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HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Software Configuration Manual

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HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server
Software Configuration Guide
Part number 612342-001
First Edition October 2010

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  • Page 1 HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server Software Configuration Guide Part number 612342-001 First Edition October 2010...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2010 Hewlett-Packard 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 additional warranty.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents System BIOS configuration ........................4 System BIOS overview ..........................4 BIOS software ............................4 BIOS Setup Utility ............................4 Accessing the Setup Utility ........................5 Navigating through the Setup Utility......................5 Setup Utility menus ..........................7 Loading system defaults ........................37 Power-On Self-Test (POST) ..........................

  • Page 4: System Bios Configuration

    System BIOS configuration This chapter describes the basic functions of the System BIOS. System BIOS overview A Basic Input/Output System, or BIOS, is a set of programs permanently stored in an EEPROM chip (U21) located on the system board. These programs serve as an interface between the server’s hardware components and its operating system.

  • Page 5: Accessing The Setup Utility

    NOTE: If you repeatedly receive “Run Setup” messages, the battery located on the system board (XBAT1) may be defective. In this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. The Setup Utility loads the configuration values in a battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM.
  • Page 6 Table 1 Setup Utility navigation keys Function ← and → Move between selections on the menu bar. ↑ and ↓ Move the cursor to the field you want. The currently selected field is highlighted. The right side of each menu screen displays the Item Specific Help panel.

  • Page 7: Setup Utility Menus

    Figure 2 General Help Screen Setup Utility menus The Setup Utility menu bar displays the five primary menu selections. For detailed information and screenshots of these Setup menus and their related submenus, refer to the following sections. Main Menu Figure 3 Main Menu NOTE: The time is in 24-hour format.

  • Page 8: Boot Settings Configuration Submenu

    Set this value to display hardware summary screen before booting the Disabled Set this value not to display hardware summary screen before booting the Enabled OS. This is the default setting. Splash Screen Display HP Splash Screen during POST. This is the default setting. Enabled System BIOS configuration 8...

  • Page 9: Advanced Menu

    Table 3 Boot Settings Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Do not display any splash screen during POST. For HP OEM business. Disabled NUMLOCK Set this value to allow the Number Lock on the keyboard to be enabled Enabled automatically when the computer system is boot up. This allows the immediate use of 10-keys numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard.
  • Page 10 Table 4 Advanced menu fields Field Description CPU Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the CPU Configuration Settings. Use the up and down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option.

  • Page 11: Cpu Configuration Submenu

    CPU Configuration submenu Figure 6 CPU Configuration submenu NOTE: option is for Intel ® Xeon ® 5600 Series Processors only. It will not display when Data Reuse Intel ® Xeon ® 5500 Series Processors are installed. Table 5 CPU Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options...
  • Page 12 Table 5 CPU Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Advanced Provides the greatest memory capacity for a given DIMM size, while Advanced ECC Memory providing up to 4-bit error correction. This mode is the default option for Only Protection this server. Always enabled for all modes. Provides maximum protection against failed DIMMs.

  • Page 13: Ide Configuration Submenu

    IDE Configuration submenu Figure 7 IDE Configuration submenu Table 6 IDE Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options SATA Controller Legacy Native mode, supports up to 4 drivers. Compatible Mode Only available on systems with an embedded software RAID option RAID ROM.
  • Page 14 Table 6 IDE Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Embedded SATA System BIOS automatically sets the highest possible link rate based on the AUTO Link Rate chipset and drives installed. It’s the default value. System BIOS sets 3Gb/s Max link rate based on the chipset and drives 3Gb/s Max installed.

