HP Proliant DL580 User manual

HP ProLiant DL580 G7 Server
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: 595656-005
July 2012
Edition: 5

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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons ...................................................................................................................... 8
Systems Insight Display .............................................................................................................................. 9
Rear panel components............................................................................................................................ 10
Rear panel LEDs and buttons..................................................................................................................... 11
Power supply LED.................................................................................................................................... 12
System board components........................................................................................................................ 13
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 14
NMI jumper.................................................................................................................................. 14
SPI board components ............................................................................................................................. 15
I/O expansion board components............................................................................................................. 16
Processors and memory cartridges............................................................................................................. 17
DIMM slot locations................................................................................................................................. 18
Device numbers ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Hard drive LEDs ............................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive LED combinations .......................................................................................................... 19
Battery pack LEDs.................................................................................................................................... 20
FBWC module LEDs................................................................................................................................. 22
Fan locations .......................................................................................................................................... 23
Power supply backplane components......................................................................................................... 23
Operations................................................................................................................................. 25
Power up the server................................................................................................................................. 25
Power down the server............................................................................................................................. 25
Extend the server from the rack ................................................................................................................. 25
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 26
Processor memory drawer shipping screw locations..................................................................................... 27
Remove the processor memory drawer....................................................................................................... 27
Access the Systems Insight Display............................................................................................................. 28
Remove the SPI board.............................................................................................................................. 29
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 31
Optional installation services .................................................................................................................... 31
Rack planning resources........................................................................................................................... 31
Optimum environment.............................................................................................................................. 31
Space and airflow requirements ...................................................................................................... 32
Temperature requirements............................................................................................................... 32
Power requirements ....................................................................................................................... 33
Electrical grounding requirements .................................................................................................... 33
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................ 33
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton.................................................................................... 34
Installing hardware options....................................................................................................................... 34
Installing the server into the rack................................................................................................................ 34
Powering up and configuring the server ..................................................................................................... 34
Installing the operating system................................................................................................................... 35
Registering the server............................................................................................................................... 35

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Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 36
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 36
Processor options .................................................................................................................................... 36
Installing a processor ..................................................................................................................... 36
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 43
Memory overview.......................................................................................................................... 43
DIMM support............................................................................................................................... 43
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 43
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 44
DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 44
Memory cartridge population guidelines........................................................................................... 46
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 47
Hemisphere mode ......................................................................................................................... 47
Memory performance optimization .................................................................................................. 48
Memory RAS ................................................................................................................................ 49
Advanced ECC memory population guidelines.................................................................................. 50
Online Spare memory population guidelines..................................................................................... 50
Mirrored Memory population guidelines........................................................................................... 51
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 51
Hot-plug hard drive option........................................................................................................................ 53
Redundant hot-plug power supply option.................................................................................................... 55
Internal solid state drive expansion bay option............................................................................................ 56
Expansion board options.......................................................................................................................... 57
Installing a non-hot-plug expansion board......................................................................................... 57
Securing an expansion board for shipping ....................................................................................... 58
Installing the PCI Express I/O expansion board................................................................................. 60
Installing the PCI-X/PCI Express I/O expansion board........................................................................ 62
HP NC524SFP Dual Port 10GbE Module option ......................................................................................... 64
Battery-backed write cache module............................................................................................................ 66
FBWC module and capacitor pack option.................................................................................................. 68
HP Trusted Platform Module option ............................................................................................................ 70
Retaining the recovery key/password .............................................................................................. 71
Installing the Trusted Platform Module board ..................................................................................... 71
Enabling the Trusted Platform Module............................................................................................... 73
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 74
DVD-ROM drive cabling........................................................................................................................... 74
Server software and configuration utilities...................................................................................... 75
Configuration tools.................................................................................................................................. 75
SmartStart software........................................................................................................................ 75
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility............................................................................................................ 75
Array Configuration Utility.............................................................................................................. 78
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays ............................................................................................. 79
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID ........................................................................... 79
Management tools................................................................................................................................... 80
Automatic Server Recovery ............................................................................................................. 80
ROMPaq utility.............................................................................................................................. 80
Integrated Lights-Out 3 technology................................................................................................... 80
Erase Utility .................................................................................................................................. 81
Redundant ROM support ................................................................................................................ 81
USB support.................................................................................................................................. 81
Diagnostic tools ...................................................................................................................................... 82
HP Insight Diagnostics.................................................................................................................... 82

