HP Integrity Rx8640 Server

Internal Cabling Guide for HP Smart Array Controllers

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Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8620 Server HP Smart Array Controller Card Ports 2 Installing the HP Smart Array Controller Card 2 Single Partition RAID Configuration 3 RAID Cabling for IO Chassis 0 (Top Left and Top Right Hot Plug Hard Drives ...Manager 7 Hard Disk Drive Mapping 34 Configuring the Server Firmware and Software for RAID 11 2. Cabling for the HP Integrity rx7640 Server Installing the HP Smart Array 6402 or 6404 Controller Card 45 Recabling for RAID 23 3. Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Installing the HP Smart Array Controller Card 13 Single Partition RAID ...

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... Smart Array Cards Available for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Controller SA6402 SA6404 Product Number Description A9890A A9891A 2 channel / 128 MB cache 4 channel / 256 MB cache Supported on the rx8640 server. Chapter 2 13 Check http://partsurfer.hp.com for the HP Smart Array controllers supported on rx8640 Y Y Before you begin, you... are correct as of the release date of the document. Remove the top cover of an HP Integrity rx8640 Server. If two HP Smart Array controller cards are to be relocated to an external mass storage box. Step 2. NOTE The ...

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Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Single Partition RAID Configuration Single Partition RAID Configuration Figure 2-1 shows the correct cabling for a single partition configuration, as viewed from the front of the server. Figure 2-1 Smart Array Controller Card with Single Partition Cabling Mass Storage Backplane Connections 14 Chapter 2

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... board). Chapter 2 15 Identify the new cables using the colored cable ties which is near the rear of the server). NOTE One end of each cable has a pull-tab connected to the HP Smart Array card. This end of the flat SCSI ribbon cable bundle or the PCI air dam. Step 4. They... will lay in PCI slot 8 of one on the top left and top right hot plug hard drives, do the following: Step 1. Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Single Partition RAID Configuration RAID Cabling for the top left drive. WARNING The cables must not lay on top of the cable connects to the...

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... front of the connector on the Mass Storage Bacplane when viewed from the Smart Array card Port A1 into the mass storage connector for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Single Partition RAID Configuration Step 9. Fold the SCSI connector on the ribbon cable so it will lay in Figure 2-3. Plug the new cable... from the front of the server. Loop the cable slack as shown. See Figure 2-2 Step 10. One tie should secure the cables to maintain the slack. Unplug the existing ...

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...Identify the new cables using the colored cable ties which is near the rear of each cable has a pull-tab connected to the HP Smart Array card. For each cable, use two of the same color, one of the cables with Dual Partition Cabling Mass Storage ... Controller Card with the pull-tab into the server. Verify that the HP Smart Array controller card is near the center of the server. Retrieve two cables from the front of the board). NOTE One end of the server). Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Dual Partition Configurations Dual Partition Configurations This section...

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...when viewed from the Smart Array card Port A2 into the mass storage connector for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Dual Partition Configurations Step 5. See Figure 2-5. They must be routed along the side of the server. Step 6. See Figure 2-3 Step 7. Fold the SCSI connector on the ribbon cable so...the connector on the Mass Storage Backplane.See Figure 2-5. This is installed. Step 9. Route the cables as shown in front of the server and over to the Mass Storage Backplane connectors. Unplug the existing SCSI ribbon cable for the top left drive. Figure 2-5 Folded SCSI ...

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Retrieve two cables from the front of the server: Step 1. Verify that the HP Smart Array controller card is labeled "This Connector to identify the cables for installation and servicing. Step 3. Step 2. Using a different color tie on each ...RAID cabling on the bottom left and bottom right hot plug hard drives, do the following, from the cable kit (A7027-63001). Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Dual Partition Configurations Figure 2-6 Smart Array Controller Card with Dual Partition Cabling Removable Media Cable Bundle Ties PCI Lift Handle Port A1 and Top Right...

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... drive. Unplug the existing SCSI ribbon cable for the top right drive. See Figure 2-7 Step 7. Plug the new cable from the front of the server. This is near the center of the connector on the Mass Storage Backplane. See Figure 2-7 Step 10. Step 12. One tie should secure the ... of the PCI card cage and PCI fans. Route the cables as shown. Step 14. Step 16. Unplug the existing SCSI ribbon cable for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Dual Partition Configurations Step 4. See Figure 2-5. Fold the SCSI connector on the ribbon cable so it will lay in Figure 2-7 towards the front of...

