From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 14 05:52:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD08916A41F for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:52:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mchartzell@getdts.com) Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26F4343D45 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:52:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mchartzell@getdts.com) Received: (qmail 99457 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2006 05:52:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (mchartzell@sbcglobal.net@67.163.122.242 with plain) by smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Jan 2006 05:52:36 -0000 Message-ID: <43C891A4.8060304@getdts.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:52:36 -0600 From: Matt Hartzell User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20060114012618.I28752@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060114012618.I28752@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DL360 server acting ... odd ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mchartzell@getdts.com List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:52:38 -0000 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? > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: > 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-proliant-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >