Hi,

A customer wants to replace their existing RX6600 servers with new ones that are just slightly higher. They would then keep the old ones for the DR site.

What is a recommended upgrade path from HP Integrity RX6600 server?

Please advice.

Berenger

Hello...

I am having trouble with downloading the MC990X firmware , The support site keeps pushing me to

the Warranties and Licensing website and then requesting a SAID. Well there is No SAID associated with the

firmware yet,   Any ideas.  I am trying to escalate this as well .

Good afternoon!

Our rx2660 server's firmware revision is too old - we would like to upgrade it. I know we must have a support contract with HP for downloading patches and firmwares. Do I need a Hardware or Software support contract for this? We are ready to buy the software support (with return-to-support) because we need the newest HPUX 11iv3 operating system, but someone has told me that I can get the server's firmware only if I have the hardware support too.

In the past the firmwares were available by patches - did this change? If I can download firmwares by patches then it will be enough to order the software suppot. Am I right?

Thanks for your help in advance,

Knd regards,

Laszlo

Hello ,

I have been trying to make my emulex hba work in my integrity box. I have tried firmware and drive update , but it still appears as unknown device.

my machine is rx 2800i2 and HPUX release is B.11.31.1009 and emulex card is AH403A 8gb

Thanks,

Deepak

Confirm me the part compatiable

AH395-69001 instead of  AH395-60001.

Hi,

This is probably a lost cause disk issue but I may be lucky and someone in this forum might tell me otherwise

RX7620 has two internal disks on vg00. Root disk is fine, the disk with /opt is not fine

ioscan reports all ok c0t6d0 c3t6d0  both CLAIMED, c3t6 has the problem though as reported by lvm

LVM : Failure in attaching PV (64000/0xfa00/0x2) to the root volume group.

reconnect -r says not ok

Scsi(Pun6,Lun0) HP 146 GST3146707LC     HPC1 (160 MBytes/sec)                 
Scsi(Pun2,Lun0) _NEC    DVD_RW ND-3550A 1.31                                  
Scsi(Pun6,Lun0) HP 146 GST3146707LC     HPC1ERROR:    Cannot determine device capacity
Scsi(Pun6,Lun0) HP 146 GST3146707LC     HPC1  

diskinfo /dev/dsk/c3t6d0 shows device busy ( presumably as it's part of the VG and lvm is retrying)

At the EFI level I think I am only seeing one disk

Shell>  devtree
Device Tree

    Ctrl[7F] LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI Controller
      Ctrl[81] HP 146 GST3146707LC     HPC1
        Ctrl[82] FAT File System [FAT32] 499 MB
        Ctrl[83] Acpi(HWP0002,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part2,SigA4A58C02-0812-11DE-8000-D6217B60E588)
        Ctrl[84] FAT File System [FAT32] 400 MB
    Ctrl[80] LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI Controller
      Ctrl[85] _NEC    DVD_RW ND-3550A 1.31
  Ctrl[09] Acpi(HWP0002,11C)
    Ctrl[86] Acpi(HWP0002,11C)/Pci(1|0)
    Ctrl[87] LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI Controller
    Ctrl[88] LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI Controller
<truncated>
 

I've tried reseating but getting to the end of things to try. In case it's just the disk label that's missing is there a way to get this back?

Thanks

Paul

Dear TEam,

I have hp ux server with OS version 11.30 running on BL860ci4

I need to upgrade thre lan firmware from4.2.401.2212 to 4.9.416.12.

Kindly let me know how i can perform this activity.

Regards

RKJ

cc command failed with:

Sorry, command failed: RtnCodeIoBayNotAttachedToCell

io command shows no io chassis connected to any cell:

[mp0013217c7543] MP:CM> io

--------------------------+
Cabinet |   0    |   1    |
--------+--------+--------+
Slot    |01234567|01234567|
--------+--------+--------+
Cell    |XXX.....|........|
IO Cab  |........|........|
IO Bay  |........|........|
IO Chas |........|........|

Following is the ps> cabinet 0 output:

[mp0013217c7543] MP:CM> ps

This command displays detailed power and hardware configuration status.

