Information about the HP BL30p blade

http://web.mac.com/martinmacleod/iWeb/Site/Blog/ilosticker.jpg and http://web.mac.com/martinmacleod/iWeb/Site/Blog/bladewatchbl30p.pdf

Some more information on the HP BL30p, I’ve included a PowerPoint version as well as it seems to be smaller than the PDF. The single page document has a picture of the blade with the different components highlighted, a picture of the typical default ILO sticker values, and finally information about the jumpers. I’ve used the iLO Security Override option before when configuring blade chassis in volumes, just remember to put the jumper back when you’ve finished otherwise the ILO is effectively unlocked. Setting 6 is also a good way of resetting the blade if you’re trying to troubleshoot an issue, it’s basically is the same as a NVRAM reset as I understand it. I’ve used this when trying to rule out an issue with the sleeve or blade backplane.

The overriding rule is, if the backplane light is red at the back you have an issue, you can unplug the bar at the back of the enclosure and re-seat it to try and clear the error, but as with anything, if you’re not sure call your hardware engineer and consider it might be best to do this out of core business hours.

The quickspecs for this blade are here: h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11958_div/11958_div.html - if you have any questions/comments do contact me.

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