HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 User manual

HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 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: 656396-001
March 2012
Edition: 1

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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components................................................................................................................................6
Front panel LEDs and buttons.........................................................................................................................6
Drive LED definitions.....................................................................................................................................7
System board components ............................................................................................................................8
System maintenance switch .................................................................................................................8
Mezzanine connector definitions .........................................................................................................9
DIMM slot locations............................................................................................................................9
DIMM tool location ..........................................................................................................................10
HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable .......................................................................................................................10
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power up the server blade...........................................................................................................................12
Power down the server blade ......................................................................................................................12
Remove the server blade.............................................................................................................................13
Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................14
Install the access panel ...............................................................................................................................14
Remove the front panel/hard drive cage assembly ........................................................................................14
Remove the DIMM baffle.............................................................................................................................14
Remove the SAS controller ..........................................................................................................................16
Install the SAS controller .............................................................................................................................16
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 18
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................18
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure .............................................................................................18
Installing server blade options .....................................................................................................................18
Installing interconnect modules ....................................................................................................................18
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping................................................................................19
Connecting to the network...........................................................................................................................20
Installing a server blade..............................................................................................................................21
Completing the configuration.......................................................................................................................22
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 23
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................23
Drive option...............................................................................................................................................23
Processor option.........................................................................................................................................24
Memory options .........................................................................................................................................28
HP SmartMemory .............................................................................................................................29
Memory subsystem architecture .........................................................................................................29
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs .................................................................................................30
DIMM identification..........................................................................................................................31
Memory configurations .....................................................................................................................31
General DIMM slot population guidelines...........................................................................................33
Installing a DIMM.............................................................................................................................34
Mezzanine card option ..............................................................................................................................35
FBWC capacitor pack ................................................................................................................................37
HP Trusted Platform Module option ..............................................................................................................39

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Installing the Trusted Platform Module board .......................................................................................40
Retaining the recovery key/password.................................................................................................41
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module.................................................................................................42
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 43
Cabling resources ......................................................................................................................................43
FBWC capacitor pack cabling.....................................................................................................................43
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable.........................................................................................................43
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices ...................................................................44
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ...........................................................................................44
Accessing local media devices ..........................................................................................................45
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 46
Troubleshooting resources ...........................................................................................................................46
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 47
Server mode ..............................................................................................................................................47
Server QuickSpecs .....................................................................................................................................47
HP iLO Management Engine .......................................................................................................................47
HP iLO ............................................................................................................................................47
Intelligent Provisioning ......................................................................................................................49
Scripting Toolkit ...............................................................................................................................51
HP Service Pack for ProLiant........................................................................................................................51
HP Smart Update Manager ...............................................................................................................51
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................52
Using RBSU .....................................................................................................................................52
Auto-configuration process ................................................................................................................52
Boot options ....................................................................................................................................53
Configuring AMP modes...................................................................................................................53
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID.............................................................................53
Utilities and features ...................................................................................................................................54
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................54
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays................................................................................................55
ROMPaq utility.................................................................................................................................55
Automatic Server Recovery................................................................................................................56
USB support ....................................................................................................................................56
Redundant ROM support...................................................................................................................56
Keeping the system current..........................................................................................................................57
Drivers ............................................................................................................................................57
Software and firmware .....................................................................................................................57
Version control.................................................................................................................................57
HP Operating Systems and Virtualization Software Support for ProLiant Servers .....................................58
HP Technology Service Portfolio.........................................................................................................58
Change control and proactive notification ..........................................................................................58
Battery replacement .................................................................................................................... 59
Regulatory compliance notices ..................................................................................................... 60
Regulatory compliance identification numbers ...............................................................................................60
Federal Communications Commission notice.................................................................................................60
FCC rating label ..............................................................................................................................60
FCC Notice, Class A Equipment ........................................................................................................60
FCC Notice, Class B Equipment.........................................................................................................60
Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only........................................61
Modifications.............................................................................................................................................61

