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HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server

Software Configuration Guide

Part number 612342-001
First Edition October 2010

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Page 1: ...HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server Software Configuration Guide Part number 612342 001 First Edition October 2010 ...

Page 2: ...tements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Windows Server 2003 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation i...

Page 3: ... Loading system defaults 37 Power On Self Test POST 37 POST error indicators 38 POST related troubleshooting 40 OS installation 41 Supported OSes 41 OS pre installation procedure 41 Hardware setup 41 BIOS update 42 Easy Set up CD Instruction 42 Server management 43 Pre and post installation procedures 43 Pre installation procedures 43 Post installation procedures 43 Configuring the BMC 43 Index 46...

Page 4: ...tines to test system resources and run the operating system Perform run time routines Using the software perform basic hardware routines that can be called from DOS and Windows applications BIOS Setup Utility NOTE For ease of reading the BIOS Setup Utility will be referred to as Setup or Setup Utility in this guide Also the screenshots used in this guide display default system values These values ...

Page 5: ...gs from the default or current configuration Accessing the Setup Utility 1 Turn on the monitor and the server If the server is already turned on save your data and exit all open applications then restart the server 2 During POST press F10 If you fail to press F10 before POST is completed you need to restart the server and repeat this step The first page displayed is the Main menu Use the left and ...

Page 6: ...l possible values at once A parameter that is enclosed in square brackets is user configurable Grayed out parameters are not user configurable for one of the following reasons The field value is auto configured or auto detected The field value is informational only The field is password protected Enter Select a field value or display a submenu screen Tab Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a fiel...

Page 7: ...y menu selections For detailed information and screenshots of these Setup menus and their related submenus refer to the following sections Main Menu Figure 3 Main Menu NOTE The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 If you unplug the battery setup time values will be 00 00 00 ...

Page 8: ...stem time System Date Adjusts the system date Boot Settings Configuration Sets which options to run during system boot up Press Enter to access the related submenu For details on the submenu options see the Boot Settings Configuration submenu section Boot Settings Configuration submenu Figure 4 Boot Settings Configuration submenu Table 3 Boot Settings Configuration submenu fields Field Description...

Page 9: ...press the Number Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Number Lock LED on the keyboard will light up when the Number Lock is engaged Disabled Restore after AC Power Loss Set this value to restore previous power state before loss occurred The setting default value is Last State Last State Set this value to always boot when AC power is restored On Set this value to kee...

Page 10: ...selecting IPMI This is due to the retrieval of sensor data In the submenu use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use the Plus and Minus keys to change the value of the selected option USB Configuration These items control various USB devices From the USB configuration screen press Enter to access the submenu for the USB BIOS Support Use the up and down Arrow keys to select an item Use th...

Page 11: ...mized Disabled Intel R Virtualization Tech A VMM can utilize the additional HW Caps A full reset is required to change the setting The setting default value is enabled Enabled A VMM can not utilize the additional HW Caps Disabled Intel R HT Technology If processor supports Hyper Threading this option will appear Enabled for Windows XP and Linux4 OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology This is ...

Page 12: ...in a single DRAM device occurs Lockstep Mode 2DPC 1333 The system will operate at a maximum of 1066MHz when 2 DIMMs are installed on any memory channel This is the default value Disable Allow configuring the system to run DIMMs 1Rank or 2Ranks at 1333MHz when up to 2 DIMMs are installed on a memory channel Enable Intel VT d Disabled the Intel Processors feature which called Virtualization Technolo...

Page 13: ...s not appear in the standard boot order list Disabled Drive Write Cache Drive Write Cache feature disabled on all dumb SATA drives This avoids the possibility of data loss due to a power failure This is the default setting Disabled Drive Write Cache feature on all dumb SATA drives to be enabled System BIOS or SATA option ROM during POST This improves performance but at a risk of data loss on a pow...

Page 14: ... a specific IDE disk drive in the BIOS 0 Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk drives in 5 seconds 5 Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk drives in 10 seconds 10 Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE disk drives in 15 seconds 15 Set this value to stop the setup from searching the IDE bus for IDE di...

Page 15: ...to this port is a mouse If the system will not use a serial device it is best to set this port to Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 Set this value to allow the serial port to use 3E8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address If the system will not use a serial device it is best to set this port to Disabled 3E8 IRQ4 Set this value to allow the serial port to use 2E8 as its I O port address and IR...

Page 16: ...PI Configuration submenu Figure 9 ACPI Configuration submenu 1 Table 8 ACPI Settings submenu fields Field Description Chipset ACPI Configuration This option specifies High Precision Event Timer Figure 10 ACPI Configuration submenu 2 ...

Page 17: ...Configuration Select Serial Port Configuration in the left frame of the screen to go to the submenu for that item Then you can press Enter to enter its submenu You can display a submenu about Serial Port Configuration option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys LAN Configuration Select LAN Configuration in the left frame of the screen to go to the submenu for that item You can display a submenu...

