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    Unresponsive HP Proliant DL385 G7

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    • Reid CooperR
      Reid Cooper
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      It would seem rather likely after all of that and from following the chart that the motherboard is probably what has failed.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Yeah, that's what I am afraid of.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Both PSUs are flashing green. That's the latest update.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Sadly the flowcart does not tell me what flashing green means 😞

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            • nadnerBN
              nadnerB
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              I'm guessing that ILO isn't accessible either?

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              • nadnerBN
                nadnerB
                last edited by

                As dumb as it sounds did you try pulling the power cables, holding the power button in for 20 seconds and then plugging the power cables in?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @nadnerB
                  last edited by

                  @nadnerB said:

                  I'm guessing that ILO isn't accessible either?

                  Strangely, it is pingable, but not responsive 😞

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @nadnerB
                    last edited by

                    @nadnerB said:

                    As dumb as it sounds did you try pulling the power cables, holding the power button in for 20 seconds and then plugging the power cables in?

                    They say that they did that, but who knows.

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by dafyre

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @nadnerB said:

                      As dumb as it sounds did you try pulling the power cables, holding the power button in for 20 seconds and then plugging the power cables in?

                      They say that they did that, but who knows.

                      If you are on site, and you didn't do it, assume it didn't happen, lol.

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                      • J
                        jrewolinski
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                        Reaching....that rack looks pretty empty....so is anything else connected to the same power source working? You're right, the manuals say nothing about flashing green LEDs. Just that green is good.

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                        • gjacobseG
                          gjacobse @jrewolinski
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                          @jrewolinski said:

                          Reaching....that rack looks pretty empty....so is anything else connected to the same power source working? You're right, the manuals say nothing about flashing green LEDs. Just that green is good.

                          Yes- there was another appliance attached to the rack. Which was reachable.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @jrewolinski
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                            @jrewolinski said:

                            Reaching....that rack looks pretty empty....so is anything else connected to the same power source working? You're right, the manuals say nothing about flashing green LEDs. Just that green is good.

                            No idea what else was in the rack, @Minion-Queen was physically at the DC two hours ago so might have some insight to that. The servers (there were two but only one failed) are being moved internationally right now and should be at the facilities here in the US in about two hours.

                            Hopefully we will have the HP engineer on the phone soon and can ask about the flashing green LEDs. We will also have it hooked up somewhere where we can open it up, inspect it, poke around, reseat everything possible, look for burned up caps, etc.

                            Right now it is deracked and idle. So we are in "wait and see" mode. HP has been responding and is being kept in the loop.

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              This document has the flowchart for problem resolution...

                              http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02118792.pdf

                              Seems to be lacking a percussive maintenance step....

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Here is a video of the lights as they don't match any of HP's diagnostic lists...

                                Youtube Video

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse
                                  last edited by

                                  Do we have a current spec sheet for what is internal? CPU etc?

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Not handy, no.

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                                    • gjacobseG
                                      gjacobse
                                      last edited by

                                      have you tried yanking everything from the system? See if it will post?

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                                      • nadnerBN
                                        nadnerB @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        Here is a video of the lights as they don't match any of HP's diagnostic lists...

                                        Youtube Video

                                        That thing has lost it's mind.

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                                        • gjacobseG
                                          gjacobse
                                          last edited by

                                          Regrettably, I'm starting to lean towards it being the MOBO.

                                          However, HP may say differently.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            It was the motherboard. Tested the PSUs this morning with replacements and no issues with the originals. Swapped out the motherboard and the baby fired right up. We are currently recovering everything and anticipate zero data loss. No need to even fall back to the backups.

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