The following MP bus devices were found:
+----+-----+-----------+----------------+
|Cab.|     |   UGUY    |     Cells      |
| #  | MP  | CLU | PM  |0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
+----+-----+-----+-----+----------------+
|  0 |  *  |  *  |  *  |* * *           |

You may display detailed power and hardware status for the following items:

    B - Cabinet (UGUY)
    C - Cell
    M - MP
        Select Device: b

    Enter cabinet number: 0
HW status for SD32B compute cabinet #0: FAILURE DETECTED
Power switch: on;  Power: enabled, good;  Door: open
Fan speed: normal;  Temperature state: 29 C, normal
FANS OR BLOWERS NOT REDUNDANT;  BPSs redundant;  Clocks UNDEFINED; 
                +------+--------+-----------------+---------------------+
                |      | Main BP|                 |    IO Backplanes    |
                |      | Power  |                 | IO Bay 0 | IO Bay 1 |
                | Main | Boards |      Cells      | Chassis  | Chassis  |
                | BP   |  0  1  | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 0 1 2 3  | 0 1 2 3  |
+---------------+------+--------+-----------------+----------+----------+
| Populated     |  *   |        | * * *           |   *   *  |       *  |
| Power Enabled |  *   |        | * * *           |   *   *  |       *  |
| Powered On    |      |        |                 |          |          |
| Power Fault   |      |        |                 |          |          |
| Attention LED |      |        |                 |          |          |

            +-------------+---------+-----------+
            |             | Cabinet |    IO     |
            |     BPS     | Blowers |   Fans    |
            | 0 1 2 3 4 5 | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 4 |
+-----------+-------------+---------+-----------+
| Populated | *   * * * * | * * *   | * * * * * |
| Failed    |             |         |           |
Please type <CR> to continue, Q to quit, or S to stream: 

Voltage margin: nominal;  Clock margin: nominal

      +-------------------------------------------+
      |     Backplane Power Converter Faults      |
      |                       |   VRM Slot  |     |
      | 12V | 3.3V HKP | 3.3V | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | LED |
+-----+-----+----------+------+-------------+-----+
| PS0 |     |          |      |             |     |
| PS1 |     |          |      |             |     |
LED states: G  - on green (no faults)
            YB - blinking yellow (fault detected)

        +------------------------------------------+
        |         Backplane Power Faults           |
        |             |    |     |       2.5V      |
        | 1.2V | 2.5V |    |     |00 40 01 41 02 42|
+-------+------+------+    +-----+-----------------+
|  RPM0 |      |      |    | XBC |                 |
|  RPM1 |      |      |
|  RPM2 |      |      |
|  OSP  |      |      |

Please type <CR> to continue, Q to quit, or S to stream: 
              CLU Status    PM Status    CLU POST
UGUY LEDs:    **______      ****         ____

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                    IO Backplane Power Fault & Temp Status                 |
|    Physical   |                                                           |
|    Location   |Type |  Revision   |+12V |-12V |+1.5V| +5.0V |  +3.3V  |LED|
|Cab#/Bay#/Slot#|     |             | 0 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 | 0 1 2 | 0 1 2 3 |   |
+---------------+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-------+---------+---+
|     0/0/1     |  i  | 000.000.000 |     |     |     |       |         |   |
|     0/0/3     |  i  | 000.000.000 |     |     |     |       |         |   |
|     0/1/3     |  i  | 000.000.000 |     |     |     |       |         |   |
+---------------+-----+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-------+---------+---+
Key: . - Present; * - Powered; F - Faulted; T - Overtemp
LED states:         G  - Green on (no faults)
                    Y  - Yellow on (redundant fault detected)
                    YB - Yellow blinking (non-redundant fault detected)
IO Backplane types: i - PCI-X IO Backplane (IO LPM type is IO_LPM)
                    e - PCI Express IO Backplane (IO LPM type is IO_LPM_E)

Following is the ps> cell 0 output:

[mp0013217c7543] MP:CM> ps

This command displays detailed power and hardware configuration status.

