HP Dl180 - G6 E5504 2X2gb 4Lff Svr Deployment Guide

Contents 4
Prerequisites for DHCP/PXE preparation ................................................................................................. 26
Preparing the DHCP/PXE server ............................................................................................................ 27
Rapid Deployment Pack server preparation.................................................................................................. 28
Overview of Rapid Deployment Pack server preparation .......................................................................... 29
Prerequisites for Rapid Deployment Pack server preparation ..................................................................... 29
Configuring the Rapid Deployment Pack deployment server ..................................................................... 29
GRUB preparation .................................................................................................................................... 30
Overview of GRUB preparation ............................................................................................................. 30
Booting Solaris from GRUB ................................................................................................................... 31
Examples: booting Solaris from GRUB .................................................................................................... 32
Custom bootable ISO image creation.......................................................................................................... 33
Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable ISO image ........................................................................... 33
Creating a custom bootable ISO image .................................................................................................. 33
Optional configuration tasks ................................................................................................................ 34
Enabling iLO virtual serial port ................................................................................................................... 34
Mirroring disks with DiskSuite .................................................................................................................... 34
Unmirroring disks with DiskSuite ................................................................................................................. 36
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................. 38
Known issues ............................................................................................................................................ 38
Write cache not flushed on shutdown ..................................................................................................... 38
Solaris stops responding on HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server ....................................................................... 38
RAID mode not supported ..................................................................................................................... 39
Kernel Panic after disabling PCI devices in RBSU..................................................................................... 39
Network configuration fails during interactive installation ......................................................................... 39
iLO boot hang ..................................................................................................................................... 40
AMD memory scrubber ......................................................................................................................... 40
SNMP master agent ............................................................................................................................. 40
bcme fails to attach .............................................................................................................................. 41
System panics and reboots during installation ......................................................................................... 42
Embedded Ethernet not configured ........................................................................................................ 42
Hard Drives not seen after CPQary3 added to Miniroot ........................................................................... 42
Basic troubleshooting techniques ................................................................................................................ 43
Shell prompt ........................................................................................................................................ 43
Network verification ............................................................................................................................. 43
GRUB command line ............................................................................................................................ 44
Kernel debugger .................................................................................................................................. 44
Common issues ......................................................................................................................................... 44
System does not boot to GRUB .............................................................................................................. 44
GRUB does not display a menu ............................................................................................................. 44
GRUB cannot boot Solaris .................................................................................................................... 45
JumpStart deployment ignores GRUB command line arguments ................................................................. 45
System becomes unresponsive using remote console ................................................................................ 45
Rapid Deployment Pack job fails ........................................................................................................... 45
Installation terminates prematurely ......................................................................................................... 46
JumpStart reverts to interactive configuration ........................................................................................... 46
Installation succeeds but server fails to boot ............................................................................................ 47
Installation succeeds but no network availability after reboot .................................................................... 47
Additional documentation ................................................................................................................... 48
Where to go for additional help ................................................................................................................. 48
HP documentation ................................................................................................................................ 48
Free Software Foundation documentation ............................................................................................... 48
Intel documentation .............................................................................................................................. 48

HP Dl180 - G6 E5504 2X2gb 4Lff Svr Specifications

General

Model	HP ProLiant DL180 G6
Processor	Intel Xeon E5504
Processor Speed	2.0 GHz
Processor Count	1
Memory	4 GB (2 x 2 GB)
Memory Type	DDR3
Drive Support	SATA/SAS
Network	2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Form Factor	2U rackmount
Memory Slots	12
Maximum Memory	96 GB
Drive Bays	4 LFF
RAID Support	HP Smart Array P410
Expansion Slots	2 x PCI-Express
Power Supply	460W
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat, SUSE, VMware