topic ProLiant 5000 in HPE ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

ProLiant 5000

dennis church — Sun, 09 Feb 2003 22:18:49 GMT

Bit of a newb at this...
System had 4x 4.3GB drives, three CPUs and ran Win2K server no problems. Upgrade to the full-monty 4 CPUs, and put in 4x 9.1GB drives. Now I cannot install w2k server and get anything except a single-processor setup. Even going back to the old setup no longer works.
I suspect I'm missing something trivially simple here. The hardware is OK - tested it every which way I can think of. Erm, Help?

Re: ProLiant 5000

Mark Cloutier — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:06:42 GMT

If the F10 partition is installed, at the first window hit CTRL-A. This should ask you about advanced mode. The go to Sys Config -> Config HW -> Review and Modify -> View and Edit Details. Look for Advanced features. Make sure APIC Mode is set to Full-Table.
When you boot up with the W2K cd please make sure to SKIP Mass Storage. Load the driver for the SCSI/Array controller and the cdrom.
Make sure the BIOS and firmware on the array are up to par.
Any more details would be greatly appreciated.

Mark
Mark

Re: ProLiant 5000

Eric_76 — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 21:03:55 GMT

in addition to Marks comment..
also when you are setting this up.. make sure to not have 4gig or more memory pressent this will give you Blue screen.unless slipstreeming a service pack.

keep in mind that During setup you will only see one procc. until it is on its second or third reboot.

does all 4 procc shows up during post??

Re: ProLiant 5000

dennis church — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:47:59 GMT

OK, see the other post to Justin further up. Solved by exploring a bit deeper!
Have now also got a later version of SmartStart, which will help manage this better in future. Many thanks!