDD Drive Cage 2 Connected to P420i Embedded Array Controller: 8X1.2TB HDD Requirement: LVM...
View ArticleHP Smart Array 642 Controller Stopped Working
HP Proliant DL380 G5 with Windows 2008 R2 and OS on Smart Array P400.I also have an HP Smart Array 642 controller that was working connecting by Ultra SCSI 320 to my HP MSA20 with two RAID 5 volumes....
View Article530sfp+ compatibility
Hi,the compatibility list of the 530sfp+ nic says, that it's compatible and optimized for some proliant servers. Does this in conclusion mean, that it's ONLY compatible with these?Also; if this is not...
View ArticleUnable to create RAID-1 using Intel 82801 SATA RAID Controller ?
Hi All, I'm running HP Proliant ML 110 G5 with the Internal / builtin Array Controller, Slot 0 - Intel 82801 SATA RAID Controller (firmware v12.0.1.1018). I've created the Logical drive 2x 1 TB SATA...
View ArticleServer Test
I need to remotely test backup A/D on a DL380 G8 system. In Netware you could DOWN a server leaving the power to the server on. Is this possible using iLo so that I can bring the server back up? If...
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Unable to detect any hardware component on ML 110 G5 ?
People, I'm currently having problem and facing difficulties in rebuilding HP ML 110 G5 server with WIndows Server 2012 R2 OS: 1. Using the most updated HP SPP 2014.09, I cannot perform the firmware...
View ArticleCannot access ILO-2 on my DL160-G5
I just purchased a used DL360-G5 for hobby use from Ebay. It runs fine, but apparently its ILO-2 is not set up for DHCP, I cannot determine the network address it is set to and when booting the system...
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RAID 1 with bigger hard drive
I have a server HP Proliant DL360 G6 with 2 SAS 146GB hard drives (418399-001) in RAID 1.One of the disks was failing so it was replaced, the problem is that we can not getthe same diskbecause...
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