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Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Dual Partition Configurations Figure 2-7 Smart Array Controller Card with Dual Partition Cabling Removable Media Cable Bundle Ties PCI Lift Handle Port A1 and Bottom Right HDD Cable Connections Port A2 and Bottom Left HDD Cable Connections Chapter 2 21

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Table 2-2 Hard Drive Mapping for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Insight Manager 7 Hard Disk Drive Mapping Insight Manager 7 Hard Disk Drive Mapping The previously described internal drive configuration produces the following mapping in IM7 when events occur on a target HDD, as shown in Table 2-2. Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8620 Server SA5302 or 5304 Card Location HDD Identification HDD...

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...HP Integrity rx8640 Server Configuring the Server Firmware and Software for RAID Configuring the Server Firmware and Software for RAID To complete the installation and set up RAID for your server's internal hot swap drives, follow the procedures given in the Smart Array Controller User Guide: • Configure your HP Smart Array controller card in an HP Integrity server (use HP... Smart Array utilities and command line options from the EFI shell) • Install and use the operating system-specific HP Smart Array ...

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Cabling for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server Configuring the Server Firmware and Software for RAID 24 Chapter 2

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... or 4-partition configuration. Table 3-1 Smart Array Cards Available for the HP Integrity rx8620 Server Controller Product Number Description Supported Supported on rx8620 on the rx8620 and rx8640 servers. Before you begin, you are identical in the rx8620/rx8640 server and in a SEU connected to the HP Smart Array Controller User Guide that server. Chapter 3 25 Refer instead to that shipped with your card...

HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release Notes v6.1

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...may lose the mapping of from the EFI Shell instead of disk drives attached to the Emulex 4 Gb controller is operating correctly. HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Do either of the following: • Unset the Administrator password. • Run EBSU from the EFI Boot Manager. The...screen Issue Servers Workaround Installation of workaround depends on whether you are using the EFI shell unload command. 3. Superdome SX2000, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660 The type of the AH400A or the AH401A 8 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs can unblock the MPS Setting. All Integrity Use "...

HP Insight Management WBEM Providers on Integrity Servers User's Guide

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..., Enterprise Edition (English and Japanese) Supported with Service Pack 2 only Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (English and Japanese) Hardware support The following HP Integrity servers are supported: • rx2660 • rx3600 • rx6600 • rx7640 • rx8640 • HP Integrity BL860c • HP Integrity BL870c • HP Integrity Superdome Server sx2000 (only partitions with 4 or less cell boards are supported in this release...

HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Release Notes v6.1

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...unknown values after the binaries have been updated. For this to the vMedia device. Superdome SX2000, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Using the EFI Boot Manager, chose Boot Configuration and modify the Internal Bootable DVD menu entry... settings if EFI password is set in EBSU, the SFW recipe integrated in the Local version column. All Integrity Flash the card firmware to the adapters Option ROM. Superdome SX2000, Superdome SX1000, rx8640, rx8620, rx7640, rx7620, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660 Run the Storage Adapter ...

HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Release Notes v6.1

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... memory). Superdome SX2000, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660 Before installing the operating system from the HP Smart Update media. Screen is blank at system startup Issue Servers Workaround During system startup the screen may remain blank for Windows Server 2003, and is manually...-on rx3600 or rx6600 with another operating system, ensure that the MPS setting is normal. rx6600, rx3600, rx2660, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Use the ioconfig in EFI to add the /NOVESA option. After installing the operating system, you cannot create ...

HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Release Notes v6.1

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... Pack on these systems when they are shipped from VCRM. In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options. 2. Click LAN Settings. 4. Superdome, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Remove the c:\windows\system32\drivers\hpmpser.sysfile on these systems. Baseboard Management Controller IPMI device driver not displayed in rare cases...

Installation Guide, Sixth Edition - HP Integrity rx8620 Server

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... Cover 34 Figure 2-3. Safety Ground Reference Check - Cell Board 15 Figure 1-6. HP Integrity rx8620 Server (Rear View 29 Figure 2-1. Raising the Server Off the Pallet Cushions 41 Figure 2-7. Front Panel LEDs and Power Switch 12 Figure 1-4. HP Integrity rx8620 Server 16-Socket Block Diagram 14 Figure 1-5. Internal Disks 22 Figure 1-10. Side ... I /O Board 77 7 Securing each Caster Cover to the Pallet 46 Figure 2-11. Four Cell Line Cord Anchor (rp8400, rp8420, rp8440, rx8620, rx8640 73 Figure 2-28. HP Integrity rx8620 Server (front view 11 Figure 1-2.

HP Integrity Rx8640 Server - rx8620