In this post, we will discuss how to find the HP NULL IMPI drivers. We have installed Windows 2008 on a 100 Series HP Server (Example: DL180 G6 Server) and found that one of the driver is missing in device manager. When we checked the hardware instance ID/Device ID/Device instance ID of the unknown device, it is listed as ACPI\IPI0001. This device ID is for HP NULL IPMI Controller

In this post, we will learn how to disable the HP OEM logo screen (or Splash screen) of 100 Series HP Proliant Servers. If you are using HP Proliant 100 series servers and wanted to disable HP Logo screen or Splash screen, then we need to disable “Quiet Boot” option from the BIOS. When we disable the “Quiet Boot”, it will disable the HP logo.

This is my second monthly traffic report since the launch of TricksGuide.com. In the month of May 2011, Tricks Guide received 17,499 unique visitors and number of pages viewed are 25,990. So it shows a steady increase in number of visitors.

What is Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) and how does it works?. The ASR feature is a hardware-based timer. ASR will be keep checking whether your HP server is responding or is it in hung state. If your HP server is in hung state for a specified time, it automatically attempt to reboot the server. Learn more about ASR here.

Using Array Configuration Utility, we can generate Array Diagnostics report (ADU). ADU report is used for troubleshooting issues related to Hard drives, Smart Array Controller, Array Accelerator and Cache battery etc. ADU report can give consolidated view of any error or warning conditions encountered across the Array/RAID. Read more about ADU report here.

HP Advanced System Survey report gives all the information about the server. It collects all critical hardware information from various information sources and organize it in a neat way. HP Advanced Survey can be generated using HP SmartStart CD and is very useful when we do hardware troubleshooting of a server. In this post, we will see how to generate Advanced Survey Report using SmartStart CD on your server.

Wondering what will be the driver you need to install if you find an unknown device in Windows device manager with yellow mark and device ID: ACPI\WEC0518 ?. In this post, I am sharing the right driver for above said device ID. Continue reading to find out more.