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HP (Hewlett-Packard) is a server and network equipment manufacturer. This is a generic tag to be used when discussing HP hardware or software with no more specific tag available - See the list in the main tag wiki.

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HP has acquired several major industry names in computing, including Compaq and 3Com.

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HP ProLiant ML350 G6: Does the RAID rebuild automatically?

A SAS HDD in our ML350 is faulty. We're buying a new one and I wanted to ask if I can just take out the faulty one and insert the new one with the server on to let it rebuild the raid or any manual operation is required.
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Can I convert a 1 disk RAID 0 to RAID 1?

This is dangerously close to question 18957, but it isn't quite the same. One of my logical drives on my P410i is a single disk RAID 0 (because I was short sighted at the time). It's now warning about imminent failure, and I'm looking for an easy…
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What is the added value of installing Dell / HP / IBM / etc. supplied drivers?

I manage a couple of hundred Linux servers, most of which are HP, if they are not virtualized. Historically, we have installed the HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) since before I started working here. The PSP comes with usefull (?) stuff like the HP…
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HP ProLiant Shared ILO port disadvantages?

The last few generations of HP ProLiant systems have featured an option to share the ILO functionality with the first network interface. I'm in a situation where per-port costs on the switch I'm using the a co-lo facility are fairly high. I can save…
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HP DL160 G6 memory PC3-10600R vs PC3-10600E

I am using a HP DL 160 G6 server that according to specs takes PC3 Registered or Unbuffered. When I combine the two types of memory below the system will not POST. When I use just the first type of memory listed the system will POST. I have two…
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HP access points sending out multicast packets from IPs that aren't their own

I'm not our normal network guy... I've just been drafted to help with this issue, so please bear with me. We have a fairly large (~4,000 devices?) network mostly comprised of HP Procurve gear. From time to time over the last several weeks, we've…
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HP dl360p G8 writes/latency with SSDs in raid very poor

I have a DL360P g8 server with a HPE p420i raid controller (2gb cache). We have noticed that writes to the SSDs via raid are incredibly slow. The drives in question I have in the arrays are: Volume 1 - RAID6 * 6 x Intel 545s 120GB SSD SATA Volume…
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Monitoring an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 without the bloat

I bought a refurbished HP Proliant DL380 G7 off of eBay. I run CentOS, and I'd like to know when a drive fails. A friend tells me that the lights on the front probably won't light up since I don't have HP software installed on the server - I have to…
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ProLiant DL380p not recognising HP hard drives on boot

I have two ProLiant DL380p rack mounted small factor servers. I have installed the following drives onto both servers: 1x 240GB SSD drive (Crucial NOT HP branded) 2.5" SATA 7.2k rpm 1TB (HP-branded) MM1000GBKAL 2.5" SAS 10k rpm 600GB (HP-branded)…
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Are transceivers hot swappable?

Are transceivers in general hot swappable, and if not, how do I find out if these are? Using these adapters 665243-B21, HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ 665249-B21, HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ and these transceivers 455883-B21, HP BLc…
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HP ILO utility for Ubuntu - hponcfg fails due to missing hp-ilo package

I'm working with an Ubuntu-based system running on an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 server. I prefer to install HP's management agents when I can for full hardware monitoring/configuration capabilities. Per HP's documentation, I added the download tree…
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Install Oracle Linux 6.4 on HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 server

installation does not detect the raid 1 logical drive created from ACU. the installation shows the two 2T disks, and after the installation is complete, I can not boot up to the system. I have been searching, and I am looking for the right…
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Proliant ML310e Gen8 Smart Array Predicted Failure Issue with SSD

This is a question related to this one: Third-party SSD solutions in ProLiant Gen8 servers but not covered by the question or the answers. I have an OCZ 120 gig SSD as system drive on a Proliant ML310e Gen8 server, sitting on SATA port 6. In order…
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3rd party SSD drive in HP Proliant server only shows 3G transfer speed

After receiving some excellent advice in a previous question, we've bought a OWC Mercury Extreme Pro drive for use in our HP Proliant DL360 G7 server. Both the drive, and the P410i array controller, will apparently support a 6Gb/s…
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Fail to install Fedora 18 from flash drive (Warning: /dev/root does not exist)

I'm trying to install Fedora 18 on an HP DL 180 G6 with no luck so far. Please don't suggest installing/using Centos as we have a requirement to use Fedora 18. I have tried using two different USB flash drives with various iso images (DVD full,…
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