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Cables ......................................................................................................................................................61
Canadian notice (Avis Canadien) ................................................................................................................61
European Union regulatory notice................................................................................................................62
Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union..........................................62
Japanese notice .........................................................................................................................................63
BSMI notice ...............................................................................................................................................63
Korean notice ............................................................................................................................................63
Chinese notice...........................................................................................................................................64
Vietnam compliance marking notice.............................................................................................................64
Ukraine notice ...........................................................................................................................................64
Laser compliance .......................................................................................................................................64
Battery replacement notice ..........................................................................................................................65
Taiwan battery recycling notice ...................................................................................................................65
Acoustics statement for Germany (Geräuschemission) ....................................................................................65
Wireless devices ........................................................................................................................................66
Brazilian notices ..............................................................................................................................66
Canadian notices.............................................................................................................................66
Japanese notices..............................................................................................................................66
Taiwan notices.................................................................................................................................67
Electrostatic discharge................................................................................................................. 68
Preventing electrostatic discharge ................................................................................................................68
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge....................................................................................68
Specifications............................................................................................................................. 69
Environmental specifications........................................................................................................................69
Server blade specifications..........................................................................................................................69
Technical support........................................................................................................................ 70
Before you contact HP ................................................................................................................................70
HP contact information................................................................................................................................70
Customer Self Repair ..................................................................................................................................70
Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 78
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 80
Index......................................................................................................................................... 81

Component identification 6
Component identification
Front panel components
Item Description
1 Hard drive bay 1
2 Server blade release button
3 Server blade release lever
4 Hard drive bay 2
5 HP c-Class Blade SUV connector* (behind the serial label pull
tab)
6 Serial label pull tab
*The SUV connector and the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable are used for some server blade configuration and diagnostic
procedures.
Front panel LEDs and buttons

Component identification 7
Item Description Status
1 Health status LED
bar
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)
2 System power LED Solid Green = System is powered on.
Flashing Green = System is waiting to power on; Power On/Standby button is
pressed.
Solid Amber = System is in standby; Power On/Standby Button service is
initialized.
Off and the Health Status LED bar is off = The system has no power.
Off and the Health Status LED bar is flashing green = The Power On/Standby
Button service is being initialized.
3 UID LED Solid Blue = Identified
Flashing Blue = Active remote management
Off = No active remote management
4 FlexLOM LED Green = Network linked
Flashing Green = Network activity
Off = No link or activity
Drive LED definitions
Item LED Status Definition
1 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.
2 Activity ring Rotating green Drive activity
Off No drive activity
3 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.
4 Drive status Solid green The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, stripe size
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.

Component identification 8
Item LED Status Definition
Solid amber The drive has failed.
Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.
System board components
Item Description
1 HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable connector
2 System battery
3 Processor socket 2
4 Processor 2 DIMM slots (8)
5
Processor 1 DIMM slots (8)
6 SAS controller connector
7 Processor socket 1 (populated)
8 Accelerator cache connector
9 Mezzanine connector 1 (Type A mezzanine only)
10 Mezzanine connector 2 (Type A or Type B mezzanine)
11 Enclosure connector
12 MicroSD card slot
13 FlexLOM connectors (2)
14 Internal USB connector
15 System maintenance switch
16 TPM connector
The symbols correspond to the symbols located on the interconnect bays. For more information, see the
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade Installation Instructions on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support).
System maintenance switch
Position Default Function
S1 Off Off = iLO security is enabled.
On = iLO security is disabled.

