topic Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000 in BladeSystem - General

BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Bernd Dietzel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:58:05 GMT

Hi,

I have trouble with the embedded nics in bl680g5. I have a c7000 enclosure with 2 full height bl680 in slot 1&2. Additionally I got 5 bl460g1 (half height) in slot 11/12/14/15/16.

I got 2 cisco 3120 stacked in bay 1+2.

The half height blades work fine, but the ports for the nics of the 2 bl680 are remaining in "notconnect" state on the switches.

The onboard administrator says the mapping is fine and the ports are connected but neither the host nor the switch do have connections up.

Any ideas?

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Niels Vejrup Pedersen — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:48:14 GMT

I've seen similar behaviour with the cisco switches.

The issue seems to be when the ports are shutdown BEFORE you insert the server in the enclosure.

If you make sure the ports are not shutdown before inserting the server it will work.

You'll will have to remove the server from the enclosure and re-insert it again.

Anyway, thats what fixed it for me.

Regards

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Bernd Dietzel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:04:26 GMT

Are you serious??

... ok, I will try that ...

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Bernd Dietzel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:49:22 GMT

OK, I will have a HP CE drive around europe from DC to DC for the next weeks and replug blades *haha*

thanks for this simple but effective solution!

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Bernd Dietzel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:31:16 GMT

closed

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Adrian Clint — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:16:30 GMT

If you connect to the OA via the cli you can issue the command "reset bay x". This is the same as pulling the blade out and in again.
No need for a drive round europe.

Re: BL680 G5 embedded nics do not connect in c7000

Niels Vejrup Pedersen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:22:31 GMT

Adrian,

I've tried that firstly, but it didn't solve the problem.

So the unpractical removal/re-insert is neccesary to get it working.

Regards