@dbeato said in Goodbye hardware monitoring on HPE Gen10 and newer equipment running ESXi:

@dashrender However centrally managed doesn't mean site to site VPN. I don't get MSP that have site to site VPNs to their customers. It is not feasible to maintain, it is a high risk and very old school.

of course it doesn't.

using a tool like ScreenConnect - having all customer machines in a single account - means SC's hacked, then ever client is hacked...

Turns out that the embedded controller is defective. HPE has a tech arriving today to replace the defective part.

Just install one of the old supported OSes on another drive, reboot and run the firmware update. It's a self extracting executable.

With HP and Dell, it's their intention to support you by providing an additional layer of management on top of the actual manufacturers product. But you have to be in warranty to be able to leverage that support. If you intend to run equipment longer than the 5 year warranty, don't use Dell or HP or live without any firmware upgrades or support. If you use Dell or HP, replace hardware when it's out of warranty.

HP Gen8 servers are from 2012-2013 so 7-8 years old and not the best candidates for new installations.

@WrCombs said in How to Stop an Ongoing RAID Rebuild HP P420i RAID Controller:

we use Intel Rapid Storage - CTL +I on Boot gets you there? - Disclaimer I may be thinking of Software RAID rather than Hardware RAID - but It may be worth a shot to try..

Yeah, Intel Rapid Storage is the most prominent example of Fake RAID. So it is software.

This process removes the pre-assigned static IP address from the blade. This commonly happens when the blade is moved from another encloser. Very annoying.

If your chassis has EBIPA set, the blade will use that instead of DHCP upon this reset.

Issue was fixed. Enclosure back plane was bad. A new C7000 had to be purchased and swapped out and it worked right away.

Here is what showed up in the unit...

https://assets.curvature.com/sites/default/files/pdf/GLC-SX-MMD-CURV.pdf

@pete-s wow no more than 1 year ago aruba switches (hpe) where served with real lifetime. Did they cut warranty so much?! Also they where replaced within 1 week.
I've seen a lot of netgear go crazy, but it was the unmanaged tier stuff.

@wrx7m said in Shared HP Printers - Apply Preferences/Settings to Clients:

I figured it out. You have to use the Printer defaults button on the advanced tab. It opens the same window as shown in the OP, but it will apply it to the clients.
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Yes, that is where you always do it. Remember that when you change printer drivers you need to change it all over.

I use the Dell Site and quote it as is since we are a partners and then provide the quote with the spec I want to our VAR (GHA Technologies) and they provide me the quote and anything comparable from HPE or other server vendor.

Have you installed CMC? It should find it by scanning the subnet.

@scottalanmiller said in HPE SmartArray P420 Memory Overwritten Error:

@dashrender said in HPE SmartArray P420 Memory Overwritten Error:

From Scott's post it seemed to say the data written to the drives that allows rebuilding the array when the RAID is replaced is what is missing. If that data is gone, aren't you hosed? Unless it is backed up somewhere?

It's not the disks that are bad, it's the controller itself. It's ROM is messed up.

With luck the flashed controller will pull the array data back in.

@Breffni-Potter said in HPE SANs Not Designed for Reliability in the Australian Tax Office:

Listening to any vendor consulting will lead to a p*** poor system but for the vendors profit.

Yeah, they brought in the wrong people here. Fundamental business flaws. Listening to the sales people instead of hiring someone whose job it is to know what is needed.

@travisdh1 said in HPE Axes Entire OpenSDN Business, Stops Support:

Wow. I can understand dropping product lines if they're not making money, but immediately burning it all without communicating this to customers. HPE, that doesn't look good at all.

I agree, not a good sign for the health of the new company. Burning bridges with customers, presumably big ones, means that they were desperate and had to make the move rather than just doing it strategically.

From a high level it reads simpler than what had to be done with Server 2012 R2.

Still not sure I would use it in production though.

@Breffni-Potter has been a pain with centos on dl160. It is now with dl380 and hyperv