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HP Insight Diagnostics survey functionality ........................................................................................ 82
Integrated Management Log ........................................................................................................... 82
Remote support and analysis tools............................................................................................................. 83
HP Insight Remote Support software ................................................................................................. 83
Keeping the system current ....................................................................................................................... 83
Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 83
Version control.............................................................................................................................. 84
ProLiant Support Packs ................................................................................................................... 84
Operating System Version Support .................................................................................................. 84
Firmware...................................................................................................................................... 84
HP Smart Update Manager............................................................................................................. 84
Change control and proactive notification ........................................................................................ 85
Care Pack .................................................................................................................................... 85
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................... 86
Troubleshooting resources ........................................................................................................................ 86
Pre-diagnostic steps ................................................................................................................................. 86
Important safety information............................................................................................................ 86
Symptom information ..................................................................................................................... 88
Prepare the server for diagnosis ...................................................................................................... 88
Loose connections ................................................................................................................................... 90
Service notifications................................................................................................................................. 91
Server health LEDs................................................................................................................................... 91
Troubleshooting flowcharts ....................................................................................................................... 91
Start diagnosis flowchart ................................................................................................................ 91
General diagnosis flowchart ........................................................................................................... 92
Server power-on problems flowchart ................................................................................................ 94
POST problems flowchart ............................................................................................................... 97
OS boot problems flowchart ........................................................................................................... 99
Server fault indications flowchart ................................................................................................... 100
POST error messages and beep codes ..................................................................................................... 102
Battery replacement .................................................................................................................. 104
Regulatory compliance notices ................................................................................................... 105
Regulatory compliance identification numbers........................................................................................... 105
Federal Communications Commission notice............................................................................................. 105
FCC rating label.......................................................................................................................... 105
FCC Notice, Class A Equipment.................................................................................................... 105
FCC Notice, Class B Equipment .................................................................................................... 105
Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only..................................... 106
Modifications........................................................................................................................................ 106
Cables................................................................................................................................................. 106
Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)............................................................................................................ 106
European Union regulatory notice ........................................................................................................... 107
Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union....................................... 107
Japanese notice .................................................................................................................................... 108
BSMI notice.......................................................................................................................................... 108
Korean notice ....................................................................................................................................... 108
Chinese notice ...................................................................................................................................... 109
Laser compliance .................................................................................................................................. 109
Battery replacement notice...................................................................................................................... 109
Taiwan battery recycling notice............................................................................................................... 110
Power cord statement for Japan............................................................................................................... 110

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Acoustics statement for Germany (Geräuschemission) ................................................................................ 110
Wireless devices ................................................................................................................................... 110
Brazilian notices.......................................................................................................................... 111
Canadian notices ........................................................................................................................ 111
Japanese notices ......................................................................................................................... 111
Taiwan notices............................................................................................................................ 112
Electrostatic discharge............................................................................................................... 113
Preventing electrostatic discharge ............................................................................................................ 113
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge................................................................................ 113
Specifications........................................................................................................................... 114
Environmental specifications ................................................................................................................... 114
Server specifications .............................................................................................................................. 114
HP ProLiant 1200 W power supply specifications...................................................................................... 115
Support and other resources ...................................................................................................... 116
Before you contact HP............................................................................................................................ 116
HP contact information........................................................................................................................... 116
Customer Self Repair ............................................................................................................................. 116
Acronyms and abbreviations...................................................................................................... 124
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 127
Index....................................................................................................................................... 128

Component identification 7
Component identification
Front panel components
Item Description
1 Serial and PID tag
2
Optical drive
3 Systems Insight Display
4 USB connectors (2)
5 Video connector
6 Processor memory drawer

Component identification 8
Front panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
1 UID button and LED Blue—Activated
Blue (flashing)—Server being managed remotely
Off—Deactivated
2 Health LED Green—Normal (system on)
Amber (flashing)—Internal system health degraded
Red (flashing)—Internal system health critical
Off—Normal (system off)
3 NIC 1 LED Green—Linked to network
Green (flashing)—Linked with activity on the network
Off—No network connection
4 NIC 2 LED Green—Linked to network
Green (flashing)—Linked with activity on the network
Off—No network connection
5 NIC 3 LED Green—Linked to network
Green (flashing)—Linked with activity on the network
Off—No network connection
6 NIC 4 LED Green—Linked to network
Green (flashing)—Linked with activity on the network
Off—No network connection
7 Power on/Standby button and
LED Amber—System has AC power and is in standby mode. Green—System has AC power and is powered on.
Off—System has no AC power.

