topic Re: gsp on ia64? in Integrity Servers

gsp on ia64?

Doug O'Leary — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:34:15 GMT

Hey;

I have a 2620 on which I need to see the hardware logs to verify a power supply. On pa-risc boxes, I hit -B followed by sl (or some combination of key codes to get to the sl command).

b doesn't seem to work on any of the 2620s that I have...

Do ia64 systems even have a GSP? How do I go about seeing the hardware logs?

Thanks for any info.

Doug O'Leary

Re: gsp on ia64?

Duncan Edmonstone — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:00 GMT

The GSP on a rx2620 is pretty much identical to that on a PA-RISC rp3440. If you are connected through the console, then CTRL-B should work.

How are you connecting to the system?

HTH

Duncan

Re: gsp on ia64?

Sp4admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:58:03 GMT

Hello,

You should be prompt for the MP login and password and then you should see MP prompt and select Sl to view the logs. The ctrl-b should work. My something with you key mapping on the keyboard.

sp,

Re: gsp on ia64?

Torsten. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:36:20 GMT

The rx2620 is the *ONLY* server I know where the MP was *optional* - is one installed???

Better check this!

Re: gsp on ia64?

Sandy Chen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:59:05 GMT

Hi Doug,

Torsten is correct, on rx2620 MP is optional, better check physically whether you have one or not.

regards,
Sandy

Re: gsp on ia64?

mits — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:30:17 GMT

If your system does not have MP, try to access BMC CLI.

1. To access the BMC CLI, press Esc (
For US KB, press ESC, then Shift and 9 at
the same time.

CLI usage is available at :
http://docs.hp.com/en/AD117-9003A/ch05s06.html

You can see the CLI message something like below. The command ps would be appropriate command for you.

HP rx2620
BMC Console (CLI)
Copyright 2001-02 Hewlett-Packard Company
All rights reserved.
Use 'Esc (' and 'Esc Q' to toggle between system console and BMC console.
No passwords set.
Admin Session Initiated.
cli>help
date : Date display
help : List available commands
ipmi : Send IPMI cmd
loc : System locator LED
passwd : Change password
pc : Power control
pr : Power restore policy
ps : Power status
rs : System reset
sl : Show logs
sr : Display firmware revisions
tc : System reset
exit : Exit
cli>

Re: gsp on ia64?

rick jones — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:51:14 GMT

Torsten - the MP was optional on the rx2620, the rx2600, rx1620 and rx1600. It was also I believe optional on the zx6000 and the zx2000.

MP's (with iLO) are included in all the current HP Integrity offerings - eg rx2660, rx3600, rx6600, BL860c, BL870c.

The cell-based systems (rx7640, rx8640 and SuperDome) have MP's and I think optional iLOs but the iLO parts may still be optional.

Re: gsp on ia64?

Torsten. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:44:09 GMT

Rick, according to the product overview section of the manuals the MP was standard for the rx2600, optional for zx6000 racked version (but this was a workstation) and optional for the rx16xx (if I think about servers I always forget about them ...). Some of the Superdomes call this devices still GSP, only newer versions call it MP. In addition there is a Lights Out Advanced / KVM Card (LOA) (PCI-X card) with iLO features for sx2000 based Integrity servers.

Some people thought if they order a "standard" rx2620 it has a MP installed, but it hasn't (this was the problem...).

Re: gsp on ia64?

rick jones — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:52:58 GMT

I'm not sure which is more fallible - the product docs or my dimm memory, but in this instance I'll cede to the product docs :)

Re: gsp on ia64?

Doug O'Leary — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:58:34 GMT

Hey;

Turns out these guys don't have a GSP - it does have the BMC CLI thing which, although ugly as all heck, will seem to do what I need - at least for now..

Thanks for all the help; I appreciate it

Doug O'Leary