Summary of the content on the page No. 1
HP ProLiant DL/ML370 G6 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 an tdrained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy lev els.
Part Number: 513482-004
May 2011
Edition: 4
Summary of the content on the page No. 2
© Copyright 2009, 2011 Hewlet -Ptackard Development Company, L.P . The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an ad d wia tio rrnaanlty. HP shall not be liable for technical ord e itorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks o
Summary of the content on the page No. 3
Contents Component identification ............................................................................................................... 7 Front panel component s............................................................................................................................. 7 Front panel LEDs and button ...................................................................................................................... s 8 Systems Insight Display LED ................
Summary of the content on the page No. 4
Installing hardware option ....................................................................................................................... s 38 Setting up a tower serv .......................................................................................................................... er 38 Installing the server into the ra ................................................................................................................ ck 39 Powering up and configuring the serv
Summary of the content on the page No. 5
Data cabling ........................................................................................................................................ 103 Server data cabling ..................................................................................................................... 103 SAS hard drive cablin g................................................................................................................ 104 SAS expander cabling ......................................
Summary of the content on the page No. 6
Server poweron - problems flowchar t.............................................................................................. 136 POST problems flowchar t............................................................................................................. 139 OS boot problems flowchar ......................................................................................................... t 141 Server fault indications flowcha r..................................................
Summary of the content on the page No. 7
Component identification Front panel component s Item Description USB connectors (2) 1 Drive cage blank 2 SAS/SATA drives (8 ) 3 Front video connector (rack model on ly) 4 Systems Insight Display 5 Removable media bay 6 DVD-ROM drive 7 Optical drive blank 8 Component identification 7
Summary of the content on the page No. 8
Front panel LEDs and buttons Item Description Status Power On/Standby button Green = Normal (system o n) 1 and system power LE D Amber = System in standby, but power still app lied Off = Power cord not attached or power supply fa ilure Health LED Green = Normal (system o n) 2 Amber = System health is degrad ed Red = System health is critic al. Off = Normal (system o ff) UID LED Blue = Activated 3 Flashing blue = System is being managed remo tely Off = Deactivated Component i
Summary of the content on the page No. 9
Systems Insight Display LED s The HP Systems Insight Display LEDs represent the system board la yout. Item Description Status Power cap To determine Power cap status, see 1 "Systems Insight Display LED combination s (on page 9)." AMP Status Green = AMP mode enabled 2 Amber = Failover Flashing amber = Invalid configuration Off = AMP mode disable d DIMM LEDs All LEDs flashing = DIMM unseat ed 3 All other LED s Amber = Failure Off = Norma l IMPORTANT: If more than one DIMM s
Summary of the content on the page No. 10
Systems Insight Display Health LED System power Status LED and color LED Red Amber One or more of the following conditions may Processor (amber) exist: • Processor in socket X has failed. • Processor X is not installed in the sock et. • Processor X is unsupported. • ROM detects a failed processor during POST Amber Green Processor in socket Xis in a pr-efailure Processor (amber) condition. Red Green One or more DIMMs have failed . DIMM (amber) Amber Green DIMM in slot Xis
Summary of the content on the page No. 11
Rear panel component s Item Description Mouse connector 1 Keyboard connector 2 Serial connector 3 iLO 2 connector 4 USB connectors (2) 5 NIC connectors (4) 6 PCI expansion slots 7 Reserved for PC-X I option kit 8 Video connector 9 Power supply bay 2 10 Power supply bay 1 (populate d) 11 Component identification 11
Summary of the content on the page No. 12
Rear panel LED s Item Description Status UID LED Blue = Activated 1 Flashing blue = System is being managed remot ely. Off = Deactivated iLO 2 activity LE D Green or flashing green = Network activ ity 2 Off = No network activit y iLO 2 link LE D Green = Linked to network 3 Off = No network connection NIC link LED Green = Linked to network 4 Off = No network connection NIC activity LED Green or flashing green = Network activ ity 5 Off = No network activit y Power supply LED Gree
Summary of the content on the page No. 13
System board component s Item Description SD card slot 1 Power backplane connecto r 2 Processor 1 DIMM slo ts 3 Power supply connector 4 SAS connector B 5 SAS connector A 6 Front panel connector 7 Systems Insight Display connecto r 8 Front video connector 9 Front USB connector 10 Smart Array P410i memory modu le 11 Reserved 12 System battery 13 TPM connector 14 SATA connectors (6) 15 Slot 1 PCIe x8 (4, 2, 1) 16 Slot 2 PCIe2 x8 (4, 2, 1) 17 Slot 3 PCIe2 x16 (1
Summary of the content on the page No. 14
Item Description Slot 10 PCIe2 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) 26 Internal USB connecto r 27 Processor socket 2 28 Processor 2 DIMM slo ts 29 Power supply connector 30 Processor socket 1 (populated ) 31 DIMM slots DIMM slots are numbered sequentially (1 through 9) for each processor. The supported AMP modes use the letter assignments for population guideline s. System maintenance switch The system maintenance switch (SW1) is a tpeos n-ition switch that is used for system configuration .
Summary of the content on the page No. 15
Position Description Function Configuration Off = System configuration can be S2 lock changed. On = System configuration is locked. Rack/Tower ID Off = Towe r S3 On = Rack Reserved Reserved S4 Password Off = No functio n S5 protection On = Clears poweon r- password override and administrator password Invalidate Off = Norma l S6 configuration On = ROM treats the system configuration as invalid . Reserved Reserved S7 Reserved Reserved S8 Reserved Reserved S9 Reserved Reserve
Summary of the content on the page No. 16
SAS and SATA device numbe rs With optional hard drive cages installed, the server supports up to 24 SFF hard drives or up to 14 LFF hard drives. The server does not support mixing SFF and LFF hard dr ives. HP recommends populating hard drive bays starting with the lowest SAS or SATA device n umber. • SFF hard drive s • LFF hard drive s Component identification 16
Summary of the content on the page No. 17
SAS and SATA hard drive LE Ds Item Description Status Fault/UID LED Amber = Drive failure 1 Flashing amber = Fau-p ltrocess activity Blue = Unitid entification is active Off = No fau-p ltrocess activity Online/activity LED Green = Drive activit y 2 Flashing green = High activity on the drive or drive is being configured as part of an a rray Off = No drive activit y SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinatio ns Online/activity Fault/UID LED Interpretation LED (green) (amber/
Summary of the content on the page No. 18
Online/activity Fault/UID LED Interpretation LED (green) (amber/blue) Off Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the Flashing regularly current operation and cause data los s. (1 Hz) The drive is rebuilding, or it is part of an array that is undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration . Amber, flashing The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has been received Flashing regularly (1 Hz) for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possi ble. irregularly
Summary of the content on the page No. 19
Battery pack LED s Item ID Color Description Green System Power LED. This LED glows steadily when the system 1 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 microcontroll er. Green Auxiliary Power LED. This LED glows steadily when 3.3V 2 auxiliary voltage is detected. The auxiliary voltage is used to preserve BBWC data and is available any time that the system power cords a
Summary of the content on the page No. 20
LED3 pattern LED4 pattern Interpretation One blink per The battery pack is below the minimum charge level and is being — second charged. Features that require a battery (such as write cache, capacity expansion, stripe size migration, and RAID migration) are temporarily unavailable until charging is complete. The recha ge p r rocess takes between 15 minutes and two hours, depending on the initial capacity of the battery . Steady glow The battery pack is fully charged, and posted write da