Component identification 9
Position Default Function
S2 Off Off = System configuration can be
changed.
On = System configuration is locked.
S3 Off Reserved
S4 Off Reserved
S5 Off Off = Power-on password is enabled.
On = Power-on password is disabled.
S6 Off Off = No function
On = ROM reads system configuration
as invalid.
S7
— Reserved
S8 — Reserved
S9 — Reserved
S10 — Reserved
S11 — Reserved
S12 — Reserved
To access redundant ROM, set S1, S5, and S6 to on.
When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position, the system is prepared to erase all
system configuration settings from both CMOS and NVRAM.
CAUTION: Clearing CMOS and/or NVRAM deletes configuration information. Be sure to
properly configure the server or data loss could occur.
Mezzanine connector definitions
Item PCIe
Mezzanine connector 1
x16, Type A mezzanine card only
Mezzanine connector 2* x16, Type A or B mezzanine card
*When installing a mezzanine option on mezzanine connector 2, processor 2 must be installed.
DIMM slot locations
DIMM slots are numbered sequentially (1 through 8) for each processor. The supported AMP modes use the
alpha assignments for population order, and the slot numbers designate the DIMM slot ID for spare
replacement.

Component identification 10
The arrow points to the front of the server blade.
DIMM tool location
The DIMM tool is used to open and close an empty DIMM slot.
HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable
Item Connector Description
1 Server blade For connecting to the SUV connector on the
server blade front panel

Component identification 11
Item Connector Description
2 Video For connecting a video monitor
3 USB For connecting up to two USB devices
4 Serial For trained personnel to connect a null modem
serial cable and perform advanced diagnostic
procedures

Operations 12
Operations
Power up the server blade
The Onboard Administrator initiates an automatic power-up sequence when the server blade is installed. If
the default setting is changed, use one of the following methods to power up the server blade:
•Use a virtual power button selection through iLO.
•Press and release the Power On/Standby button.
When the server blade goes from the standby mode to the full power mode, the system power LED changes
from amber to solid green. The health status LED bar flashes green when the Power On/Standby Button
service is being initialized. For more information about the system power LED status, see "Front panel LEDs
("Front panel LEDs and buttons" on page 6)."
For more information about the Onboard Administrator, see the enclosure setup and installation guide on the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/support/oa).
For more information about iLO, see "HP iLO (on page 47)."
Power down the server blade
Before powering down the server blade for any upgrade or maintenance procedures, perform a backup of
critical server data and programs.
IMPORTANT: When the server blade is in standby mode, auxiliary power is still being provided
to the system.
Depending on the Onboard Administrator configuration, use one of the following methods to power down
the server blade:
•Press and release the Power On/Standby button.
This method initiates a controlled shutdown of applications and the OS before the server blade enters
standby mode.
•Press and hold the Power On/Standby button for more than 4 seconds to force the server blade to enter
standby mode.
This method forces the server blade to enter standby mode without properly exiting applications and the
OS. If an application stops responding, you can use this method to force a shutdown.
•Use a virtual power button selection through iLO.
This method initiates a controlled remote shutdown of applications and the OS before the server blade
enters standby mode.
•Use the Onboard Administrator CLI to execute one of the following commands:
opoweroff server [bay number]
This command initiates a controlled shutdown of applications and the OS before the server blade
enters standby mode.

Operations 13
opoweroff server [bay number] force
This form of the command forces the server blade to enter standby mode without properly exiting
applications and the OS. If an application stops responding, this method forces a shutdown.
•Use the Onboard Administrator GUI to initiate a shutdown:
a. Select the Enclosure Information tab.
b. In the Device Bays item, select the Overall checkbox.
c. From the Virtual Power menu, initiate a shutdown of applications and the OS:
—For a controlled shutdown, select Momentary Press.
—For an emergency shutdown, select Press and Hold.
Before proceeding, verify the server blade is in standby mode by observing that the system power LED is
amber.
Remove the server blade
To remove the component:
1. Identify the proper server blade.
2. Power down the server blade (on page 12).
3. Remove the server blade.
4. Place the server blade on a flat, level work surface.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the
internal system components to cool before touching them.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to electrical components, properly ground the server blade
before beginning any installation procedure. Improper grounding can cause ESD.