  • Page 15: Io Device Configuration Submenu

    IO Device Configuration submenu Figure 8 IO Device Configuration submenu Table 7 IO Device Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Embedded Serial Set this value to prevent the serial port from accessing any system Disabled Port resources. When this option is set to Disabled, the serial port physically becomes unavailable.
  • Page 16 ACPI Configuration submenu Figure 9 ACPI Configuration submenu (1) Table 8 ACPI Settings submenu fields Field Description Chipset ACPI This option specifies High Precision Event Timer. Configuration Figure 10 ACPI Configuration submenu (2) System BIOS configuration 16...
  • Page 17 Table 9 South Bridge ACPI Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options High Precision Event Enable High Precision Event Timer. This is the default setting. Enabled Timer Disable High Precision Event Timer. Disabled IPMI Configuration submenu Figure 11 IPMI Configuration submenu Table 10 IPMI Configuration submenu fields Field...
  • Page 18 Table 10 IPMI Configuration submenu fields Field Description Hardware Health Select Hardware Health Information in the left frame of the screen and press<enter> to Information go to the submenu for that item. That will display CPU temperature, ambient temperature, CPU fan speed, system fan speed, chassis fan speed. These items cannot be changed by the user.
  • Page 19 Field Description View BMC System The option specifies BMC system event log. Select this option and press <Enter> to Event Log access the submenu to view the contents of System Event log. Clear BMC System The option specifies clear system event log. If the BMC Event log is full, you can choose Event Log this item to clear out the BMC Event log.
  • Page 20 Figure 15 LAN Configuration submenu (1) Figure 16 LAN Configuration submenu (2) NOTE: For “BMC NIC Allocation”: If the IPMI card is not installed, the options are “Shared” and “Disabled”, the default value is Shared. If the IPMI card is installed, the options are “Disabled” and “Shared”, the default value is Disabled.
  • Page 21 Table 13 LAN Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Set the value prevent support from BMC NIC allocation. Dedicated BMC LAN The option specifies DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) IP Static Configuration source. The optimal setting is Static. The setup default is DHCP. DHCP Current IP Address Set this value needs you manual to set the IP source.
  • Page 22 Table 14 Watchdog Dog Timer Reset submenu fields Field Description Options Disabled the item will not allow to crashes or hangs if OS crashes Disabled or hangs. Set this value to allow BMC to power down if the operating system Power Down crashes or hangs.
  • Page 23 Figure 18 Hardware Health Information submenu Table 15 Hardware Health Information submenu fields Field Description System CPUs Health Information Display system CPUs health information. Ambient Sensors Health Information Display Ambient Sensors Health Information. DIMM Temperature Sensors Health Display DIMM Temperature Sensors Health Information. Information System Voltage Health Information Display System Voltage Health Information.
  • Page 24 USB Configuration submenu Figure 19 USB Configuration submenu Figure 20 USB Ports NOTE: When you install USB storage, USB Mass Device Configuration items are displayed. From this item, you can get some information about the device, some information you can configure it if needed.
  • Page 25 Table 16 USB Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options USB BIOS Support This setting allows the use of the USB function. This is the default setting. Enabled This setting makes the onboard USB function unavailable. Disabled BIOS EHCI Hand- Set this value to support the EHCI-off. The setting default value is Enabled. Enabled Set this value to not allow support the EHCI-off.
  • Page 26 Figure 22 Remote Access Configuration submenu (2) Table 18 Configure Remote Access Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Serial Port Mode Set this value to allow you to select 115200 as the baud rate 1152008,n (transmitted bits per second) of the serial port. Set this value to allow you to select 57600 as the baud rate 57600 (transmitted bits per second) of the serial port.

  • Page 27: Pci Bus Configuration Submenu

    PCI BUS Configuration submenu Figure 23 PCI BUS Configuration submenu Table 19 PCI BUS Configuration submenu fields Field Description Options Embedded VGA Embedded VGA Stays ON as Primary Video Controller, regardless of Always Control other graphics controllers being present. Enabled Disable embedded VGA if add-in graphics controller detected.
  • Page 28 Power Configuration submenu Figure 24 Power Configuration submenu (1) Figure 25 Power Configuration submenu (2) Figure 26 Power Configuration submenu (3) System BIOS configuration 28...
  • Page 29 Table 20 Power Configuration submenu fields Filed Description Options Power Efficiency BIOS will initialize all power related processor and chipset settings to Efficiency Mode maximize the performance per Watt. This is the default value. BIOS will initialize all power related processor and chipset settings to Performance maximize the performance of the server.
  • Page 30 Table 20 Power Configuration submenu fields Filed Description Options ASPM Mode This option would be chosen by the user if there were compatibility Disabled issues with their PCIE option cards. This is the default setting. Allows the PCIE ports to enter L0s and/or L1 states. Enabled C1E Support Enable or disable the “Enabled Halt State”...

  • Page 31: Boot Menu

    Table 20 Power Configuration submenu fields Filed Description Options Turbo Mode Prevent processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in Disabled specific condition. When power efficiency mode is efficiency, the value is disabled. This is the default setting. Allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific Enabled condition.

  • Page 32: Boot Device Priority Submenu

    Table 21 Boot menu fields Filed Description Options Embedded NIC Set this value not to allow boot form network. Disabled Port 2 PXE Set this value to allow boot from network. Enabled Embedded NIC Set this value not to allow boot from network. Disabled Port 1 Control Set this value to allow boot from network.

