topic Re: boot on bl870c in BladeSystem - General

boot on bl870c

kuzo_1 — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:20:37 GMT

how to boot on the integity server bl870c ?
I connect an external dvd drive and boot the server on OA administration but the server did not boot I see the led of the dvd blinking but no boot.
Thas the integrity server support the smart start cd?
I want to set up Raid system on my disk drive?
KUZO

Re: boot on bl870c

Matti_Kurkela — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:02:55 GMT

You probably have to access the EFI configuration menu and add a boot menu item for the external DVD drive. Then return to the main boot menu and use the new menu item to boot from the Smart Setup media.

This should allow you to access the EFI Based Setup Utility (EBSU).

For instructions on how to use EBSU to configure RAID on your system disks, please see:

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01984699/c01984699.pdf

(The document is nominally for Windows Server 2008, but because it deals mostly with EFI-level configuration, it should be applicable to all operating systems on your hardware.)

MK

Re: boot on bl870c

The Brit — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:34:16 GMT

Kuzo,
Welcome.

What OS are you trying to install/boot??

Dave.

Re: boot on bl870c

kuzo_1 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:10:17 GMT

The OS is linux redhat Enterprise 5.0

Re: boot on bl870c

Torsten. — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:39:06 GMT

>> Thas the integrity server support the smart start cd?

No, but there is a smartsetup CD.

Is it a BL870c or BL870c i2?

This makes a difference, because of different RAID controllers.

Re: boot on bl870c

kuzo_1 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:17:49 GMT

It is BL870c i2, The OS is now Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.5.
Thanks!