Operations 14
Remove the access panel
To remove the component:
1. Power down the server blade (on page 12).
2. Remove the server blade (on page 13).
3. Press the access panel release button.
4. Slide the access panel towards the rear of the server blade, and then lift to remove the panel.
Install the access panel
1. Place the access panel on top of the server blade.
2. Slide the access panel forward until it clicks into place.
Remove the front panel/hard drive cage assembly
1. Power down the server blade (on page 12).
2. Remove the server blade (on page 13).
3. Remove the access panel (on page 14).
CAUTION: Always remove the SAS controller before removing the front panel/drive cage
assembly.
4. Extend the serial label pull tab from the front of the server blade.
5. Remove the two T-15 screws from the front panel/drive cage assembly.
6. Remove the front panel/drive cage assembly.
Remove the DIMM baffle
1. Power down the server blade (on page 12).

Operations 15
2. Remove the server blade (on page 13).
3. Remove the access panel (on page 14).
4. Disconnect the FBWC battery pack cabling, if connected ("FBWC capacitor pack cabling" on page
43).
5. Remove one or more DIMM baffles.
oDIMM baffle (left side)
oDIMM baffle (right side)

Operations 16
Remove the SAS controller
1. Power down the server blade (on page 12).
2. Remove the server blade (on page 13).
3. Remove the access panel (on page 14).
4. Disconnect the FBWC battery pack cabling, if connected ("FBWC capacitor pack cabling" on page
43).
CAUTION: Always remove the SAS controller before removing the drive cage.
CAUTION: Always be sure that both captive screws are disengaged before removing the SAS
controller. Failure to disengage the screws may result in damage to the SAS controller or the SAS
backplane and bracket.
5. Remove the SAS controller.
Install the SAS controller
1. Power down the server blade (on page 12).
2. Remove the server blade (on page 13).
3. Remove the access panel (on page 14).
4. Disconnect the FBWC battery pack cabling, if connected ("FBWC capacitor pack cabling" on page
43).
IMPORTANT: Always close the SAS controller handle before installing the SAS controller.

Operations 17
5. Close the SAS controller handle and then install the SAS controller. To properly seat the SAS controller,
press firmly in the areas indicated on the SAS controller.

Setup 18
Setup
Overview
Installation of a server blade requires the following steps:
1. Install and configure an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.
2. Install any server blade options.
3. Install interconnect modules in the enclosure.
4. Connect the interconnect modules to the network.
5. Install a server blade.
6. Complete the server blade configuration.
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure
Before performing any server blade-specific procedures, install an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.
The most current documentation for server blades and other HP BladeSystem components is available at the
HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation).
Documentation is also available in the following locations:
•Documentation CD that ships with the enclosure
•HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport)
Installing server blade options
Before installing and initializing the server blade, install any server blade options, such as an additional
processor, hard drive, or mezzanine card.
Installing interconnect modules
For specific steps to install interconnect modules, see the documentation that ships with the interconnect
module.

Setup 19
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping
•HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
To support network connections for specific signals, install an interconnect module in the bay corresponding
to the FlexLOM or mezzanine signals.
Server blade signal Interconnect bay Interconnect bay labels
FlexLOM 1 and 2
Mezzanine 1 3 and 4
Mezzanine 2 5 and 6
7 and 8
For detailed port mapping information, see the HP BladeSystem enclosure installation poster or the
HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation).

Setup 20
•HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure and Tower Enclosure
Server blade signal Interconnect
bay number
Interconnect
bay label
Notes
FlexLOM 1 —
Mezzanine 1 2 Four port cards connect to bay 2.
Mezzanine 2 3 and 4
•
Four port cards
•
Ports 1 and 3 connect to bay 3.
•
Ports 2 and 4 connect to bay 4.
Connecting to the network
To connect the HP BladeSystem to a network, each enclosure must be configured with network interconnect
devices to manage signals between the server blades and the external network.