HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade User Guide
Abstract
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the
servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.
Part Number: 768826-001
September 2014
Edition: 1
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Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 6
Power fault LEDs ................................................................................................................................. 7
Drive numbering .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Hot-plug drive LED definitions ........................................................................................................................ 8
System board components ............................................................................................................................ 9
System maintenance switch ................................................................................................................. 9
Mezzanine connector definitions ....................................................................................................... 10
DIMM slot locations .......................................................................................................................... 10
SUV cable connectors ................................................................................................................................. 11
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................... 12
Power down the server blade ...................................................................................................................... 12
Remove the server blade ............................................................................................................................. 13
Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 14
Remove the DIMM baffle ............................................................................................................................. 14
Remove the storage controller ...................................................................................................................... 15
Remove the front panel/hard drive cage assembly ........................................................................................ 16
Remove the mezzanine assembly ................................................................................................................. 17
Remove the FlexibleLOM ............................................................................................................................. 18
Install the storage controller ......................................................................................................................... 18
Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 19
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 20
Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ............................................................................................. 20
Preparing the enclosure .................................................................................................................... 20
Installing server blade options ..................................................................................................................... 20
Installing interconnect modules .................................................................................................................... 21
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping ................................................................................ 21
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................... 22
Installing a server blade .............................................................................................................................. 23
Completing the configuration....................................................................................................................... 24
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 25
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 25
Drive option ............................................................................................................................................... 25
Storage controller option ............................................................................................................................. 26
HP Smart Storage Battery option .................................................................................................................. 27
Mezzanine card option .............................................................................................................................. 29
Memory options ......................................................................................................................................... 31
HP SmartMemory ............................................................................................................................. 32
Memory subsystem architecture ......................................................................................................... 32
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ................................................................................................. 33
DIMM identification .......................................................................................................................... 33
Contents 3
Memory configurations ..................................................................................................................... 34
General DIMM slot population guidelines ........................................................................................... 35
Installing a DIMM ............................................................................................................................. 36
Processor option......................................................................................................................................... 37
HP Trusted Platform Module option .............................................................................................................. 42
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ....................................................................................... 43
Retaining the recovery key/password ................................................................................................. 45
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module ................................................................................................. 45
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 46
Cabling resources ...................................................................................................................................... 46
HP Smart Storage Battery cabling ................................................................................................................ 46
Installing the direct connect SATA cable ....................................................................................................... 47
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ......................................................................................................... 47
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices ................................................................... 47
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ........................................................................................... 47
Accessing local media devices .......................................................................................................... 48
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 50
Troubleshooting resources ........................................................................................................................... 50
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 51
Server mode .............................................................................................................................................. 51
Product QuickSpecs .................................................................................................................................... 51
HP iLO ...................................................................................................................................................... 51
Active Health System ........................................................................................................................ 52
HP RESTful API support for HP iLO ..................................................................................................... 53
Integrated Management Log .............................................................................................................. 53
HP Insight Remote Support ................................................................................................................ 54
Intelligent Provisioning ................................................................................................................................ 55
HP Insight Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 55
Erase Utility ..................................................................................................................................... 55
Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux ....................................................................................................... 56
HP Service Pack for ProLiant ........................................................................................................................ 56
HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................................................... 56
HP UEFI System Utilities............................................................................................................................... 57
Using HP UEFI System Utilities ........................................................................................................... 57
Flexible boot control ......................................................................................................................... 58
Restoring and customizing configuration settings ................................................................................. 58
Secure Boot configuration ................................................................................................................. 58
Embedded UEFI shell ........................................................................................................................ 59
Embedded UEFI diagnostics .............................................................................................................. 59
HP RESTful API support for UEFI ......................................................................................................... 59
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ............................................................................. 59
Utilities and features ................................................................................................................................... 60
HP Smart Storage Administrator ......................................................................................................... 60
ROMPaq utility ................................................................................................................................. 60
Automatic Server Recovery ................................................................................................................ 60
USB support .................................................................................................................................... 61
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................... 61
Keeping the system current .......................................................................................................................... 61
Drivers ............................................................................................................................................ 61
Software and firmware ..................................................................................................................... 62
Version control ................................................................................................................................. 62
Contents 4
HP operating systems and virtualization software support for ProLiant servers ......................................... 62
HP Technology Service Portfolio ......................................................................................................... 63
Change control and proactive notification .......................................................................................... 63
Battery replacement .................................................................................................................... 64
Regulatory information ................................................................................................................ 65
Safety and regulatory compliance ................................................................................................................ 65
Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking .............................................................................................................. 65
Turkey RoHS material content declaration ..................................................................................................... 66
Ukraine RoHS material content declaration ................................................................................................... 66
Warranty information ................................................................................................................................. 66
Electrostatic discharge ................................................................................................................. 67
Preventing electrostatic discharge ................................................................................................................ 67
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge .................................................................................... 67
Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 68
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................ 68
Server blade specifications .......................................................................................................................... 68
Support and other resources ........................................................................................................ 69
Before you contact HP ................................................................................................................................ 69
HP contact information ................................................................................................................................ 69
Customer Self Repair .................................................................................................................................. 69
Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 77
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 79
Index ......................................................................................................................................... 80
Contents 5
Component identification
2
Front panel components
Item Description
1
2
3
4
5
6
*The SUV connector and the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable are used for some server blade configuration and diagnostic
procedures.
