Need a little assistance here. We have a C7000 Enclosure with VC Flex10 and 8GB FC module. I have two 1/2 height BL460C Gen9 blades running W2K12R2 standard. I am using two internal ports (one on each blade) for the network on each blade, I believe that still leaves another port I can use for the heartbeat. In VC I configured two ethernet networks that would be be used for the heart beat and I added it to the profile for each blade. Then I configured a nic on each blade for a 192.168.x.x address, but it does not seem to be an active port. I feel like I am on the right track but missing a a step or something. Each blade server has a HP FlexFabric 10GB 2 port 536FLB adapter. I called HP but they only sent me the VC cookbook, which was not helpful for what I was trying to do. These blades will be running a SQL cluster. 

I am trying to put into use a C7000 with 4 BL870c i2 integrity blades.  Howerver, I cannot poweron the blades.  The firmware version on the OA is from 2011 and version 3.32

From the CLI, when I type "SHOW POWER"

OA-0025B3AF5787> show power
 
Power Mode: Redundant
Dynamic Power: Disabled
Set Power Limit: Not Set
 
Power Capacity:               500 Watts DC
Power Available:                0 Watts DC
Power Allocated:              500 Watts DC
Present Power:                  0 Watts AC
Power Limit:                  608 Watts AC
 

When I type a show FRU, I get all blades and interconnects, but no power supplies.:OA-0025B3AF5787> show fru
 
Enclosure
        Model: BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number: Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 507019-B21
 
Enclosure Midplane
        Manufacturer: HP
        Spare Part Number: 519345-001
 
AC Input Module
        Model: HP AC Module, Single Phase
        Manufacturer: HP
        Spare Part Number: 413494-001
 
Onboard Administrator Tray
        Model: BladeSystem c7000 Onboard Administrator Tray
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number: Private Info Erased
        Spare Part Number: 519346-001
 
Onboard Administrator 1
        Model: BladeSystem c7000 DDR2 Onboard Administrator with KVM
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 456204-B21
        Spare Part Number: 503826-001
        Firmware Version: 3.32
        HwVersion: B1
 
Blade   1
        Model: Integrity BL870c i2
        Manufacturer: hp
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: AH383A
        Spare Part Number: AD399-60101
        Mezz 1
                Model: QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
                Manufacturer: QLogic
                Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                PCA Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                Part Number: 451871-B21
                Spare Part Number: 455869-001
                Product Ver: 00
 
Blade   2
        Model: Integrity BL870c i2
        Manufacturer: hp
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: AH383A
        Spare Part Number: AD399-60101
        Mezz 1
                Model: QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
                Manufacturer: QLogic
                Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                PCA Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                Part Number: 451871-B21
                Spare Part Number: 455869-001
                Product Ver: 00
 
Blade   3
        Model: Integrity BL870c i2
        Manufacturer: hp
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: AH383A
        Spare Part Number: AD399-60101
        Mezz 1
                Model: QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
                Manufacturer: QLogic
                Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                PCA Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                Part Number: 451871-B21
                Spare Part Number: 455869-001
                Product Ver: 00
 
Blade   4
        Model: Integrity BL870c i2
        Manufacturer: hp
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: AH383A
        Spare Part Number: AD399-60101
        Mezz 1
                Model: QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
                Manufacturer: QLogic
                Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                PCA Serial Number:Private Info Erased
                Part Number: 451871-B21
                Spare Part Number: 455869-001
                Product Ver: 00
 
Interconnect 1
        Model: HP VC Flex-10 Enet Module
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 455880-B21
        Spare Part Number: 456095-001
 
Interconnect 2
        Model: HP VC Flex-10 Enet Module
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 455880-B21
        Spare Part Number: 456095-001
 
Interconnect 3
        Model: HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Module
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 572018-B21
        Spare Part Number: 572216-001
 
Interconnect 4
        Model: HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Module
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number:Private Info Erased
        Part Number: 572018-B21
        Spare Part Number: 572216-001
 
Fan  1
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  2
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  3
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  4
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  5
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  6
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  7
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  8
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan  9
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Fan 10
        Model: Active Cool 200 Fan
        Part Number: 412140-B21
        Spare Part Number: 413996-001
 
Insight Display
        Model: BladeSystem c7000 Insight Display
        Manufacturer: HP
        Spare Part Number: 441203-001
        Firmware Version: 2.4.3
 
 
OA-0025B3AF5787>  
 
 
From the GUI, I have a critical error on the power subsystem status,
Present Power is 0 Watts
 
In the power subsystem graphical menu,
All 6 power supplies don't appear on the graphic, as they would be absent.
And the text: "You do not have permission to view any of the power supplies"
appears instead of showing power supplies bay, model, and power.

