Final Hardware Check; Booting The Operating System - HP Integrity BL860C i4 User's & Service Manual

addresses in HP-UX by enabling Portable Image on page 82), then it's best not to make
changes until after the entire upgrade is completed and any changes then should be made very
carefully. Once assigned, verify that there are no errors indicated by VCM or by the OA. Any VCM
Domain Status or OA System Status alerts or warnings should be resolved before proceeding.
Sometimes, VCM problems can be corrected by unassigning then reassigning the VC server profile.

Final hardware check

Procedure
1. Log into the Monarch iLO 3 MP of each partition in the upgraded server and power on each partition
by entering pc –on at the Command Menu prompt. Let each partition boot to the UEFI shell. Do not
autoboot any currently installed Operating Systems.
2. If UEFI variables need to be restored on secondary partitions, then take care of that now and reboot
the partition to the UEFI shell. See the nPar Administrator Users Guide for BL870c i4 & BL890c i4 for
information on restoring the system environment variables.
3. If there are any embedded I/O device or mezzanine card I/O FW updates needed, then take care of
those now.
4. If necessary, switch the onboard SmartArray SAS controller on new upgrade blades to RAID mode
(Configuring a Smart Array Controller on page 133).
NOTE:
All new Upgrade Blades come with the onboard SmartArray SAS controller in HBA mode.
5. Complete the following checks to be sure that the upgraded server blade is functioning properly. Any
problems found in the steps immediately below should be resolved before proceeding.
a. Check the iLO 3 MP SEL for any problems. See Errors and error logs on page 103 for more
information on resolving any errors.
IMPORTANT:
If any errors are found in the SEL, do not continue until resolving them.
b. Execute the UEFI shell command lanaddress and verify that the expected number of LAN ports
are shown and that there is a link indication for every port that is connected to a network or network
switch.
NOTE:
You should see an M on each applicable line.
c. Execute the UEFI shell command map –r to make sure that all of the expected disks are mapped.
d. Execute the UEFI shell command cpuconfig to make sure that all of the expected processors are
there, indicate active, and that CPU threads are set as expected.
e. Execute the UEFI shell command info mem –dimms to make sure that all of the expected DIMMs
are there and indicate active with the correct memory interleave setting.
6. If the upgraded server is to be incorporated into HPE SIM, and HPE SIM has not yet discovered the
upgraded server, then execute rediscovery of the enclosure from SIM now. Ensure that the upgraded
server is correctly incorporated and complete any configuration steps necessary.

Booting the operating system

The server blade has now been physically upgraded and it may be ready to boot to the OS. Certain
upgrade scenarios require OS reinstallation:
Procedure
1. Boot the OS. See Operating system procedures on page 35 for more information.
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