topic Re: iLO OA problems in BladeSystem - General

iLO OA problems

jerrym — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:17:21 GMT

Does anyone know how to set the UID from the OA CLI. Bay 8? It's grayed out in the Web interface and blinking indicating that there is something in use or other. I have a lost console session also out there which prevents me from opening one to this bay. Does anyone know how to reset remote console access?

Bay iLO Name                      iLO IP Address Status   Power   UID Partner
--- ----------------------------- --------------- -------- ------- --- -------
1 mp00248176e592                138.127.207.106 OK       On      Off
2 mp00248176e58a                138.127.207.107 OK       On      Off
3 mp00248176d57e                138.127.207.108 OK       On      Off
4 mp00248176e564                138.127.207.109 OK       On      Off
5 mp00248176d5a0                138.127.207.110 OK       On      Off
6 mp00248176e5dc                138.127.207.111 OK       On      Off
7 ILOUSE933R76L                 138.127.207.112 OK       On      Off
8 ILOUSE933R76M                 138.127.207.113 OK       On       *

Re: iLO OA problems

Kris_Knigga — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:28:03 GMT

set server uid <bay> on

Where "<bay>" is a number.

Example:

enclosure> show server list

Bay iLO Name                      iLO IP Address  Status   Power   UID Partner
--- ----------------------------- --------------- -------- ------- --- -------
  1 iloec9a746a2718               10.1.26.50      OK       On      Off
  2 ilo3cd92b2f286c               10.1.26.51      OK       On      Off
  3 [Absent]
  4 [Absent]
  5 [Absent]
  6 [Absent]
  7 [Absent]
  8 [Absent]
  9 [Subsumed]
 10 [Subsumed]
 11 [Absent]
 12 [Absent]
 13 [Absent]
 14 [Absent]
 15 [Absent]
 16 [Absent]
Totals: 2 server blades installed, 2 powered on.

enclosure> set server uid 1 on

Blade 1's Unit Identification LED is on

enclosure> show server list

Bay iLO Name                      iLO IP Address  Status   Power   UID Partner
--- ----------------------------- --------------- -------- ------- --- -------
  1 iloec9a746a2718               10.1.26.50      OK       On      On
  2 ilo3cd92b2f286c               10.1.26.51      OK       On      Off
  3 [Absent]
  4 [Absent]
  5 [Absent]
  6 [Absent]
  7 [Absent]
  8 [Absent]
  9 [Subsumed]
 10 [Subsumed]
 11 [Absent]
 12 [Absent]
 13 [Absent]
 14 [Absent]
 15 [Absent]
 16 [Absent]
Totals: 2 server blades installed, 2 powered on.

enclosure> set server uid 1 off

Blade 1's Unit Identification LED is off

enclosure> show server list

Bay iLO Name                      iLO IP Address  Status   Power   UID Partner
--- ----------------------------- --------------- -------- ------- --- -------
  1 iloec9a746a2718               10.1.26.50      OK       On      Off
  2 ilo3cd92b2f286c               10.1.26.51      OK       On      Off
  3 [Absent]
  4 [Absent]
  5 [Absent]
  6 [Absent]
  7 [Absent]
  8 [Absent]
  9 [Subsumed]
 10 [Subsumed]
 11 [Absent]
 12 [Absent]
 13 [Absent]
 14 [Absent]
 15 [Absent]
 16 [Absent]
Totals: 2 server blades installed, 2 powered on.

Re: iLO OA problems

jerrym — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:57:19 GMT

Some how I think I screwed something up with this box messing with the BIOS during boot. I reset something and now I cannot get the Remote Console to come up from the OA, it says its in use by another client, and accessing it via the Remote Serial Console does not give me a login but it does look like the system is booting to a certain point. Can't ping the box anymore on the net either. Can't boot with Virtual CD like I did three other boxes before to install linux 5.7. The OA for this box shows Blinking blue light which states a critical operation is being performed so that is why it is an * listed instead of "On" listed. From the OA under Virtual Devices:

UID Light: Use the button below to toggle the state of the server's UID Light. Note: When the UID Light is in a blink state, a critical operation is being performed on the server and should not be interrupted.

Does anyone know how to set the BIOS for a DL460c g6 so linux boots up properly?

Re: iLO OA problems

Kris_Knigga — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:32:51 GMT

There is an undocumented nuclear option you could try:

enclosure> reset server <bay>

This is a full reset of the entire blade (including iLO), as if you pulled the blade from the enclosure and reinserted it. If this doesn't get you back into the iLO, maybe a call to HP is in order.

Re: iLO OA problems

jerrym — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:57:48 GMT

I believe the CLI reset worked. The light in the OA Virtual Devices for this bay is Off and the Toggle On/OFF button is selectable now. Your CLI reset command must be deferrent than the OA reset button under Virtual Devices.

Now I just have to figure out why this one blade will not boot from the Virtual CD-ROM like it did for three other blades I just did.

Thanks