HP Integrity rx1620, RSVLA-0406 Operation Manual

hp Integrity rx1620

Operations Guide

Regulatory Model Number: RSVLA-0406

Second Edition

Manufacturing Part Number: AB430-96005

February 2005

U.S. A.

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1. About This Document

What’s in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

HP Encourages Your Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Information to Collect Before You Contact Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2. Controls, Ports and Indicators

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Additional Controls and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Hard Disk Drive Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Optional Removable Media Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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3. External Connectors

Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LAN Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4. Utilities

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

EFI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

EFI/POSSE Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

baud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

boottest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

cpuconfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

errdump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

lanaddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

monarch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

pdt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

sysmode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Specifying SCSI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the SCSI Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using the System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Management Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Accessing the Management Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Management Processor Command Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

MP Welcome Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Management Processor Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Management Processor Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Reset BMC Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configure Serial Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Certificate Generate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Console Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Command Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Connect to Service Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Default Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Display FRUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Disconnect Remote or LAN Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

MP Firmware Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Display System ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Inactivity Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configure LAN Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Locator LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

LAN Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Return to Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Modem Reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Modem Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Power Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Configure Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Reset BMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Reset System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Set Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Create Local Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Display Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Firmware Revision Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Transfer Of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Tell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

User Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Virtual Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Exit from MP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

5. Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Troubleshooting Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Possible Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

The system will not power-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

The system will not boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The system has intermittent failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The system LED or diagnostic LEDs are not on and no error messages appear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Power goes off on the server and does not come back on.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Troubleshooting and FRU identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Verifying Hard Disk Drive Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Identifying and Diagnosing Hardware Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Power and System LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Command Line Interface Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting Example Using CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

LAN LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Rear Panel LAN LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

LAN A Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

LAN B Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Optional Management Processor LAN C Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

System Board Diagnostic LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Running Diagnostic Software Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

HP e-DiagTools Hardware Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Using Offline Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

E-DiagTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offline Diagnostic Environment (ODE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Recommended Cleaning Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Information to Collect Before you Contact Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Phone Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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6. Specifications

Hardware Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Dimensions and Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Component Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

A. Event, Error, and Warning Messages

EFI Error and Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

SEL and FPL Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Accessing the logs with MP commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Contents

System Specific Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Chassis Control Event Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Events Without Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

B. System Information

Features Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

I/O Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Internal Core I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

External core I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Power supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Motherboard manageability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Enhanced server manageability, provided by the optional Management Processor (MP) card . . . . 122

Internal Disk Storage Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Internal Removable Media Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Intel Itanium 2 Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Processor Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

I/O and Memory Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Memory Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

I/O Bus Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Processor Dependent Hardware Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Dual Serial Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Field Programmable Gate Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Baseboard Management Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

SCSI Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

IDE Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

10/100 BT Management LAN C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

1Gb System LANs A and B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

USB Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Data Pathing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Figures

Figure 2-1. Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 2-2. Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 2-3. Hard Disk Drive LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 2-4. DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 2-5. Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 2-6. 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 2-7. 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 2-8. Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 3-1. Rear View of Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 3-2. Dual USB Port Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 3-3. Serial Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 3-4. SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 3-5. 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 3-6. 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 3-7. Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 4-1. EFI Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 4-2. Password Reset Jumper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 5-1. LED Apertures on Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 5-2. Diagnostic LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 5-3. Location of the STBY, F/W and BMC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure B-1. System Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Figure B-2. Memory Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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1 About This Document

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What’s in This Document

The hp Integrity rx1620 Operations Guide contains these chapters:

• Chapter 2, “Controls, Ports and Indicators.” Use this chapter to learn about the front panel controls, rear panel ports and connectors, and all system LED locations and functions.

• Chapter 3, “External Connectors.” Use this chapter to learn about all external connectors, plugs, and their pinouts.

• Chapter 4, “Utilities.” Use this chapter to learn how to utilize the extensible firmware interface (EFI) and management processor commands.

• Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting.” Use this chapter to learn how to perform minimal troubleshooting of your system.

• Chapter 6, “Specifications.” Use this chapter to learn the basic mechanical specifications of your HP Server.

• Appendix A, “Event, Error, and Warning Messages.” Use this appendix to learn more about event, error, and warning messages.

• Appendix B, “System Information.” Use this appendix to learn the basic system information of your HP Server.

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This document uses the following conventions.

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Emphasis Text that is emphasized.

Bold Text that is strongly emphasized, such as the summary text in bulleted paragraphs.

