HPe Synergy 12000 MPIO QSFP to 10GB SFP Setup
KB ID 0001495 Problem I was recently involved in deploying an HPe Synergy 12000 Frame. And the network connections from it were ‘a little unusual’ so I thought I’d document that here, to save anyone else the problems I had. I was connecting to an HP/Aruba 5412 switch so my cables were all HP/Aruba (to be on the safe side). What you can see (above) is the MPIO Cable (K2Q46A P/N 800867-001) fixed onto the left (and...
HP BL460c (Gen 10) Blade No RAID?
KB ID 0001443 Problem While spinning up some new BL460c (Gen 10) blades for a client, I noticed there was no RAID option? They were going to be VMware ESX hosts, and had two SSD drives so I just accepted the default and my ESX server saw a LUN for each drive and I created two DataStores on each host. The client wanted them changing to RAID1 (fair enough) so I revisited the drive setup. Solution WARNING: Before you proceed enabling...
Mac OSX: ‘Cannot Send F11 Keystroke’
KB ID 0001441 Problem I was building some HP blade servers today via iLO, and while trying to install ESX, I reached this stage; Pressing F11 on a mac just increases the volume, and with the other function keys (F1 to F10) you simply press ‘fn’ and the appropriate F key, and it works properly. But not on a mac, ‘Fn+F11’ just shows you your desktop. Even changing function keys in the keyboard settings has no...
Install a BBWC in a HP Proliant ML330 G6
KB ID 0000149 Problem At time of publishing I could find no information on where to clip the battery. Solution The battery clips into the side of the “Main” forward case fan. Click for Larger Image Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Credit to Andy Mac – who annoyingly found it in about 2 minutes after I spent at least 10!
HP MSA P2000 – Replacing a Failed Disk
KB ID 000087 Problem If you have a disk fail in one of the volumes on your HP MSA SAN, this is the process for replacing it. Note: Normal RAID rules apply, if you replace a 146GB drive with a 300GB drive, it will add it fine, but you will lose the difference. Solution 1. Remove the failed drive, and replace with the new one. 2. Connect to the web cosole of the storage array. Select the MSA > Provisioning > Manage Global spares....
HP C3000 – BL490(G6) Mezzanine Presentation
KB ID 0000230 Problem If (Like me) you struggle to understand what is mapped to what, here’s a quick pictorial view. Solution BL490 G6- Mezzanine Locations HP Blade Enclosure c3000 The Blade On board NIC’s go to Interconnect Bay1 The Blade Mezzanine1 Cards go to Interconnect Bay2 The Blade Mezzanine2 Cards go to Interconnect Bay3 and Interconnect Bay4 Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA...