Proliant 800 remove keyboard

[JD Bronson]

How can I remove the keyboard from this machine and still boot if there is an error?

I am seeing some I/O fan error, yet all the fans are running at full speed. So if I reboot it (with no keyboard attached) it will hang at the press F1 prompt!

OTOH, if I can somehow disable the fan speed "tests" it would help as well....

Any thoughts will be appreciated!

[Orion Quest · Accepted solution]

you can diable the F1 prompt by running f10 and doing a ctrl A this would enable advanced mode. then go system configuratio/ configure hardware/ review and modify..then choose #3 view and edit details...scroll down till you see F1 prompt and disable it then save and exit. You will no longer get prompmted to hit f1.

[Mark Cloutier]

There is no way to bypass the POST with no keyboard attached.
Are you getting a 1611: Fan failure error?
Update the BIOS for this server.

Mark

[JD Bronson]

YES Mark. thats the error I see and the BIOS is flashed as high as your last release on the web site. :-/

4.14a I believe. This is a proliant 800 P2-450 machine.

Would network server mode help me at all in this?

TIA

JD

[JD Bronson]

Orion Quest - that solved my issue 100%. I still get the stupid fan error, but the machine will happily boot. I rated a solid 10 for that one!

JD