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Information to Collect Before You Contact Support

Before you contact HP support, you should:

Step 1. Check information on troubleshooting and attempt to solve the problem. See Chapter 5,

“Troubleshooting.”

• Note failure symptoms and error indications (LEDs and messages) by checking the SEL and FPL logs.

• Try to determine precisely what did or did not happen.

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Step 2. Collect the following information:

• The model number of your server (for example, rx1620).

• The product number of your server. This can be found on the identification label, which is found at the front of the unit (typically A6837B A6838B, and so on).

• The serial number of your server. This can be found on the identification label.

Step 3. Become familiar with your system configuration:

• Are you using the LAN, RS232, or web interface to monitor the server?

• How many processors, DIMMs, and PCI cards have been installed?

• What versions of processor, memory, and PCI cards are used and where are they installed?

• What accessories are installed?

Step 4. Determine the following:

• Which firmware versions are in use?

• When did the problem start?

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• Have recent changes been made to the system?

• Which operating system and version is in use?

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2 Controls, Ports and Indicators

This chapter describes the controls, ports, and indicators found on the front panel, rear panel, and internal locations of the hp Integrity rx1620 Server. The hp Integrity rx1620 Server is designed to be rack mounted.

Control Panel

The control panel of the hp Integrity rx1620 Server provides the controls and indicators commonly used for operation.

Figure 2-1 Front View

DVD Drive Control Panel

LVD HDD 2 LVD HDD 1

Figure 2-2 Control Panel

System

LED

LAN LED

Power On/Off

Button

Locator

Button and

LED

LED 2 LED 4

LED 1 LED 3

Diagnostics

LEDs

Table 2-1 Control Panel LEDs and Switches

Name Function

Power On/Off LED

Power On/Off Button

The green on/off LED is illuminated when the power is on.

This is the power on/off switch for the server.

System Product

Label

Power On/Off

LED

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Control Panel

Table 2-1 Control Panel LEDs and Switches (Continued)

Name Function

System LED The System LED provides information about the system status. When the system is

running code other than Operating System, the LED is flashing green. When operation is normal, the LED is green. When there is a system warning, the LED is flashing

yellow. When there is a system fault, the LED is flashing red.

LAN LED The LAN LED provides status information about the LAN interface. When the LAN LED

is flashing, there is activity on the LAN.

Diagnostic LED 1

Diagnostic LED 2

Diagnostic LED 3

Diagnostic LED 4

Locator Button and LED

The four diagnostic LEDs operate in conjunction with the system LED to provide diagnostic information about the system.

The locator button and LED are used to help locate this server within a rack of servers. When the button is engaged, the blue LED illuminates and an additional blue LED on the rear panel of the server illuminates. This function may be remotely activated.

a. See Chapter 5, Troubleshooting, for details on information provided by the system and diagnostic

LEDs.

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Controls, Ports and Indicators

Additional Controls and Indicators

The hp Integrity rx1620 Server can have up to two low-voltage differential (LVD), 3.5 inch form factor hard disk drives installed. These hard disk drives have LEDs that provide status and activity information.

Hard Disk Drive Indicators

The hard disk drives have two LEDs per drive, as described below.

• Activity LED—The Drive Activity LED is green and indicates disk drive activity. This LED is directly controlled by the disk drive and turns on when a drive is accessed.

• Status LED—The Drive Status LED is not used on the hp Integrity rx1620.

Figure 2-3 Hard Disk Drive LED Indicators

Status LED

(not used)

Table 2-2 Hard Disk Drive LED Definitions

LED Activity Description

Status LED None Not Used

Activity LED Flashing green Drive access under hard drive control

Activity LED

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Additional Controls and Indicators

Optional Removable Media Drive

The hp Integrity rx1620 Server is delivered without a removable media drive. Either a DVD or CD-RW/DVD drive may be added. Each of these optional devices has one activity LED.

Figure 2-4 DVD

DVD

Eject ButtonActivity LED

Table 2-3 DVD Drive LED Definitions

LED Activity Description

Activity LED Flashing green Drive activity

Emergency Eject

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Controls, Ports and Indicators

Rear Panel

The hp Integrity rx1620 Server rear panel includes communication ports, I/O ports, AC power connector, and the locator LED/button.

Figure 2-5 Rear View

Optional

Management Board

Connectors

AC Power

Receptacle

10/100 LAN C

10/100/1000

LAN A 1Gb

LVD/SE SCSI

Video

10/100/1000

LAN B 1Gb

Serial

ToC

Locator Button

and LED

USB

PCI Slot 1

PCI Slot 2

Table 2-4 Rear Panel Connectors and Switches

Connector/Switch Function

AC Power Primary power connection for the server

LVD/SE SCSI 68-pin, low-voltage differential, single-ended U320 SCSI. This connector provides

external SCSI connection on SCSI Channel B.

10/100/1000 LAN A 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb connector

10/100/1000 LAN B 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb connector

Serial 9-pin male serial connector — this is the console connector if the optional

management processor card is not installed.

USB Two Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0) connectors

ToC Transfer of Control button. Halts all system processing and I/O activity and

restarts the computer system.

Locator Button and LED

The locator button and LED are used to help locate a server within a rack of servers. When the button is engaged, the blue LED illuminates and an additional blue LED on the front panel of the server illuminates. This function may be remotely activated.

Video (optional) 15-pin female video connector for the optional management processor card

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Rear Panel

Table 2-4 Rear Panel Connectors and Switches (Continued)

Connector/Switch Function

Serial (optional) 25-pin female serial data bus connector for the optional management processor

card

10/100 LAN C (optional)

10 Mb/100 Mb LAN C connector for the optional management processor card

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector

The rear panel 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb connector has the following status and activity LEDs.

Figure 2-6 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector LEDs

Not used

1000BT

100BT Activity

Table 2-5 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector LEDs

LAN LED Location Color State

Not used Top None None

1000mb 2nd from top Amber Blinking amber – the 1000 Mbps with ethernet protocol and

twisted-pair wiring is enabled. Off – no link.

100mb 2nd from bottom Green Blinking green – the 100 Mbps with ethernet protocol and

twisted-pair wiring is enabled. Off – no link.

Activity Bottom Green Blinking green – the Activity LED lights, and all other

LEDs are off for a 10 Mbps connection. Off – no activity

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Rear Panel

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector

The rear panel 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb connector has the following status and activity LEDs.

Figure 2-7 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs

LED

(not used)

Link LED

Table 2-6 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs

Link LED Output

Activity Blinking Orange

Link w/no activity Solid Orange

No link Off

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Rear Panel

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

The optional management processor LAN C uses an RJ-45 type connector. This connector has four LEDs that signal status and activity.

Figure 2-8 Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

Self-test

10BT

100BT Standby power

Table 2-7 Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

LAN LED Location Color State

Self-test Top Yellow Management processor

running selftest or error

Off Management processor has

booted

10BT 2nd from top Green 10BT link established

Blinking green 10BT activity

Off No link or 100BT link

100BT 2nd from bottom Green 100BT link established

Blinking green 100BT activity

Off No link or 10BT link

Standby Power

Bottom Green Standby power on

Off Standby power off

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3 External Connectors

This chapter describes the external connectors provided on the hp Integrity rx1620 Server.

Connector Pinouts

The following ports and connectors are found on the rear panel of the hp Integrity rx1620 Server.

•Dual USB 2.0

•Serial

• 68-pin LVD, SE U320 SCSI

• 10/100/1000 LAN

• AC power receptacle

Figure 3-1 Rear View of Server

Optional

Management Board

Connectors

AC Power

Receptacle

10/100 LAN C

10/100/1000

LAN A 1Gb

LVD/SE SCSI

Video

10/100/1000

LAN B 1Gb

Serial

TOC

Locator Button

and LED

USB

PCI Slot 1

PCI Slot 2

Half size

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External Connectors

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports

Figure 3-2 Dual USB Port Connector

1234

Table 3-1 USB Pinouts

Pin Number Signal Description

1+5VDC

2MR

3PR

4Ground

Serial Port

Figure 3-3 Serial Port Connector

12345

6789

Table 3-2 Serial Port Pinouts

Pin Number Signal Description

1 Data Carrier Detect

2Receive Data

3 Transmit Data

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Table 3-2 Serial Port Pinouts (Continued)

Pin Number Signal Description

4 Data Term Ready

5Ground

6 Data Set Ready

7 Request to Send

8Clear to Send

9Ring Indicator

SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin

External Connectors

SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin

A single, Ultra 3, 68 pin SCSI connector is located at the rear panel of the server. The external connector supports SCSI channel “B.”

