Document Outline

• HP ProLiant BL685c Server Blade User Guide
• Notice
• Contents
• Component identification
  • Front panel components
  • Front panel LEDs
  • SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs
  • SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations
  • System board components
    • Mezzanine connector definitions
    • DIMM slots
    • System maintenance switch
    • System maintenance switch procedures
      • Clearing the system configuration
      • Accessing the redundant ROM
  • Local I/O cable
• Operations
  • Power up the server blade
  • Power down the server blade
  • Remove the server blade
  • Remove the access panel
  • Install the access panel
  • Remove the DIMM baffle
  • Install the DIMM baffle
• Setup
  • Overview
  • Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure
  • Installing server blade options
  • Installing interconnect modules
    • Interconnect device mapping
  • Installing a server blade
  • Connecting to the network
  • Completing the configuration
• Hardware options installation
  • Introduction
  • Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive option
  • Processor option
  • Memory option
    • Advanced ECC memory
    • DIMM installation guidelines
    • DIMM population order
    • Installing DIMMs
  • Mezzanine card option
  • HP Smart Array E200i Controller battery pack option
• Cabling
  • SAS cable routing
  • Using the local I/O cable
  • Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices
    • Accessing a server blade with local KVM
    • Accessing local media devices
• Software and configuration utilities
  • Server blade deployment tools
    • RBSU requirement for Linux deployment
    • Software drivers and additional components
    • HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management
    • Network-based PXE deployment
      • Deployment overview
      • Deployment infrastructure
    • Deployment methods
      • PXE deployment
      • CD-ROM deployment
      • Diskette image deployment
  • Configuration tools
    • SmartStart software
      • SmartStart Scripting Toolkit
    • HP ROM-Based Setup Utility
      • Using RBSU
      • Auto-configuration process
      • Boot options
      • BIOS Serial Console
    • Array Configuration Utility
    • Option ROM Configuration for Arrays
    • Re-entering the server serial number and product ID
  • Management tools
    • Automatic Server Recovery
    • ROMPaq utility
    • iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition technology
    • Erase Utility
    • StorageWorks library and tape tools
    • HP Systems Insight Manager
    • Management Agents
    • HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization Management Software
    • HP ProLiant Essentials Server Migration Pack - Physical to ProLiant Edition
    • HP BladeSystem Essentials Insight Control Data Center Edition
    • Redundant ROM support
      • Safety and security benefits
    • USB support and functionality
      • USB support
      • Internal USB functionality
  • Diagnostic tools
    • HP Insight Diagnostics
    • Survey Utility
    • Integrated Management Log
    • Array Diagnostic Utility
  • Remote support and analysis tools
    • HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition
    • Web-Based Enterprise Service
    • Open Services Event Manager
  • Keeping the system current
    • Drivers
    • Resource Paqs
    • ProLiant Support Packs
    • Operating system version support
    • System Online ROM flash component utility
    • Change control and proactive notification
    • Care Pack
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting resources
  • Pre-diagnostic steps
    • Important safety information
      • Symbols on equipment
      • Warnings
    • Symptom information
    • Prepare the server for diagnosis
  • Service notifications
  • Loose connections
  • Troubleshooting flowcharts
    • Start diagnosis flowchart
    • General diagnosis flowchart
    • Server blade power-on problems flowchart
    • POST problems flowchart
    • OS boot problems flowchart
    • Server fault indications flowchart
  • POST error messages and beep codes
• Battery replacement
• Regulatory compliance notices
  • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
  • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • FCC rating label
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
  • Modifications
  • Cables
  • Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
  • European Union regulatory notice
  • Disposal of waste equipment by users in private households in the European Union
  • Japanese notice
  • BSMI notice
  • Korean notice
  • Laser compliance
  • Battery replacement notice
  • Taiwan battery recycling notice
• Electrostatic discharge
  • Preventing electrostatic discharge
  • Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge
• Specifications
  • Environmental specifications
  • Server specifications
• Technical support
  • Before you contact HP
  • HP contact information
  • Customer Self Repair
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index