Component identification 9
Systems Insight Display
The Systems Insight Display LEDs represent the server and component layout.
LED Description
AMP status Off—No protection
Green—Protection enabled
Amber—Memory failure occurred
Amber (flashing)—Memory configuration error
Health Green—Normal (system on)
Amber (flashing)—Internal system health degraded
Red (flashing)—Internal system health critical
Off—Normal (system off)
Power cap Green—System on or requesting power on
Flashing amber—Power on denied
Off—Standby
All other LEDs Off—Normal
Amber—Failed or missing component

Component identification 10
Rear panel components
Item Description Item Description
1 Power supply bay 4 (optional) 15 Expansion slot 2 (optional)
2 Power supply bay 3 (optional) 16 Expansion slot 3 (optional)
3
Power supply bay 2
17
Expansion slot 4 (optional)
4 Power supply bay 1 18 Expansion slot 5 (optional)
5 Mouse connector 19 Expansion slot 6 (optional)
6 Serial connector 20 PCIe2 x8 expansion slot 7
7 NIC 2 connector 21 PCIe2 x8 expansion slot 8
8 10Gb NIC adapter blank 22 PCIe2 x16 expansion slot 9
9 NIC 4 connector 23 PCIe2 x8 expansion slot 10
10 NIC 3 connector 24 PCIe2 x16 expansion slot 11
11 NIC 1 connector 25 USB connectors (2)
12 Video connector 26 iLO 3 connector
13 Keyboard connector 27 T-10/T-15 Torx screwdriver
14 Expansion slot 1 (optional) — —
For optional configuration of slots 1–6, see "I/O expansion board components (on page 16)."

Component identification 11
Rear panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description LED color Status
1 iLO 3 NIC Activity LED Green On or flashing—Network activity
Off—No network activity
2 iLO 3 NIC Link LED Green On—Linked to network
Off—Not linked to network
3 NIC 2 Activity LED Green On or flashing—Network activity
Off—No network activity
4 NIC 2 Link LED Green On—Linked to network
Off—Not linked to network
5 NIC 4 Activity LED Green On or flashing—Network activity
Off—No network activity
6 NIC 4 Link LED Green On—Linked to network
Off—Not linked to network
7 NIC 3 Link LED Green On—Linked to network
Off—Not linked to network
8 NIC 3 Activity LED Green On or flashing—Network activity
Off—No network activity
9 NIC 1 Link LED Green On—Linked to network
Off—Not linked to network
10 NIC 1 Activity LED Green On or flashing—Network activity
Off—No network activity

Component identification 12
Power supply LED
Power LED Status
Off No AC power to power supply units. Check the AC power cord.
Off AC is present. Standby output is on, output is disabled. Further indicated
by the front panel LED.
Off Power supply failure (includes overvoltage and overtemperature) further
indicated by the Systems Insight Display LEDs.
Green AC is present. Standby output is on, power supply DC output is on and
OK.

Component identification 13
System board components
Item Description
1 Optional I/O expansion board connectors:
•
PCI-X/PCI Express I/O expansion board
•
PCI Express I/O expansion board
2 Slot 7 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1)
3 Slot 8 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1)
4 Slot 9 PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 2, 1)
5 Slot 10 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1)
6 Slot 11 PCIe2 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1)
7 SPI board connector
8 Internal USB connectors (2)
9 NMI jumper
10 System maintenance switch
11 Optical drive connector
12 Video/USB connector
13 Solid state drive connector
14 Power button/UID connector