Page 18: ...enu for that item That will display CPU temperature ambient temperature CPU fan speed system fan speed chassis fan speed These items cannot be changed by the user It accords with the sense of the case If there is LV CPU and no card in slot1 then System Fan 6 Rotor 1 and System Fan 6 Rotor 2 no display Figure 12 SEL Configuration submenu 1 Figure 13 SEL Configuration submenu 2 Table 11 SEL Configur...

Page 19: ...ration submenu Table 12 Serial Port Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Serial Port Assignment This setting will assign the serial port connector to the system This is the default setting System This setting will assign the serial port connector to the BMC Baseboard management controller BMC Serial Port Switching This setting allows the Serial port switch between system and BMC ...

Page 20: ...n If the IPMI card is not installed the options are Shared and Disabled the default value is Shared If the IPMI card is installed the options are Disabled and Shared the default value is Disabled Table 13 LAN Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options BMC NIC Allocation Set the value allow support share NIC mode Shared ...

Page 21: ...e when disabled share NIC mode and DHCP IP source Current Gateway The option specifies Default gateway it auto gets the IP subnet mask You can setup this value when disabled share NIC mode and DHCP IP source LAN Protocol Control Disable HTTP Telnet Ping protocol on the BMC Disabled Enable HTTP Telnet Ping protocol on the BMC This is the default setting Enabled Wake On LAN Set this value will enabl...

Page 22: ...nute timeout value for BMC to wait before assuming the system has crashed and needs to reset 5 Min Sets a10 minute timeout value for BMC to wait before assuming the system has crashed and needs to reset The setting default value is 10 minutes This is the default setting 10 Min Sets a 15 minute timeout value for BMC to wait before assuming the system has crashed and needs to reset 15 Min Sets a 20 ...

Page 23: ...formation Display system CPUs health information Ambient Sensors Health Information Display Ambient Sensors Health Information DIMM Temperature Sensors Health Information Display DIMM Temperature Sensors Health Information System Voltage Health Information Display System Voltage Health Information System Fans Health Information Display System Fans Health Information ...

Page 24: ...enu Figure 19 USB Configuration submenu Figure 20 USB Ports NOTE When you install USB storage USB Mass Device Configuration items are displayed From this item you can get some information about the device some information you can configure it if needed ...

Page 25: ...It is the default value Enabled Turn off external and internal USB ports Once set all the USB ports on M B invalid you can use remote KVM or clear CMOS to enable it Disable Phys Ports Remove remote KVM and remote Media options Disable Vir Ports Turn off both physical and virtual ports Once set all the USB ports invalid you can clear CMOS to enable it Disable All Ports Remote Access Configuration s...

Page 26: ...d of the serial port 19200 8 n 1 Default Set this value to allow you to select 9600 as the baud rate transmitted bits per second of the serial port 9600 8 n 1 Flow Control Set this value to not allow Flow control It s the default value None Select this value to make Flow control by Hardware Hardware Select this value to make Flow control by Software Software Redirection After BIOS POST Set this va...

Page 27: ... 19 PCI BUS Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Embedded VGA Control Embedded VGA Stays ON as Primary Video Controller regardless of other graphics controllers being present Always Enabled Disable embedded VGA if add in graphics controller detected This is the Default value Auto Detect ...

Page 28: ...System BIOS configuration 28 Power Configuration submenu Figure 24 Power Configuration submenu 1 Figure 25 Power Configuration submenu 2 Figure 26 Power Configuration submenu 3 ...

Page 29: ...e current memory speed to DDR 800 Force DDR 800 Force the current memory speed to DDR 1066 Force DDR 1066 Force the current memory speed to DDR 1333 Use this setting for 2 DIMMs channel for optimum performance Force DDR 1333 Node Interleaving Configure memory controller to non socket interleaved This is the default value Disabled Configure memory controller to socket interleaved mode Enabled Memor...

Page 30: ...configured to run in Gen 2 mode PCIe devices that only support Gen 1 mode will run in Gen 1 mode It is the default setting Gen 2 QPI Power Management Disabled L0s and L1 when power efficiency mode is performance value is disabled Disabled Enable L0s and L1 when power efficiency mode is efficiency value is enabled this is the default setting Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch This option provides...

Page 31: ...efficiency It requires that Intel Enhanced SpeedStep also be Enabled Boot Menu Figure 27 Boot Menu Table 21 Boot menu fields Filed Description Options USB Device Boot Priority Newly inserted USB devices from automatically showing up as top priority within their device class in the standard boot order list The default value is High High Disallow newly inserted USB devices from automatically showing...

Page 32: ...ork Disabled Set this value to allow boot from network Enabled Boot Device Priority Submenu To change the boot order select a boot category type such as Hard disk drives Removable media or ATAPI CD ROM devices from the boot menu For example if the 1st boot device is set to Hard disk drives then BIOS will try to boot to hard disk drives first Figure 28 Boot Device Priority submenu NOTE When you sel...