The bladesystem is not under HPe support, so I need to try to solve this problem myself, with the help

of the community.  Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Francois

Hi,

I would appreciate any help with the following. I am trying to get our C7000 firmware up to date. I have downloaded SPP 2016.04 and found one update to the OA itself. However we have a HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC module (part number 466482-B21) that had version 3.01 installed and SPP 2016.04 had the same version however I found CP020368.scexe which had version 3.05.

Is that the latest version and if not, could somebody please point me to the right firmware. The reason is that we have other interconnects that we want to try and we are getting an incompatibility error. It's a FlexFabric 10Gb/24 port module and the part number is 571956-B21.

Hello - 

I've added two new blades to my C3000 chassis today, and they are not updating their iLO IP address to match the EBIPA settings.  Due to this, I am unable to access the iLO interface for the blade for either remote console or web management interface.

I've got OA version 4.5; the blade in question is a BL460c G7. I have 4 of these blades and so far 2 are acting similarly.

My iLO is at 192.168.22.14 with EBIPA rules set for 192.168.22.2-9 for the 8 bays.  The blade in question shows the current address is 10.0.21.194

What are my options for getting this IP updated?  I didn't see any iLO management options during bios POST.

What is the best practice to create a 2 node windows cluster where the blades resided in 2 different chassis using virtual connect. How does the heartbeat work?

We have a C7000 chassis that has 2 HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Modules.

Each FlexFabric Module has 3 x 10GB uplinks (X5-X7) configured for LACP and used as SUS (see attachm.)

X1-X4 are used by 8GB SFPs

Firmware is 4.45

We run some blades with Linux & Windows 2012 and found that intermittent we have lost pings. If this issue comes up, we face a disconnect for always 32sec. Wenn ping comes back, all's normal for 1day or some days or more than a week. Since we have more than one blade with different O/S, we don't think it's O/S or driver dependant!?

Uplinks are ending at 3C switches. LACP timer on both (VC and SW) are set to 'short' 1sec

Patches are:

VC1/X5 & VC1/X6 -> SW1             VC1/X7 -> SW2

VC2/X5 & VC2/X6 -> SW2             VC2/X7 -> SW1

Dont worry about the port status in my capture. X5/X6 are currently disabled for test, however in normal stage, all show 'linked active', what indicates for us LACP is well configured and LAG works over logical switch 

Wondering about ping lost for always 32sec, I'm asking if this indicates something 'well known' to you??? 

Many thanks in advance for any useful hint 

Hello Guys, 

I can not login(tried user and root ) into the physical server on HP blade and I tried "cold boot" but I could not make it.  Can you please help me login or change the password for user or root .

Hi... i need any recomendation in this community a but the Virtual Connect upgrade 

i have a 4 VC :

-   In bay 1, 2 is a HP VC Flex-10 Enet Module 

-   In bay 3,4 HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module

The Virtual Connect manager version is 2.33 and i need upgrade to the 4.50 version.

is pissble upgrade from the 2.33 version to 4.50 version or is necessary upgrade to previous version first?

regards

Does anyone know if you can mix AC platinum supplies within a C7000 enclosure?

Part number 588603-B21 and 588733-001.

I have an HP C7000 Blade Chassis. Recently when trying to provision new storage from a Nimble Array to it, it would not find the new LUNs I created for it. It is all FIbre channel connected, and it nothing has changed. I fi present that same LUN to another cluster, it sees it right away.

Hello People.

We got a enviroment consisting of the following :

HP C7000 Enclosures equipped with 2 pair of HP VC FlexFabric 20/40 F8 Module running Firmware 4.45

HP BL460c G9 with 2x E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz,  512GB of memory and a HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter.