Figure 3-4 SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin

Table 3-3 SCSI Port Pinouts

Pin Number Signal Description Pin Number Signal Description

1 S1 (+DB 12) 35 S35 (-DB 12)

2 S2 (+DB 13) 36 S36 (-DB 13)

3 S3 (+DB 14) 37 S37 (-DB 14)

4 S4 (+DB 15) 38 S38 (-DB 15)

5 S5 (+DB P1) 39 S39 (-DB P1)

6 S6 (+DB 0) 40 S40 (-DB 0)

7 S7 (+DB 1) 41 S41 (-DB 1)

8 S8 (+DB 2) 42 S42 (-DB 2)

9 S9 (DB 3) 43 S43 (-DB 3)

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SCSI Port, Ultra 3, 68-Pin

Table 3-3 SCSI Port Pinouts (Continued)

Pin Number Signal Description Pin Number Signal Description

10 S10 (+DB 4) 44 S44 (-DB 4)

11 S11 (+DB5) 45 S45 (-DB 5)

12 S12 (+DB 6) 46 S46 (-DB 6)

13 S13 (+DB 7) 47 S47 (-DB 7)

14 S14 (+DB P) 48 S48 (-DB P)

15 S15 49 S49

16 S16 (DIFFSENS) 50 S50

17 S17 (TERMPWR) 51 S51 (TERMPWR)

18 S18 (TERMPWR) 52 S52 (TERMPWR)

19 S19 (RESERVED) 53 S53 (RESERVED)

20 S20 54 S54

21 S21 (+ATN) 55 S55 (-ATN)

22 S22 56 S56

23 S23 (+BSY) 57 S57 (-BSY)

24 S24 (+ACK) 58 S58 (-ACK)

25 S25 (+RST) 59 S59 (-RST)

26 S26 (+MSG) 60 S60 (-MSG)

27 S27 (+SEL) 61 S61 (-SEL)

28 S28 (+C/D) 62 S62 (-C/D)

29 S29 (+REQ) 63 S63 (-REQ)

30 S30 (+I/O) 64 S64 (-I/O)

31 S31 (+DB 8) 65 S65 (-DB 8)

32 S32 (+DB 9) 66 S66 (-DB 9)

33 S33 (DB 10) 67 S67 (-DB 10)

34 S34 (DB 11) 68 S68 (-DB 11)

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External Connectors

LAN Connectors

The hp Integrity rx1620 Server has 3 different LAN connectors. They are:

• 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A Gb connector

• Optional 10/100 MP card

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector

The rear panel 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb connector has the following status and activity LEDs.

Figure 3-5 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector LEDs

Not used

1000BT

100BT Activity

Table 3-4 1Gb LAN A Connector LEDs

LAN LED Location Color State

Not used Top None None

1000mb 2nd from top Amber Blinking amber – the 1000 Mbps with ethernet protocol and

twisted-pair wiring is enabled. Off – no link.

100mb 2nd from bottom Green Blinking green – the 100 Mbps with ethernet protocol and

twisted-pair wiring is enabled. Off – no link.

Activity Bottom Green Blinking green – The Activity LED lights, and all other

LEDs are off for a 10 Mbps connection. Off – no activity

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LAN Connectors

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector

The rear panel 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb connector has the following status and activity LEDs.

Figure 3-6 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs

LED

(not used)

Link LED

Table 3-5 10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector LEDs

Link LED Output

Activity Blinking Orange

Link w/no activity Solid Orange

No link Off

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External Connectors

LAN Connectors

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

The optional management processor LAN C uses an RJ-45 type connector. This connector has four LEDs that signal status and activity.

Figure 3-7 Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

Self-test

10BT

100BT

Standby power

Table 3-6 Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

LAN LED Location Color State

Self-test Top Yellow Management processor

running selftest or error

Off Management processor has

booted

10BT 2nd from top Green 10BT link established

Blinking green 10BT activity

Off No link or 100BT link

100BT 2nd from bottom Green 100BT link established

Blinking green 100BT activity

Off No link or 10BT link

Standby Power

Bottom Green Standby power on

Off Standby power off

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External Connectors

LAN Connectors

Chapter 3

4 Utilities

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager

EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) is an OS and platform-independent boot and pre-boot interface. EFI lies between the OS and platform firmware, allowing the OS to boot without having details about the underlying hardware and firmware. EFI supports boot devices, uses a flat memory model, and hides platform and firmware details from the OS.

