Upgrade Firmware at HP Proliant Server DL160 G5
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How to upgrade firmware for the HP Proliant Server DL160 G5 Server.I am getting the error while booting.The error is that
BMC not responding.
I googled for the BMC not responding.But I dont get idea about that can u help me?
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What are you attempting to boot to? Do you have a firmware update CD in the drive or something similar?
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@scottalanmiller The Server is showing the BLue Amber Light while booting.So when I googled for the issue I saw the option as Firmware update to be done for the server and after that the BLue amber will not glow.I have troubleshooted the server from basic level and it is booting properly but blue amber(UUID) light glows in the seerver.
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Is the light blue or amber? What's it have to do with the UUID? And why do you want an update to turn system lights off?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
why do you want an update to turn system lights off?
Blue Light is shown in the server LED. I need to upgrade firware for the server.How to do that ? -
@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
why do you want an update to turn system lights off?
Blue Light is shown in the server LED. I need to upgrade firware for the server.How to do that ?The question is.... why is the blue light a problem?
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Why do you need to upgrade the firmware? It doesn't seem like this is really a firmware issue.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-ML-DL-SL/DL160-G6-BMC-Not-Responding/td-p/4673897
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-ML-DL-SL/DL160-G5-601-BMC-Not-Responding/td-p/4660352
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@thecreativeone91 I found the link for the HP server firware upgrade link.Can anyone who needs follow the link to download it
The latest firmware can be downloaded from HPs FTP server without requiring a service contract should you want it.
Windows (x64)
ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p962933855/v67391/cp014736.exeWindows (x86)
ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/sc-windows-fw-sys/p52063186/v67389/cp014734.exeUSB
ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-windows/p303200197/v67394/SP52204.exe -
@Lakshmana I have downloaded the firmware from the above link and installed and then the server was rebooted.But When I tried to assign IP at BIOS means it is not done ie)The DHCP is disabled and then the IP is being assigned but the IP is not shown but the initial step is shown as 000.000.000.000.Why?the blue light is same it was glowing in the LED
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@Lakshmana said:
@Lakshmana I have downloaded the firmware from the above link and installed and then the server was rebooted.But When I tried to assign IP at BIOS means it is not done ie)The DHCP is disabled and then the IP is being assigned but the IP is not shown but the initial step is shown as 000.000.000.000.Why?the blue light is same it was glowing in the LED
That's for the ILO. You don't need to set that. It's good to set up the ILO, of course, but it is not needed. And the ILO on the DL1xx G5 is pretty much worthless if I remember correctly.
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If I remember right the DL160 is pretty much useless as a normal server. I've seen cheap people use them as that but they are really meant to be used in a high density web farm.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
If I remember right the DL160 is pretty much useless as a normal server. I've seen cheap people use them as that but they are really meant to be used in a high density web farm.
You are thinking of the right one. It's slightly better than the DL140, but only in that it has SCSI instead of ATA drives. It's not meant to be a standard server at all. Lacks all the server hardware and is no more reliable than a nice desktop. Lacks full IPMI and other tooling.