  • Page 33: Security Menu

    Hard Disk Drives Submenu Figure 29 Hard Disk Drive submenu Security menu The Security menu allows users to set an administrator password. When entered, this password allows the user to access and change all settings in the Setup Utility. Figure 30 Security menu To set an administrator password: Indicates whether a supervisor password has been set, if the password has been installed,...
  • Page 34 The Enter New Password window displays. Figure 31 Enter New Password Type a new password in the Enter New Password box. The password may consist of up to six alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9), then press Enter. The Confirm New Password window displays.
  • Page 35 Figure 33 Password installed Press F10 to save the password and close the Setup Utility. Setup automatically changes the administrator Password. To change the Admin Password: In the Security menu screen, in the Change Admin Password field, press Enter. The Enter New Password displays.

  • Page 36: Exit Menu

    Figure 34 Password Check submenu Table 22 Password Check submenu fields Option Description Setup Set this value need to check password while invoking the set up utility. Always Set this value must check password while invoking setup on each boot. Exit menu The Exit menu displays several options on how to quit the Setup Utility.

  • Page 37: Loading System Defaults

    Figure 35 Exit menu Table 23 Exit menu fields Option Description Save Changes and Exit Save the changes made and exit the Setup Utility. Discard Changes and Discard the changes and exit the setup utility. Exit Discard Changes Discard the changes in the utility. Load Optimal Defaults Loads the default settings for all BIOS setup fields.

  • Page 38: Post Error Indicators

    If your system displays one of the messages marked below with an asterisk (*), write down the code and message and contact your HP Customer Support provider. When no POST error message is displayed but the server stops during POST, listen for beep codes.
  • Page 39 Table 24 POST Error Messages Error code Error message Description/corrective action Password is incorrect after retried a few times. Users might need to 048h Password check failed reset the password. Keyboard/Interface Keyboard controller failed test. This may indicate a problem with 04Ch Error system hardware.

  • Page 40: Post-Related Troubleshooting

    When two power supplies installed, if one of the power cable is not 612h or Power Supply connected or one of the power is failed, this will appear. Unplugged POST-related troubleshooting Refer to HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Maintenance and Service Guide for troubleshooting guidelines. System BIOS configuration 40...

  • Page 41: Os Installation

    Perform the two pre-OS installation steps in this section before installing the OS of your choice. Configure the hardware aspect of the server. Update the server BIOS. Hardware setup Prepare the server following the instructions in the HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server Installation Sheet. OS installation 41...

  • Page 42: Bios Update

    It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the OS installation. Your ProLiant server comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need specific setup. However, if you install additional used hard disk drives in your new server: •...

  • Page 43: Server Management

    CAUTION: Follow the ESD precautions listed in Chapter 2 of the HP ProLiant DL170e G6 Server Maintenance and Service Guide when handling any hardware component. Turn off the server and all the peripherals connected to it.
  • Page 44 To configure the BMC through the Setup Utility: In the Serial Port Configuration submenu under the IPMI Configuration submenu, set the Serial port Assignment field to System or BMC. See the “Serial Port Configuration submenu fields” section for more information. In the LAN Configuration Settings submenu under the IPMI configuration submenu, set the IP address, default gateway, and IP subnet mask for the BMC.
  • Page 45 In the Console Redirection submenu, set Remote Access to Enable. See the “Console Redirection submenu fields” section for more information. Press F10 to Save and Exit. NOTE: For more information please refer to the Lights-Out 100 User Guide available in the product manuals section of the product page on hp.com. Server management 45...

  • Page 46: Index

    Index administrator password, 33 IDE, 15 administrator password changing, 35 IDE Configuration submenu, 13 administrator password checking, 35 IO Device Configuration submenu, 15 Advanced menu, 9 IP subnet mask, 44 asset tag, 8 IPMI Configuration submenu, 17 ATA/IDE Configuration, 13 IPMI LAN interface, 44 Baseboard management controller, 19 LAN Configuration, 17...
  • Page 47 Serial Port Switching, 19 Setup Utility menus, 7 USB Configuration submenu, 24 software, 4 USB Controller, 25 Supported operating systems, 41 system configuration changing, 4 View BMC System Event Log, 19 System Date, 8 system defaults, 37 Watch Dog Timer Reset, 17 System Time, 8 system time and date setting, 4 Index 47...

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