Page 33: ...hen entered this password allows the user to access and change all settings in the Setup Utility Figure 30 Security menu To set an administrator password 1 Indicates whether a supervisor password has been set if the password has been installed installed displays if not not installed displays 2 In the Security menu screen in the Change Admin Password field press Enter ...

Page 34: ...Password box The password may consist of up to six alphanumeric characters A Z a z 0 9 then press Enter The Confirm New Password window displays Figure 32 Confirm New Password 4 Type the same password in the Confirm New Password box to verify the first entry and then press Enter The Password Installed OK is displayed Press OK to finish ...

Page 35: ...ge Admin Password field press Enter The Enter New Password displays Type a new password in the Enter New Password box 2 Type the same password in the Confirm New Password box to verify the first entry then press Enter The Password Installed OK is displayed Press Enter to finish To check the administrator password 1 In the Security menu screen select Password Check and then press Enter 2 Select one...

Page 36: ...Option Description Setup Set this value need to check password while invoking the set up utility Always Set this value must check password while invoking setup on each boot Exit menu The Exit menu displays several options on how to quit the Setup Utility Select any of the exit options then press Enter ...

Page 37: ...default settings have been selected to optimize the server s performance Setup default settings are quite demanding in terms of resource consumption If you are using low speed memory chips or other types of low performance components and you choose to load these settings the system might not function properly To load the system defaults 1 Reboot the server in a normal manner 2 During POST press F1...

Page 38: ...error message is displayed but the server stops during POST listen for beep codes Table 24 lists the most common POST error messages with their corresponding troubleshooting recommendation Table 24 POST Error Messages Error code Error message Description corrective action 000h Timer Error Indicates an error while programming the count register of channel 2 of the 8254 timer This may indicate a pro...

Page 39: ...d 10 11 17 DIMM x corresponding to 1 2 3 8 613h Power supplies mismatch replace slot 2 with identical Power supply Press F1 to continue booting with one power supply When two power supplies installed if their vendor are different this will appear and system will halt 604h System Fan 1 Missing If system fan1 is not installed or failed system will announce this message and system will shutdown in mi...

Page 40: ...nexpectedly Recheck Temperature in xxx seconds If system detects one or more temperature sensor over heat this message will appear 611h System Event Log full If system can not store any more event log this will appear at post 612h Power Supply Failure or Power Supply Unplugged When two power supplies installed if one of the power cable is not connected or one of the power is failed this will appea...

Page 41: ...Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 x64 base and R2 Microsoft Windows Essentials Business Server 2008 x64 base and R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86 and EM64T AMD64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86 and EM64T AMD64 SLES 10 x86 and EM64T AMD64 SLES 11 x86 and EM64T AMD64 NOTE For more information on HP s Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and Virtualization Software and latest li...

Page 42: ...cle used hard drives use a utility such as fdisk to erase all data and partitions from that particular hard drive BIOS update HP recommends that you update the server BIOS with the latest system BIOS version to take advantage of the most recent compatibility fixes You can download the latest HP ProLiant DL170e G6 server BIOS at www hp com NOTE For ease of reading the HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server E...

Page 43: ...nents are installed according to the described step by step instructions 2 Check to make sure you have not left loose tools or parts inside the server 3 Reinstall any expansion boards riser board assemblies peripherals board covers brackets and system cables that you have removed 4 Reinstall the top cover a Place the cover on the chassis approximately 1 25 cm 0 5 in toward the rear of the unit the...

Page 44: ... Start your terminal session 5 Press Enter to bring up a prompt 6 If the first prompt is for a password press Enter again 7 At the Login prompt type your user name and press Enter The default user name is admin 8 At the Password prompt type your password and press Enter The default password is admin The message CLP Session Initiated displays 9 At the prompt type cd map1 nic1 to navigate to the cor...

Page 45: ...tem or BMC See the Serial Port Configuration submenu fields section for more information 2 In the Console Redirection submenu set Remote Access to Enable See the Console Redirection submenu fields section for more information 3 Press F10 to Save and Exit NOTE For more information please refer to the Lights Out 100 User Guide available in the product manuals section of the product page on hp com ...

Page 46: ...Changes 37 Discard Changes and Exit 37 E Exit menu 36 G General Help Screen 7 H Hard Disk Drives submenu 33 Hardware Health Information 18 I IDE 15 IDE Configuration submenu 13 IO Device Configuration submenu 15 IP subnet mask 44 IPMI Configuration submenu 17 IPMI LAN interface 44 L LAN Configuration 17 LAN Controller 44 Load Option Default 37 loading system defaults 37 M Main menu 5 Main Menu 7 m...

Page 47: ...software 4 Supported operating systems 41 system configuration changing 4 System Date 8 system defaults 37 System Time 8 system time and date setting 4 U USB Configuration submenu 24 USB Controller 25 V View BMC System Event Log 19 W Watch Dog Timer Reset 17 ...

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