Device Bay Overview screen
Device Bay Summary
In the Systems and Devices menu, the Device Bays category lists all blades in the enclosure. Selecting the Device Bays from the menu, the device list appears with a grid showing the status of each blade in the enclosure.
The checkbox in the first column on the top row toggles all checkboxes for all blades in the enclosure, which can be used to cycle power to all server blades in the enclosure. Optionally, you can use individual checkboxes to select a specific blade. After selecting blades, choose Virtual Power, UID state, One Time Boot, DVD or Enclosure Firmware Management from the drop down menus to perform the appropriate action. Virtual commands are not applicable to storage blades.
Device List
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Column |
Description |
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Checkbox |
Select bays by selecting the checkboxes to which you want to apply the Virtual Power, UID State, One Time Boot, or DVD features. |
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Bay |
The device bay within the enclosure. |
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Status |
The overall status of the device. Possible values are Unknown, OK, Degraded, Failed, Critical Error, and Other. |
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UID |
The status of the UID on the device. Possible values are On (blue), Off (gray) or Blink. When the UID light is in a blink state, a critical operation is being performed on the device and you must not interrupt the operation. |
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Power State |
The power state of the device. Possible values are On or Off. |
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iLO IP Address |
The IP address of the iLO within the server blade. Not applicable for storage blades. |
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iLO Name |
The DNS name of the iLO within the server blade. Not applicable for storage blades. |
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iLO DVD Status |
The status of the DVD connection to the server blade. Possible values are Connected, Disconnected, or Unknown. A status of Incompatible Firmware indicates that the DVD feature is not supported with the iLO firmware installed on the device. A status of Unknown indicates there is an iLO connectivity problem. |
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UID State
The UID State dropdown menu is used to set the UID light on the blades. Turning on the UID light aids in locating a specific blade within an enclosure. The UID lights can be turned on or off one at a time or as groups, depending on the checkboxes.
Virtual Power
Virtual power commands do not apply to partner blades.
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Button |
Description |
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Momentary Press |
This button mimics a physical momentary press of the power button on the server blade. Clicking this button powers the server blade on or off gracefully. |
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Press and Hold |
This button mimics a physical press and hold of the power button on the server blade. Clicking this button forces the server blade to shut power off without regard for first shutting down the OS before turning power off. This option is not available when the server blade is off. |
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Cold Boot |
Clicking this button immediately removes power from the system. This option is not available when the server blade is off. |
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Reset |
Clicking this button performs a system reset. This option is not available when the server blade is off. |
One Time Boot
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Option |
Description |
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Diskette Drive (A:) |
Forces the server blade to reboot to the diskette drive. Be sure the diskette drive is attached to the server blade before selecting this option. |
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CD-ROM |
Forces the server blade to reboot to the CD-ROM drive. Be sure the CD-ROM drive is attached to the server blade before selecting this option. |
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Hard Drive C: |
Forces the server blade to reboot to the hard disk. |
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RBSU |
Forces the server blade to boot to the ROM-Based Setup Utility. |
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PXE NIC |
Forces the server blade to boot to PXE NIC. |
DVD
The DVD menu enables you to connect or disconnect the shared DVD drive by selecting Connect to Enclosure DVD or Disconnect DVD Hardware. You can connect the shared DVD drive to multiple server blades. After you connect the shared DVD, the Virtual Power menu can be used to reboot the selected server blades in the list. If multiple media disks are required for an installation, you might need to disconnect and reconnect for every server when the new media disk is inserted in the DVD drive.
When a USB key is detected in the Active Onboard Administrator USB port and ISO images are present, they appear on the DVD menu. Select the server blades you want to deploy an ISO image to, and then select the ISO image from the menu. The ISO image deploys.
Enclosure Firmware Management
The Enclosure Firmware Management menu enables you to start a Manual Discovery or Manual Update.
Manual discovery of one or more servers can be initiated to simplify the collection of the existing firmware versions.
After initiating a manual firmware discovery, the Manual Discovery Device Bay Selection screen appears. Select one or more device bays on which to perform the discovery, or select the Discover All Servers checkbox to select all servers for the discovery. By default, all device bays and the Discover All Servers checkbox are selected.
To start the discovery process on the selected servers, click Start Manual Discovery.
Manual updates can be initiated for update one or more servers to the designated firmware image versions. To initiate a firmware update on one or more servers, select Manual Firmware Update.
After initiating a manual firmware update the Manual Update Device Bay Selection screen appears. Select one or more device bays on which to perform the update, or select the Update All Servers checkbox to select all servers for the update. By default, all device bays and the Discover All Servers checkbox are selected.
To start the update process on the selected servers, click Start Manual Update.