The following MP bus devices were found:
+----+-----+-----------+----------------+
|Cab.|     |   UGUY    |     Cells      |
| #  | MP  | CLU | PM  |0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
+----+-----+-----+-----+----------------+
|  0 |  *  |  *  |  *  |* * *           |

You may display detailed power and hardware status for the following items:

    B - Cabinet (UGUY)
    C - Cell
    M - MP
        Select Device: c

    Enter cabinet number: 0
    Enter slot number: 0
HW status for Cell 0 in cabinet 0: FAILURE DETECTED
Cell power status: enabled, OFF, no fault, NVRAM battery LOW
Boot is blocked
PDH shared memory is not-initialized
Cell DISABLED by PDHC: bad CPU module FRUID checksum

Cell Complex Compatibility: B
Cell Partition Compatibility: .
CPU Compatibility: .

Cell Attention LED is off
PDH status LEDs:  ____

Core cell is INVALID
IO cable status: IO IN AND OUT CABLES STATUS UNDEFINED
IO cable connection physical location: cabinet 0, IO bay 0, IO chassis 0

+-----------------------------+   +--------------------------------------------+
|         CPU Modules         |   |                DIMM Presence               |
|Populated| Faulted | Enabled |   |    Side: |        A       |        B       |
| 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 |   | Echelon: |0123456789ABCDEF|0123456789ABCDEF|
+---------+---------+---------+   +----------+----------------+----------------+
|         |         |         |   |          |*               |                |
Please type <CR> to continue, Q to quit, or S to stream: 

+-------------------------+
| PDH Power Module Faults |
|  1.2V PDH  |  2.5V PDH  |
+------------+------------+
|      *     |      *     |

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                     Cell Board Power Module Faults                      |
| 1.5V SKY | 1.2V FSB | 2.5V L2C | 3.3V HKP |          MISC LDO           |
|   0 1 2  |   0 1 2  |    0 1   |    0 1   | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d |
+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----------------------------+
|          |          |          |          | * *                         |

+----------------------------------------------------------+
|            Cell Power Board Power Module Faults          |
| 1.8V MEM  | 1.8V AB-IO | 1.5V AB-CORE | 12V IF | 3.9V IF |
| 0 1 2 3 4 |    0 1     |     0 1      |   0 1  |   0 1   |
+-----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------+
|           |            |              |        |         |

HP RX2660 ,oracle 11gR2.

Using rman backup to local slow, speed is less than 30 m/s.

we have an old rx2620 integrity server that worked fine many years ago , but when we have a problem with its SCSI drives and try to change them we found an administrator password on the EFI that prevent us from doing any boot options for that old server.

i serched the manual for clearing that password but i didn't find any thing

how to solve that problem

oputs

All Data - Thu Jul 27 20:20:09 2017
--------------------------------------------------

                FRU Type: Superdome Cell Blade
                Location: 0x0100FF05FFFFFF94  enclosure1/blade5
               Timestamp: Sat Jul 22 12:55:37 2017
        Indictment State: Indicted
Requested Deconfig State: Configured
  Current Deconfig State: Configured

--- Install History 1 ---
        Discovery: Discovery
        Timestamp: Tue Nov 29 10:19:19 2011
       Serial Num: SGH514318W
    Parent Serial: SGH5141AE3
         Part Num: AM255A
   Spare Part Num: AH342-67001
  Manufacturer ID: HP
     Product Name: CB900s i2
 Board Serial Num: MYJ14004CG

--- Action - Indict ---
         Event No: 3022
         Provider: CPTIndicationProvider
           Reason: Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) not producing power to a CPU.
      Description: A Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) reports that it is not generating power.  This has most likely resulted in the crash of any partition using the associated processor or its memory.  The partition can most likely be rebooted and can include this blade, but the processor and associated memory will not be available
        Bundle ID: 0x315000000000104E
         Alert ID: 8302220170722125538
  - Indicted / Acquitted -
  Type Timestamp                 Entity       Reason
   Ind Sat Jul 22 12:55:37 2017  CAE          See reason above.
  ---
  - SubFru Isolation -
        - Blade -
        - CPU Power Subsystem -
        -------------------------------
            V1P8_CPU1_VRM_5: Fault
  ---

superdome2 alert  V1P8_CPU1_VRM_5: Fault, whare the vrm ? on cpu or on blade?

solution is replace cpu or blade?