Hard drive bay 1
Server blade release button
Server blade release lever
Hard drive bay 2
HP c-Class Blade SUV connector* (behind the serial label pull
tab)
Serial label pull tab
Front panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
Health status LED
1
bar*
Power On/Standby Solid green = System on
Solid Green = Normal (System is powered on)
Flashing Green = Power On/Standby button service is being initialized
Flashing Amber = Degraded condition
Flashing Red = Critical condition
Off = Normal (System is in standby)
Component identification 6
Item Description Status
•
•
•
button and system
power LED*
UID button/LED* Solid blue = Activated
3
NIC activity LED* Solid green = Link to network
4
*When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred. For more information, see
"Power fault LEDs (on page 7)."
**Facility power is not present, power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has
occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.
Power fault LEDs
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence
Solid amber = System in standby
Off = No power present**
Flashing blue:
1 Hz/cycle per sec = Remote management or firmware upgrade in progress
4 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot sequence initiated
8 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot sequence in progress
Off = Deactivated
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network active
Off = No network activity
The following table provides a list of power fault LEDs, and the subsystems that are affected. Not all power
faults are used by all servers.
Subsystem LED behavior
System board
Processor
Memory
Riser board PCIe slots
FlexibleLOM
Removable HP Flexible Smart Array
controller/Smart SAS HBA controller
System board PCIe slots
Power backplane or storage backplane
Power supply
Drive numbering
1 flash
2 flashes
3 flashes
4 flashes
5 flashes
6 flashes
7 flashes
8 flashes
9 flashes
Item Description
1
Drive bay 1
Component identification 7
Item Description
The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, strip size
2
Drive bay 2
Hot-plug drive LED definitions
Item LED Status Definition
1
2
3
4
Locate Solid blue The drive is being identified by a host application.
Flashing blue The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.
Activity ring Rotating green Drive activity
Off No drive activity
Do not remove Solid white Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of
the logical drives to fail.
Off Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.
Drive status Solid green The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension, or is
erasing.
Flashing
amber/green
The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts
the drive will fail.
Flashing amber The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.
Solid amber The drive has failed.
Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.
Component identification 8
System board components
2
Item Description
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
The symbols correspond to the symbols located on the interconnect bays. For more information, see the
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade Installation Instructions on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support).
System battery
Solid state device connector
Processor 2 DIMM slots (8)
Processor 1 DIMM slots (8)
SAS controller connector
Mezzanine connector 1 (Type A mezzanine only)
Mezzanine connector 2 (Type A or Type B mezzanine)
Enclosure connector
MicroSD card slot
FlexibleLOM connectors (2)
Drive backplane
Internal USB connector
HP Smart Storage Battery connector
Direct-connect SATA connector
System maintenance switch
TPM connector
System maintenance switch
Position Default Function
S1
S2
Off Off = iLO security is enabled.
On = iLO security is disabled.
Off Off = System configuration can be
changed.
On = System configuration is locked.
Component identification 9
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