OS : Windows Server 2012 R2 w. Hyper-V Fully Patched OS, and HP SPP 2016.10.

So, our problem is that when assigning a VM with virtual fibre channel adapters, and enabling NPIV on the 650FLB Adapter it crashes the destination host when moving this one VM from one Hyper-V host in the Cluster, to another.

We run Microsoft MPIO and IBM SDDDSM 2.4.7.0 software towards our IBM SVC, and when running a enviroment without vFC adapters on VM's in the Cluster, the Cluster is rock solid.

So, anyone else experiencing this?

Hello,

We have c7000 with VC Flex-10 enet module, it works fine. Now there is need to receive mirroring traffic on VM within enclosure. I've found out HP VC doesn't provide this function (here is a post somewere on this forum). Installing pass through module could work around this problem.

Could we use conjunction of this modules, is it possible? We need just one virtual NIC in one blade server managed by pass through module. Any suggestions will be appreciated. 

Thank you

Hello ,

I need to know if HP Engineer replaces the syatem board of HP blade BL 640 then what will be the impact at server level ?

Will this chnage result in chnage of mac address and HBA WWN etc etc

Regards

I would like to have 3 HBA connection per blade:  2 FC port to SAN and 1 to Tape Library.

BL460G6 with 2 mezzanine card = 4 HBA per server

Interconnect Bay : with 2 of  8GB 20-Port FC modules.  Bay 3 and bay 5 , ( move Bay 4 to Bay 5 just to see is it work)

vSAN10 , vSAN20 to SAN .   

vSAN100 to Tape library

uplink to FC switch is good, have flogi login in all 3 vSAN port 

Down link to Blade mapping  I have problem with . 

Bay 3    vSAN100 Mezz1:1 => Bay3:d1

Bay 4                    Mezz1:2 => Bay Null

Bay 5                    Mezz2:1 => Bay5:d1

Bay 6                    Mezz1:1 => Bay Null

Bay 3  vSAN10     Notmapped

Please advise. 

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

My sysconfiguration is 

OS Name

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Version

6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

Other OS Description

Not Available

OS Manufacturer

Microsoft Corporation

System Name

Demo

System Manufacturer

HP

System Model

ProLiant BL460c Gen8

System Type

x64-based PC

Processor

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

Processor

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 0 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date

HP I31, 12/14/2012

It is loaded with Windows 2008 R2 server,. My server is often getting rebooted. when i tried checking the event log, i couldnt find any major error other than these attached below.

Level

Date & Time

Source

Event ID

Task Category

Reason code

Warning

12/5/2016 10:13

USER32

1076

None

0xa000000

Error

12/5/2016 9:27

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/5/2016 9:27

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Warning

12/5/2016 9:26

Storage Agents

267

Service

Warning

12/5/2016 9:24

e1rexpress

27

None

Warning

12/5/2016 9:24

be2net

49

None

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter #2 : RSS is limited to 4 queues. Enable Advanced Mode in the PXE BIOS to use up to 16 queues. This may require a firmware update.

Critical

12/5/2016 9:24

Kernel-Power

41

-63

Error

12/5/2016 9:25

EventLog

6008

None

Warning

12/2/2016 21:29

DNS Client Events

1014

None

Error

12/1/2016 12:55

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Warning

12/1/2016 11:25

USER32

1077

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:57

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Warning

12/1/2016 10:12

USER32

1076

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:10

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:10

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:09

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:09

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Warning

12/1/2016 10:08

Storage Agents

267

Service

Warning

12/1/2016 10:07

e1rexpress

27

None

Warning

12/1/2016 10:07

be2net

49

None

HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter #2 : RSS is limited to 4 queues. Enable Advanced Mode in the PXE BIOS to use up to 16 queues. This may require a firmware update.

Error

12/1/2016 10:07

EventLog

6008

None

Critical

12/1/2016 10:07

Kernel-Power

41

-63

Error

11/29/2016 14:48

Security-Kerberos

4

None

After running the server for a while and when i checked the event logs i found more fatal errors.