When did the RX660 reach EOL and what was the replacement for it at that time?  Thanks

Hello guys,

So there is an HP Integrity RX6600 server, which simply cannot be turned on. When user power-on the chassis, the server goes into Power-off mode immediately (afer 5 seconds)

After reviewing logs (MP logs), we found that the chassis hasn’t any chance to do basic checks and stop at beginning so it has to be a critical section of the server like (CPU Board or CPU modules)

Log Entry 64: 09 Aug 2017 19:19:48
Alert Level 7: Fatal
Keyword: BOOT_NOT_DETECTED
No events were received from system firmware
Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller;
Sensor: Processor 
Data1: FRB2/Hang in POST failure
0x20598B6054020430 FFFF036F00070300

Log Entry 107: 09 Aug 2017 20:34:16
Alert Level 7: Fatal
Keyword: MISSING_FRU_DEVICE
Missing FRU device - Processor 0
Logged by: Baseboard Management Controller;
Sensor: Entity Presence - Missing Device
0x20598B71C8020700 FF20807115250300


[mp0014c29c5978] MP:CM> SS

System Processor Status:

   Monarch Processor: 1

   Processor Module 0: Installed and NOT CONFIGURED 
   Processor Module 1: Installed and Configured

So basically we've ordered second handed items like:  Power supply module, CPU board + CPU modules for replacement on the server.

Power Supply modules are OK, we confirm that. However we’re not sure about CPU Board. Because as soon as we replace the old CPU Board with new CPU Board that we purchased there will be no AC power indicator on Power supply not or the Power button !!

When we replace it back with faulty CPU Board, AC power will back on both Power supply and Power button.

 We even tried to only replace 1 CPU module (new one) on the old CPU Board (Processor Module 0: Installed and NOT CONFIGURED), but again same problem (the server power-on and after 5 seconds it will be turned off).

Could you please guide us about this problem. is there anything else i can do for troubleshooting ? have you faced this problem before ?

Thanks.

I have installed 2 of the same PN# FIbre Cards (AH400A) into 2 RX2800 I4's. The Firmware on the SErvers are up to date.

I installed one Card and tried to run the firmware update for the card, The utility reported back saying the firmware was updated (which it was), and the driver was updated from 2.22 to 2.27 or so it said. When I go into EFI the first card driver still says its at 2.22.

I just installed a second PN# card and used the same utility as the first card, and it worked.

Searching for devices.
HP Smart Array P410i Controller     (version 6.42)  2 Logical Drives
Currently the controller is in RAID mode
HP PCIe 1Port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (driver 2.22, firmware 5.06.006)
HP PCIe 1Port 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (driver 2.27, firmware 5.06.006)
Booting UEFI Internal Shell
UEFI Shell version 2.30 [2.0]
Current running mode 1.1.2

>>Shell> drivers

>>9F 00000222 D X X  1  - HP Fibre Channel Driver             MemoryMapped(0xB,0x         <== FIrst card installed and updated
>>A7 00000227 D X X  1  - HP Fibre Channel Driver             MemoryMapped(0xB,0x         <== Second card installed and updated with >>same utiltility as the first (CP022831.scexe, and even tried CP030297.scexe)

>>(I run the update again)

The following group of items will be processed at the same time:
  - rewrite rom from 05.06.06 to 5.06.06 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/3/0/0/0).
Warning: This group was rejected because rewrite was not allowed.
The following group of items will be processed at the same time:
  - upgrade efi from 2.22 to 2.27 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/3/0/0/0)
  - rewrite bios from 3.13 to 3.13 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/3/0/0/0).
Warning: This group was rejected because rewrite was not allowed. <== IT thinks the driver is updated to 2.27 which is not true, see next..

