Open HP System Management Homepage and HP Version Control Agent without shortcuts

21 February 2013 by

Usually, there will be a shortcut on the desktop (and in All Programs) to open the HP System Management Homepage, but here’s the URLs to use if you can’t find them for some reason:

HP System Management Homepage: https://localhost:2381

HP Version Control Agent: https://localhost:2381/vcagent

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An error occurred due to invalid data in the XML file used by this application. The XML file has been corrupted and should be reinstalled from the installation media.

13 February 2013 by

Scenario

You’ve updated your HP server using the latest ProLiant Support Pack, but after a reboot your network connections are down, and you get the following message when trying to open the HP Network Configuration Utility:

HP-Network-Configuration-Utility-Error_001
An error occurred due to invalid data in the XML file used by this application. The XML file has been corrupted and should be reinstalled from the installation media.

Solution

Uninstall the NIC drivers, then reboot:
Uninstall-NIC-Drivers

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Adding a new port to a HP Network Team

21 January 2013 by

Problem

A port has died on your NIC and is showing as disconnected in your HP Network Team. The Network Team is no longer redundant.

Solution

You need to add a new port and drop the disconnected port, without affecting the overall settings:

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HP ProLiant Support Pack

16 January 2013 by

ProLiant Support Packs (PSP) represent operating system (OS) specific bundles of optimized drivers, utilities, and management agents. These bundles are tested together to ensure proper installation and functionality. PSPs are released concurrently with HP’s SmartStart, and can also be released outside of the SmartStart cycle and made available on the HP ProLiant Support Pack download selection pages or at HP Insight Foundation website.

Each PSP consists of a deployment utility (HP Smart Update Manager), setup and software maintenance tools designed to provide an efficient way to manage routine software maintenance tasks. IT administrators can select PSP updates from a central software repository for deployment on local or remote servers, Windows or Linux. These deployment utilities remotely deploy driver and management agent updates to network attached servers and can be operated from an IT administrator’s workstation.

Downloads for each Operating System are here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=3716247&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3716246

The current version (9.10) for Windows Server 2008 R2 is here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3716247&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3716246&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4064

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Enterprise Specific Trap (.9001) Uptime: x days, [Time], .iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 = STRING: “[Server Name]”, .iso.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.11.1 = INTEGER: 0

7 January 2013 by
This SNMP trap was being triggered every now and again. Like many SNMP messages, there’s not always anything useful within them to help explain what actually happened.
Here’s an example:
Description: [IP Address]: Enterprise Specific Trap (.9001) Uptime: x days, [Time], .iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 = STRING: “[Server Name]”, .iso.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.11.1 = INTEGER: 0

In my case, a scheduled reboot caused the iLO on an HP BL460c Blade to trigger the SNMP alarm, which HP call “Server Reset Detected”.

Source

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Flashing LEDs Explained for an HP Server’s HDD

26 November 2012 by

This link explains what the different colours mean for LEDs on a Hard Disk Drive (HDD): http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=4091412&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c00596191

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