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Solved: HP RBSU opens in Command-Line mode

Posted by SiRu on December 9, 2012 · 2 Comments

I never thought I will face this issue in my life, but it happened . When I turned ON a HP Proliant Server and tried to launch HP RBSU by pressing F9 key, suddenly Command Line window popped out! I restarted Server and tried to launch RBSU) again, but the story was same. Are you wondering what is HP RBSU? RBSU (HP ROM-Based Setup Utility) is the BIOS of your HP Server. HP Server RBSU (BIOS) [...]

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How to update Server firmware using HP ROMpaq USB Key

Posted by SiRu on December 26, 2011 · 15 Comments

In this article, we will discuss about upgrading HP Server firmware using HP ROMPaq USB Key. At HP driver download page of your server, you might have noticed that some of the BIOS/iLO firmware upgrade files are named as Systems ROMpaq Firmware upgrade (For USB Key-Media). Today, we will learn more about it. Rompaq USB Key is windows based softpaq. It will allow you to create a bootable USB thumb drive [...]

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Enable SATA RAID controller on HP 100 series G5 Proliant Servers

Posted by SiRu on December 6, 2011 · 0 Comment

HP Proliant 100 series G5 servers are shipped with HP Embedded G5 SATA Controller/4-Port Internal SAS HBA controller. The Embedded SATA RAID Controller can create arrays with RAID levels 0, 1, and 1+0 on SATA hard drives and HP 4-Port Internal SAS HBA controller can create arrays with RAID levels 0, 1, and 1+0 on SAS/SATA hard drives. By default, these RAID Controllers are not enabled in BIOS, so [...]

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Enable Embedded SATA RAID Controller in HP ProLiant MicroServer

Posted by SiRu on August 16, 2011 · 0 Comment

HP ProLiant MicroServer is an entry level Server from HP. This server is shipped with Embedded SATA RAID controller. The RAID controller is embedded on the System board and chipset is from AMD. This an an entry level RAID controller hence do not expect any advanced RAID features. The RAID level supported on HP ProLiant MicroServer is RAID 1 and 0. This Server has space for up to four hard drives [...]

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How to Enable ASR on HP ProLiant or Blade Server

Posted by SiRu on May 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

Today we will learn about Automatic Server Recovery (ASR). ASR feature is available on most of the HP servers. Before we proceed, I will try to provide you brief idea about ASR and how it works. Later we will check how to enable or disable ASR on your HP Server. The ASR feature is a hardware-based timer. This timer does have a countdown timer. ASR will be keep checking whether the server is responding [...]

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How to enable RAID Controller in 100 series HP Proliant G6 Servers

Posted by SiRu on February 7, 2011 · 0 Comment

HP ProLiant 100 Series Servers are entry level, low cost servers. Most of these servers are shipped with low cost entry level SATA RAID controllers/Smart array controllers. Unlike in the cases of 300 series/500 series of HP Servers, the RAID controllers in 100 series servers are not enabled by default, hence it must be enabled in BIOS/RBSU (Rom Based Setup Utility). In this post, we will show you [...]

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1610 – Temperature Violation Detected error on HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Server

Posted by SiRu on January 25, 2011 · 0 Comment

On HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Server, you may receive error “1610 -Temperature Violation Detected” on server POST. The message will tell you that one of the server component is over heating. Sometime you will be allowed to boot to OS even though you receive above said error. 1610-Temperature violation detected Waiting 5 minutes for system to cool Press Esc key to resume booting without waiting for the [...]

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