Component identification 14
System maintenance switch
The system maintenance switch (SW1) is an eight-position switch that is used for system configuration. The
default position for all eight positions is Off.
Position Description Function
S1 iLO 3 security Off = iLO 3 security is enabled.
On = iLO 3 security is disabled.
S2 Configuration
lock Off = System configuration can be changed.
On = System configuration is
locked.
S3 Reserved Reserved
S4 Reserved Reserved
S5 Password
protection
override
Off = No function
On = Clears power-on password
and administrator password
S6 Invalidate
configuration
Off = Normal
On = Clears NVRAM
S7 Reserved Reserved
S8 Reserved Reserved
NMI jumper
The NMI jumper allows administrators to perform a memory dump before performing a hard reset. Crash
dump analysis is an essential part of eliminating reliability problems, such as hangs or crashes in OSs, device
drivers, and applications. Many crashes can freeze a system, requiring you to do a hard reset. Resetting the
system erases any information that would support root cause analysis.
Systems running Microsoft® Windows® experience a blue-screen trap when the OS crashes. When this
happens, Microsoft® recommends that system administrators perform an NMI event by temporarily shorting
the NMI header with a jumper. The NMI event enables a hung system to become responsive again.

Component identification 15
SPI board components
Item Description
1 Mini-SAS connectors (2)
2 SAS cache connector
3 TPM connector
4 Fan data connector
5 RMII connector
6
SD card slot
7 Battery
8 10Gb NIC connector*
9 NIC cache connector*
10 NIC 3 connector
11
NIC 1 connector
12 Video connector
13 Keyboard connector
14 USB connectors (2)
15 iLO 3 connector
16 Mouse connector
17 Serial connector
18 NIC 2 connector
19 NIC 4 connector
*Applicable only on the NC375i SPI board

Component identification 16
I/O expansion board components
•PCI-X/PCI Express I/O expansion board
Item Description
1 Slot 6 PCIe2 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
2 Slot 4 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1)*
3 Slot 3 PCIe2 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
4 Slot 2 PCI-X
5 Slot 1 PCI-X
*Slot 4 is physically a x8 slot but operates electrically as a x4 slot.
•PCI Express I/O expansion board
Item Description
1 Slot 6 PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 2, 1)**
2 Slot 5 PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 2, 1)**
3 Slot 4 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1)*
4 Slot 3 PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 2, 1)**
5 Slot 2 PCIe2 x16 (8, 4, 2, 1)**
6 Slot 1 PCIe1 x8 (4, 2, 1)*
*Slots 1 and 4 are physically x8 slots but operate electrically as x4 slots.

Component identification 17
**Slots 2, 3, 5 and 6 are physically x16 slots but operate electrically as x8 slots.
Processors and memory cartridges
The processor memory drawer contains 4 processor sockets and 8 memory cartridges.
For DIMM numbering, see "DIMM slot locations (on page 18)."
For installation guidelines, see "Memory options (on page 43)."

Component identification 18
DIMM slot locations
Each memory cartridge contains 8 DIMM slots. The lockstep banks are identified by the letters A through D.
For installation guidelines, see "Memory options (on page 43)."
Device numbers

Component identification 19
Hard drive LEDs
Item Description
1 Fault/UID LED (amber/blue)
2 Online LED (green)
Hard drive LED combinations
Online/activity
LED (green) Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Interpretation
On, off, or
flashing
Alternating amber and
blue The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been received for this drive; it also has been selected by a management
application.
On, off, or
flashing
Steadily blue The drive is operating normally, and it has been selected by a
management application.
On Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
On Off The drive is online, but it is not active currently.
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz) Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is part of an array that is undergoing capacity
expansion or stripe migration, but a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive. To minimize the risk of data loss, do
not replace the drive until the expansion or migration is complete.
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Off Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is rebuilding, or it is part of an array that is undergoing
capacity expansion or stripe migration.
Flashing
irregularly
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz) The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Flashing
irregularly
Off The drive is active, and it is operating normally.

Component identification 20
Online/activity
LED (green) Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) Interpretation
Off
Steadily amber
A critical fault condition has been identified for this drive, and the
controller has placed it offline. Replace the drive as soon as
possible.
Off Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz) A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off Off The drive is offline, a spare, or not configured as part of an array.
Battery pack LEDs
Item Color Description
1 Green System Power LED. This LED is on when the system is
powered up and 12 V system power is available. This
power supply is used to maintain the battery charge and
provide supplementary power to the cache microcontroller.
2 Green Auxiliary Power LED. This LED is on when 3.3V auxiliary
voltage is detected. The auxiliary voltage is used to
preserve BBWC data and is available any time that the
system power cords are connected to a power supply.
3 Amber Battery Health LED. To interpret the illumination patterns of
this LED, see the following table.
4 Green BBWC Status LED. To interpret the illumination patterns of
this LED, see the following table.