Discovery of HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Nodes Fails
When Graphics Cards Are Present |
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When an HP ProLiant DL140 G3 or DL145 G3 node
contains a graphics card, the nodes often fail to PXE boot. Even
when the BIOS boot settings are configured to include a PXE boot,
these settings are often reset to the factory defaults when the BIOS
restarts after saving the changes. This action causes the discovery
and imaging processes to fail.
Follow this procedure to work around the discovery
failure:
Begin the discovery process
as usual by issuing the appropriate discover command.
When the discovery process
turns on power to the nodes of the cluster, manually turn off the
DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 servers that contain graphics cards.
Manually turn on power to
each DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 server one at a time, and use the cluster’s
console to force each node to PXE boot. Do this by pressing the F12 key at the appropriate time during the BIOS start up.
After you complete this task for each DL140 G3
and DL145 G3 server containing a graphics card, the discovery process
continues and completes successfully.
The work around for the imaging failure on these
servers is described in “ HP ProLiant DL140 G3 and DL145 G3 Node Imaging Fails When
Graphics Cards Are Present”, which is the appropriate place to
perform the task.
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