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тАО10-01-2007 03:08 AM
тАО10-01-2007 03:08 AM
Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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
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тАО10-01-2007 03:14 AM
тАО10-01-2007 03:14 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
existing thread is
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1165553
What is your current status?
Hope this helps!
Regards
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тАО10-01-2007 03:30 AM
тАО10-01-2007 03:30 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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
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тАО10-01-2007 03:41 AM
тАО10-01-2007 03:41 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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.
Hope this helps!
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тАО10-01-2007 03:02 PM
тАО10-01-2007 03:02 PM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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.
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тАО10-01-2007 08:46 PM
тАО10-01-2007 08:46 PM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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
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тАО10-02-2007 04:17 AM
тАО10-02-2007 04:17 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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.
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тАО10-02-2007 05:27 AM
тАО10-02-2007 05:27 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
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
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тАО10-03-2007 01:25 AM
тАО10-03-2007 01:25 AM
Re: Problems installing HPUX on Blade server
thanks to all,
Francis
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тАО10-03-2007 05:23 AM
тАО10-03-2007 05:23 AM