Error

12/5/2016 20:37

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36887

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36887

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

TermDD

56

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36874

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36888

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36887

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

Schannel

36887

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

TermDD

56

None

Error

12/5/2016 19:33

TermDD

56

None

Warning

12/5/2016 16:52

USER32

1076

None

Error

12/5/2016 16:52

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Error

12/5/2016 16:25

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/5/2016 16:24

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Warning

12/5/2016 16:23

Storage Agents

267

Service

Error

12/5/2016 16:22

BugCheck

1001

None

Error

12/5/2016 15:51

Service Control Manager

7022

None

Error

12/5/2016 15:49

EventLog

6008

None

Warning

12/5/2016 15:48

e1rexpress

27

None

Warning

12/5/2016 15:48

be2net

49

None

Critical

12/5/2016 15:48

Kernel-Power

41

-63

Warning

12/5/2016 10:13

USER32

1076

None

Error

12/5/2016 9:27

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/5/2016 9:27

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Warning

12/5/2016 9:26

Storage Agents

267

Service

Error

12/5/2016 9:25

EventLog

6008

None

Warning

12/5/2016 9:24

e1rexpress

27

None

Warning

12/5/2016 9:24

be2net

49

None

Critical

12/5/2016 9:24

Kernel-Power

41

-63

Warning

12/2/2016 21:29

DNS Client Events

1014

None

Error

12/1/2016 12:55

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Warning

12/1/2016 11:25

USER32

1077

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:57

TerminalServices-Printers

1111

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:12

TerminalServices-Printers

1103

None

Warning

12/1/2016 10:12

USER32

1076

None

Error

12/1/2016 10:10

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:10

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:09

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Error

12/1/2016 10:09

HP Fibre Channel

6

I/O Adapter

Warning

12/1/2016 10:08

Storage Agents

267

Service

Error

12/1/2016 10:07

EventLog

6008

None

Warning

12/1/2016 10:07

e1rexpress

27

None

Warning

12/1/2016 10:07

be2net

49

None

Critical

12/1/2016 10:07

Kernel-Power

41

-63

Can you please help me to fix this issue.

Hi

I have a C7000 enclosure with some bl 465 G7 servers.

On the servers ILO 3 there is a BL c-class button that gives access to OA on the enclosure.

How can I restrict that access, so that servers ILO can't access OA ?

We have AJ820A - HP B-series 8/12c SAN Switch for BladeSystem c-Class with firmware v6.4.3e

What is recommended upgrade?

I see "Firmware" with 67 versions and "Firmware - switch" with 4 versions In this link http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5332779&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=54

The release notes confuses me more ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/san/fos7/v7.2.0d_ReleaseNotes_v1.0.pdf

Hi all,

does anybody know where I can find an updated version of the compatibility matrix for blades?

Object Name: mmr_kc-0100204

http://www.hpe.com/info/BladeSystemRecipe

I want to be sure wich servers are compatible on wich OA and VC.

The latest OA (4.60) is not included in this  document.

Thanks

Hi all, I'm brand new to this kind of server architecture so I apologize if this question is stupid.  I searched the forum for an answer and couldn't find one, but if anybody knows of a thread that might help, I'm happy to read up on that thread too.

Here's my problem.  I recently upgraded from some Proiant DL160 servers to a c7000 enclosure with a few BL460c g6's.  I found the DL160s to be extremely straightforward and was naiive to think that the blade system architecture would be similarly easy to get a grasp on.  I can tell it's powerful, I just haven't been able to maximize it yet due to my inexperience.

The BL460c's in the enclosure can't seem to achieve a network connection.  They appear in the Onboard Administrator and I can see temperature readings, and basic diagnostics, which is great.  But the servers themselves can't seem to connect to the network.  I can't seem get an ILO connection either, due to what I assume is the same problem.  The server appears to be booting up just fine whenever I connect to it using an I/O cable.  Everything seems normal, minus the absence of network connectivity.  I have Cisco Catalyst 3020 Blade Switches in interconnect bays 1 & 2. and I'm running Widows Server 2012 R2.  

I guess my first question is this:  Is the onboard NIC sufficient to connect to the network?  Or do I need to get separate mezzanine cards in order to achieve network connectivity?  

Thanks in advance for your expertise and patience.  -Nick