The following group of items will be processed at the same time:
  - rewrite rom from 05.06.06 to 5.06.06 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/9/0/0/0).
Warning: This group was rejected because rewrite was not allowed.
The following group of items will be processed at the same time:
  - rewrite efi from 02.27 to 2.27 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/9/0/0/0). <== This is true!!
  - rewrite bios from 03.13 to 3.13 for HP AH400A 8Gb Single Port PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter (0/0/0/9/0/0/0).
Warning: This group was rejected because rewrite was not allowed.
Nothing was done by this component.

>>How do I get the first card to use the new driver?

>>My first attempt has been to disconnect the driver then connect the new driver, but disconnect command is not functioning as described.

>>The Base OS is HPUX 11.31. There is no functional problem, but would like to get them both on the same driver. This is a Oracle RAC 2 node SG cluster.

We currently have a rx2600 running with a single CPU that is being maxed out. Do you know if it is possible to add an additional CPU without having to reload the server?

Hi,

I just want to get feedback about my steps to Upgrade my existing Blade-HW.

Scenario:

2-Node Cluster with BL860c i2 in two different C3000 Enclosures. Each enclosure has Storages (P2000 and MSA2040) connected, mirroring between these is done via LVM.

New HW is very similar to old one, regarding number of mezzanine-cards

My approach would be:

1. move all Applications to Node1, freeing up Node2 (Means a short downtime, so needs to be scheduled=. Disable automatic clusterstart on node2.
2. create an Ignite Image of Node2 to Ignite-Server.
3. shut down Node2 and unplug it from C3000
4. plug the new HW-Blade in the same slot
5. reconfigure SAN-Connections in the FC-Controllers of the C3000 to reflect the new HW
6. Passthrough does not need to be reconfigured for LAN-Ports
7. boot new HW from Igniteserver
8. check if everything is OK
9. join this node to cluster, check ...
10. move all apps to the new node (second downtime)
11. repeat steps on Node1

Did I miss something important ?

Would it be an option, to switch internal diskdrives from old HW to new HW instead of Ignite ? Thus minimizing downtime. Then when Cluster is working, replace internal diskdrives one by one with the new ones.

Thanks,

Christian

I hve replaced the interconnect card in rx3600 running vms 8.3.Now affter paower up giving warning message during power up that update the serial no anf string in efi.please how can I do in efi .

hello,

my HPintegrity rx3660 server cannot boot the OS.

Following is are key log lines:

Log Entry 646: 05 Dec 2017 14:15:56

Alert Level 7: Fatal

Keyword: MACHINE_CHECK_INITIATED

Machine Check initiated

Logged by: Redundant w/ an E0 code;

Sensor: Critical Interrupt

Data2: OEM Code2: 0x00

0xC15A26AA1C023F50 003FA17000130300

Log Entry 647: 05 Dec 2017 14:15:56

Alert Level 7: Fatal

Keyword: MC_INITIATED

Machine Check initiated

Logged by: System Firmware  0

Data: Major change in system state - HPMC or MCA

0xF480009800E03F60 000000000000000B

I need a clear interpretation of this.

Kindly help me.

Dear Support Team,

Now I have one HP RX7640 server which was installed Suse Linux Enterprise for along time, and now I want to reinstall it with new OS "Microsoft Window Server 2003 Enterprise x64" for other purpose. I get some issue when trying to reinstall it

1. I connect to the server with ILO interface and try to change the order booting as DVD device and reboot it

The message is dislayed "Load of Optiarc DVD  failed: Not Found"

I can not continue do next step

 EFI Boot Manager ver 2.00 [14.62]  Please select a boot option
OS might use only the primary console set via boot manager or conconfig command
    Optiarc DVD                                                     
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1                             
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 -- Backup                   
    SYS LAN 0 Cabinet 0 [Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(001B78
    SYS LAN 1 Cabinet 0 [Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(0012
    EFI Shell [Built-in]                                            
    Boot Option Maintenance Menu                   

    Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
    Use > and < to view long descriptions
    Hot Key: 'S' or 's' to start the EFI Shell                                    
Selected boot option: Optiarc DVD
Loading.: Optiarc DVD
Load of Optiarc DVD  failed: Not Found
Press any key to continue

and then I choose boot EFI shell and type reconnect -r to rescan hardware like that

Selected boot option: EFI Shell [Built-in]
Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]
EFI Shell UEFI version 2.00 [14.62]
Device mapping table
  fs0  : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig26F09DF8-84A6-4C2C-B104-300002F5E178)
  fs1  : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,101)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(4|1)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part1,SigF2F7A731-5414-4A59-A6A4-75CDB0AAB673)
Shell> reconnect -r02,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)
  blk1 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig26F09DF8-84A6-4C2C-B104-300002F5E178)
  blk2 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig5B9861E9-65A8-4B09-85E3-39AAF1806A1C)
  blk3 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|0)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part3,SigBC77D87F-E2AB-4268-8736-739859F0C25C)
  blk4 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,101)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(4|1)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)
  blk5 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,101)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(4|1)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part1,SigF2F7A731-5414-4A59-A6A4-75CDB0AAB673)
  blk6 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,101)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(4|1)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig9B2DBC06-F211-4619-AD1E-3267A8C7FB2C)
  blk7 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,101)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(4|1)/Scsi(Pun6,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig58A9133C-B8CD-4687-A45E-A4633C8B6C60)
  blk8 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)
 blk9 : Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,100)/Pci(3|1)/Scsi(Pun2,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)

Scsi(Pun6,Lun0) HP 146 GST3146855LC     HPC8 (320 MBytes/sec)                 
Scsi(Pun2,Lun0) Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A 1H22 ( 40 MBytes/sec)                 
Scsi(Pun6,Lun0) HP 146 GST3146855LC     HPC8 (320 MBytes/sec)                 
PciRom S=01 B=54 D=1 F=0 I=3 loaded at 40FF911000-40FF944000
HP PCI-X 1Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (driver 1.09, firmware 4.00.090)  
HP PCI-X 1Port 4Gb Fibre Channel Adapter (driver 1.09, firmware 4.00.090)  
PciRom S=01 B=A9 D=1 F=0 I=0 loaded at 40FF8CD000-40FF911000
ReconnectController(0,0,0) : Status = Success
Shell>

Could you help me to solve this issue ? give me solution to install w2k3 x64 on this server

2. I have searched and try to find the DVD SmartStart for HP RX7640 from many source but can not find it,

could you share with me this DVD Smartstart ?

 Thanks for all your support

I thought I solved this problem by upgrading the patch level to Sep 2015. and upgrading the firmware but no.

Here's the sequence of events:

1. The following appears on the console and in syslog:

Jan  2 20:20:19 molhpi24 vmunix: iexgbe4/1689, Microcode assert 00000100 00000020 00000040 00000080 00000100
Jan  2 20:20:19 molhpi24 vmunix: iexgbe4/1701, Microcode assert 0x100
Jan  2 20:22:56 molhpi24 vmunix: Dead gateway detection can't ping the last remaining default gateway at 0xa082001 .See ndd -h ip_ire_gw_probe for more info
Jan  2 20:23:16 molhpi24 xntpd[2545]: synchronisation lost
Jan  2 20:37:56 molhpi24 vmunix: Dead gateway detection can't ping the last remaining default gateway at 0xa082001 .See ndd -h ip_ire_gw_probe for more info^M
Jan  2 20:38:16 molhpi24  above message repeats 5 times
Jan  2 20:38:16 molhpi24  above message repeats 7 times

This has probably happened a dozen times in the past couyple of years.  Of course when the VM host loses network connectivity, so do the VMs.  I've tried everything I could think of but within maybe 15 minutes of me trying to shutdown the VMs, the blade server crashes.  And sometimes, it leaves a mess.

Thanks for reading this.  Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Steve