DL380 G6 'Red Screen'

[Clieman_1]

I don't know if this issue related to mainboard, but I have two DL380G6 and both have this issue, I'm following your steps and will update you once success, thanks very much


Clieman

[AlwinR]

same problem in combination with dual port sas disks in dl380 g6


- enter bios
- execute System Default Options>Restore Settings/Erase Boot Disk
- enter storage controller bios
- create logical drive
- activate default bootcontroller>Select as Boot Controller
- Install sles10sp2 (SLES-10-SP2-DVD-x86_64-GW-DVD1.iso)
- Before the system will reboot itselfs, interrupt it and replace
the cciss.ko driver from the flopimage file:
ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-linux/p1040332397/v51853/cpq_cciss-3.6.20-20.sles10.x86_64.dd.gz
Use the file cciss.ko from the /linux/suse/x86_64-sles10/install/update.tar.gz file within the flopimage.
- finish installation.
- install Driver - Storage Controller cpq_cciss-3.6.20-30.sles10.x86_64.rpm from the hp site:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=nl&prodNameId=3884083&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesI
d=3884082&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2078#113214

[AlwinR]

Sorry, i forgot te tell.... it was the solution for the 2 dl380 G6 servers i installed.

[TarunJain]

Hi Sebastian,
Thanks for sharing your findings

[tagwia]

Hi,

we got the red screen of two different DL380G6 servers yesterday.
It appeared after the first reboot of a manual Windows Server 2003 installation.

We were successful by doing the following:
- Enter BIOS pressing F9
- Select Advanced Options - Advanced System ROM Options - Virtual Install Disk
- Disable Virtual Install Disk
- Save settings and reboot.
- Re-start the OS installation from the very beginning.

No red screen after reboot and the complete installation finished as expected.

Regards, Joerg