Hi folks,
I've just spent about six hours messing around with an HP DL585 G2
server trying to get CentOS to go.
This box is a dual-CPU with dual cores and 10GB of RAM total.
According to the datasheet, the POST screens, and the BIOS, it has
the Broadcom embedded NICs in it.
The problem boils down to the installed OS (4.4 x86_64) not seeing
the NICs. If you do an lspci on the system after installing from
local media the only unknown device is one of the built-in hardware
health monitors. And since the NICs don't show up in the pci table,
there's nothing for the drivers I downloaded from the HP website to
hook to.
What's interesting is that in the process of trying to get this thing
going I've installed two old (2002 vintage) 3Com 905cxl PCI cards in
the system -- again, the BIOS (or whatever the built in hardware
diagnostics program is called) sees them, but the running OS does not.
This implies I've done or missed something trivially stupid, and
after banging my head against this box and the monumentally unhelpful
HP "documentation" I was wondering if someone had been down this road
before.
Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks!
--
/\oo/\
/ /()\ \ David Mackintosh |
dave at xdroop.com | http://www.xdroop.com
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David Mackintosh wrote:> Hi folks, > > I've just spent about six hours messing around with an HP DL585 G2 > server trying to get CentOS to go. > > This box is a dual-CPU with dual cores and 10GB of RAM total. > According to the datasheet, the POST screens, and the BIOS, it has > the Broadcom embedded NICs in it. > > The problem boils down to the installed OS (4.4 x86_64) not seeing > the NICs. If you do an lspci on the system after installing from > local media the only unknown device is one of the built-in hardware > health monitors. And since the NICs don't show up in the pci table, > there's nothing for the drivers I downloaded from the HP website to > hook to. > > What's interesting is that in the process of trying to get this thing > going I've installed two old (2002 vintage) 3Com 905cxl PCI cards in > the system -- again, the BIOS (or whatever the built in hardware > diagnostics program is called) sees them, but the running OS does not. > > This implies I've done or missed something trivially stupid, and > after banging my head against this box and the monumentally unhelpful > HP "documentation" I was wondering if someone had been down this road > before. > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > Thanks! >Have you run the HP/Compaq SmartStart CD? It lets you configure system BIOSs. If this was a used machine, it is possible that the previous owner may have disabled the onboard nics.. perhaps to run some other hardware in its place. The CDs are available at hp.com. Try to pick one that is dated about the same as the machine you are working with, or you might waste a lot of download time to find the version is too new. Best, John Hinton <how has about 6 different versions of smartstart laying around>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > !DSPAM:45ff3f5e251911159421361! >
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, David Mackintosh wrote:> Hi folks, > > I've just spent about six hours messing around with an HP DL585 G2 > server trying to get CentOS to go. >I can confirm that RHEL4u4 installs fine on these machines (u3 is a different fish). I would second the suggestion to get the SmartStart CD (should have been one with the machine). Also call HP (can't imagine this is a used box). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim at rossberry.com http://www.rossberry.com "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." Thomas Paine
Hi I would get the proliant support pack/smartstart and check that you are either using the bnx2 of tg3 drivers. You should have one or the other loaded. I would also check that you have the latest system firmware. Thanks Richard> Hi folks, > > I've just spent about six hours messing around with an HP DL585 G2 > server trying to get CentOS to go. > > This box is a dual-CPU with dual cores and 10GB of RAM total. > According to the datasheet, the POST screens, and the BIOS, it has > the Broadcom embedded NICs in it. > > The problem boils down to the installed OS (4.4 x86_64) not seeing > the NICs. If you do an lspci on the system after installing from > local media the only unknown device is one of the built-in hardware > health monitors. And since the NICs don't show up in the pci table, > there's nothing for the drivers I downloaded from the HP website to > hook to. > > What's interesting is that in the process of trying to get this thing > going I've installed two old (2002 vintage) 3Com 905cxl PCI cards in > the system -- again, the BIOS (or whatever the built in hardware > diagnostics program is called) sees them, but the running OS does not. > > This implies I've done or missed something trivially stupid, and > after banging my head against this box and the monumentally unhelpful > HP "documentation" I was wondering if someone had been down this road > before. > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > -- > /\oo/\ > / /()\ \ David Mackintosh | > dave at xdroop.com | http://www.xdroop.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >