topic Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server in BladeSystem - General

Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Francis Flan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:08:49 GMT

Having trouble in the EFI shell.
I have a BL860c and wish to install HPUX 11i.
It has 2x73GB internal disks and 12GB RAM.

At the EFI shell I have
blk0 : Acpi (HWP.......
blk1 : Acpi (HWP.......
blk2 : Acpi (HWP.......

The CD/DVD vMedia I connected is the "blk2" (i think).
Now do I mount this to a filesystem?: mount blk2 fs0
What happens next?

There's no CD/DVD drive in the enclosure so I'm using my own PC's through vMedia on the iLO.

Without the vMedia:
Shell> map -r
Device mapping table
blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNPOA3,200)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C500053EF9A5,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNPOA3,200)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C500053E7C9D,Lun0)

With CD drive connected to vMedia:
Shell> map -r
Device mapping table
blk0 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNPOA3,200)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C500053EF9A5,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNPOA3,200)/Pci(1|0)/Sas(Addr5000C500053E7C9D,Lun0)
blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNPOA3,0)/Pci(2|0)/Usb(0,2)

So im presuming that blk2 is the DVD. I'm expecting the DVD to be listed as a filesystem (like fs0)?
Any ides why this is or what I can do?

I tried "reconnect -r" and "map -r" but hasn't made a difference.
Anybody installed any OS on a BL860c before and encountered this?

please help!
Francis

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Torsten. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:14:45 GMT

Still problems?

existing thread is

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1165553

What is your current status?

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Francis Flan — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:30:22 GMT

Hi Torsten,
Still the same problem.

I'm trying to find out if there is another option to creating an image file - I haven't been able to test it yet.

From what i've read, I was expecting the CD in vMedia to appear as FS in the EFI.
Instead, whenever I connect a CD it appears as another block device (blk).

Is this a problem?
thanks

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Torsten. — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:41:55 GMT

I'm pretty sure you must create the image, because I think the vMedia can't provide the boot portion to the blade.
Also make sure your media is not too old (at least 06 or 09/2006).

Possible workaround is to use ignite from a different server or a USB connected DVD drive.

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Sameer_Nirmal — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:02:44 GMT

Just wondering if you have enabled the iLO 2 Advanced pack features by entering the license key?

This is what I read from the iLO 2 Operations Guide available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-5983/index.html

"On the BL860c server blade, an Advanced Pack license is bundled with the product. Although the license is bundled, the firmware does not automatically enable the Advanced Pack features. To enable the Advanced Pack features on the BL860c, you must enter the license key."

You can try Web GUI which I think would be more helpful.

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Francis Flan — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:46:44 GMT

Hi Sameer,

Thanks for your reply.
The MP Advanced permanent license is enabled.

I'm reaching with this but:
Would vMedia recognize any CD in my local CD drive or is it set to only detect certain CD types compatible with Itanium systems?

I've ordered the Media Kit but have been trying to test the process with a software CD beside my desk. I haven't been able to detect it as a filesystem which is what worries me.

F

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Sameer_Nirmal — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:17:42 GMT

As mentioned in the iLO 2 Operation guide ( link given in my last post ), EFI only supports DVD or CDs that contain data in the El Torito Bootable CD format.

I hope you have ordered HPUX OS/OE Media HP-UX 11.23 HWE 0606 or later which supports vMedia.

As another option is making a CD/DVD image file (El Torito bootable CD image) of the CD/DVD you have and boot off the system directly from the image ( or make CD using the image ). But then once OS is installed, it would require installing USB drivers for vMedia support.

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

rick jones — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:27:45 GMT

I would think there is a path through the EFI boot options screen to add a vMedia boot option to the list. I've never had to add one myself, it has always just been there. There should be no need to go the fsN: route.

It might be worthwhile to make sure that vMedia is "supported" for an HP-UX install rather than something which might simply "work" per the attached

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

Francis Flan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:25:00 GMT

I burned an image file to CD and it was finally detected by EFI.

thanks to all,
Francis

Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server

rick jones — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:23:20 GMT

In theory, you should have been able to point the java applet at the ISO you burned to CD and use that rather than having to burn to CD and vmount that. Still, if things are working, good.