NOTE EFI and Pre-OS System Environment (POSSE) are similar. EFI is an Intel® specification,

whereas POSSE is the HP implementation that aids HP support.

EFI consolidates boot utilities similar to those found in PA-RISC based systems, such as the Boot Console Handler (BCH), and platform firmware into a single platform firmware. EFI allows the selection of any EFI OS loader from any boot medium that is supported by EFI boot services. An EFI OS loader supports multiple options on the user interface.

EFI supports booting from media that contain an EFI OS loader or an EFI-defined system partition. An EFI-defined system partition is required by EFI to boot from a block device.

Figure 4-1 EFI Boot Sequence

EFI

Driver

Platform

Init

Standard

firmware

platform

initialization

EFI Image

Load

Drivers and

application

loaded

iteratively

Application

Application Program Interface (API) specified

EFI

Bootcode

Retry

Failure

EFI

OS Loader

Load

Boot from

ordered list

of EFI OS

loaders

Value add implementation

Boot Services

OS Loader

EFI API

Terminate

Operation

handed off to

OS Loader

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Boot manager EFI transfers

Utilities

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager

The EFI boot manager loads EFI applications (including operating system [OS] first stage loader) and EFI drivers from an EFI-defined file system or image loading service. Non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) variables point to the file to be loaded. These variables contain application-specific data that is passed directly to the EFI application. EFI variables provides system firmware a boot menu that points to all the operating systems, even multiple versions of the same operating systems.

The EFI boot manager allows you to control the server’s booting environment. Depending on how you have configured the boot options, after the server is powered up the boot manager presents you with different ways to bring up the system. For example, you can boot to the EFI shell, to an operating system located on the network or residing on media in the server, or the Boot Maintenance menu, see “Using the Boot Option Maintenance Menu”.

• Boot from a File—Automatically adds EFI applications as boot options or allows you to boot from a specific file. When you choose this option, the system searches for an EFI directory. If the EFI directory is found, then it looks in each of the subdirectories below EFI. In each of those subdirectories, it looks for the first file that is an executable EFI application. Each of the EFI applications that meet this criterion can be automatically added as a boot option. In addition, legacy boot options for A: and C: are also added if those devices are present. You can also launch a specific application without adding it as a boot option. In this case the EFI boot manager searches the root directories and the \EFI\TOOLS directories of all of the EFI system partitions present in the system for the specified EFI application.

• Add a Boot Option—Adds a boot option to the EFI boot manager. You specify the option by providing the name of the EFI application. Along with the name you can also provide either ASCII or UNICODE arguments the file might use. Given the EFI application name and any options, the EFI boot manager searches for the executable file in the same directories as described in “Boot from a File” option. When the file is found, it is executed.

• Delete Boot Options—Deletes a specific boot option or all boot options.

• Change Boot Order—Controls the relative order in which the EFI boot manager attempts boot options. For help on the control key sequences you need for this option, refer to the help menu.

• Manage BootNext Setting—Selects a boot option to use one time (the next boot operation).

• Set Automatic Boot Timeout—Defines the value in seconds that pass before the system automatically boots without user intervention. Setting this value to zero disables the timeout feature.

• Exit—Returns control to the EFI boot manager main menu. This displays the active boot devices, including a possible integrated shell (if the implementation is so constructed).

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HP Integrity rx1620, RSVLA-0406 Operation Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Legal Notices

1 About This Document

What’s in This Document

Typographical Conventions

Related Documents

HP Encourages Your Comments

Where to Get Help

Information to Collect Before You Contact Support

2 Controls, Ports and Indicators

Control Panel

Additional Controls and Indicators

Optional Removable Media Drive

Rear Panel

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

3 External Connectors

Connector Pinouts

Serial Port

LAN Connectors

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN A 1Gb Connector

10/100/1000 base-T ethernet LAN B 1Gb Connector

Optional Management Processor Card LAN C 10/100 Connector LEDs

4 Utilities

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager