[Info-vax] BL890 i2 / c3000 enclosure help

[Gianluca Bonetti]

On Friday, 9 September 2022 at 15:38:50 UTC+2, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 9/8/2022 12:04 PM, Gianluca Bonetti wrote:
> > Hello 
> > 
> > I recently got a cheap second hand BL890 i2 which I planned to install inside a c3000 enclosure I had sitting in a corner for years. 
> > The C3000 powers up and detects very much of the four BL890 blades however, it fails to power them up and they show in "degraded" status.
> What happens if you separate the CPUs and try to power on a single IA64 blade, 
> rather than the conjoined BL890? 
> 
> -- 
> 
> --- Rob

Hi!
The enclosure recognises them as being monarch and auxiliary, in not partnered configuration.

As this BL890 is coming from second hand market, it was missing the documentation.
I managed to find a document named "HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c i2, & BL890c i2 Server Blade Installation Guide" which I should use for setting it up properly.
It seems indeed I have to inser one at time, and let them get an IP address, then insert the other, and only when completed insert the front backplane.

Unfortunately, my holiday spare time finished and I'll have to go back to my real job in software development.
I'll come back to hardware playtime later on in september

Thanks for interest in my troubles! :)
I'll keep the group posted!

Cheers
Gianluca