Before Installation
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You need the following additional HP components:
- HP Smart Array P400 3GB SAS Controller
(HP Part# 405132-B21)
Please Note:
You can also use HP Smart Array P600 SAS controller (HP
Part# 337972-B21). But P400 is ideal low cost Raid
controller for running internal hard drives.
- 2x HP SAS 4i to Mini SAS 4i 31 inch/.79 meter cable (HP
Part # 411100-B21).
This is used to connect SA-P400 Controller to the HP
ProLiant ML 350 G6 drive backplane.
Standard Industry Label is - Internal Mini SFF-8087 to
SFF-8484 SAS Cable.
For Wiring details please see:
ftp://ftpput.sco.com/tmp/support/G6/G6_SmartArray_Wiring.zip
If you where using a Adaptec or LSI SAS raid controller
for the boot Disk, then you make sure you get the correct
internal SAS cables for them.
Pre Installation
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- Plug the HP P400 card onto any free PCI-E Slot
- Use the internal SFF-8087/8484 HP SAS cable and rewire
the disk drive backplane to the P400 controller.
- Upgrade the ML350 G6 BIOS to the latest (BIOS release
D22 07/24/2009)
- Upgrade the HP Smart array P400 firmware to latest
release (current 6.86B - 16 Jul 2009)
- Make the HP P400 the first boot controller in the server
BIOS.
- Important:
DO NOT DISABLE THE HP P410i SAS Controller in the BIOS.
Even though it is not used, disabling it will prevent a server warm
reboot from functioning.
It will result in the server being powered down.
It is recommended to leave the onboard P410i enabled within the
server's BIOS.
Software Required
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- SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Install CD July 2005 recut
- SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 "wd" BTLD version 3.0
- SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 5 (MP5)
- SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Symmetrical MultiProcessing supplement oss674a
- SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 USB Floppy Driver supplement OSS673a
All above are available at:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/osr507list.html
- HP "hpsas" HBA driver from EFS 5.790a (available from
http://www.hp.com/support or contact SCO Support)
Direct ftp URL link is:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/software1/pubsw-linux/p308000909/v43929/EFS-5.790a-osr5.tar.Z
- Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5700 series Gigabit Ethernet SCO
Osr507 Drivers ver. 10.0.3 available at:
ftp://ftpput.sco.com/tmp/support/drivers/network/broadcom/osr5/bcme/sco-10.0.3.zip
Warning:
Do not use the latest "bcme" driver version 10.4.3 whether
it is from HP EFS 5.790a or SCO, Broadcom download site.
This Driver version causes OSr507 + SMP to panic on heavy
network load on the ML350 G6 with a lock timeout panic in
bcmewsrv.
Installation
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Please Note:
The ML 350 G6 does not come with a Legacy 1.44 MB floppy
drive, therefore you need a USB Floppy drive to load the
additional BTLDs.
You need to have both SCO "wd" ver. 3.0 BTLD and HP EFS
"hpsas" ver 5.790a BTLD on a separate floppy diskette.
- Connect a USB Floppy drive to the ML 350 G6
- Power on the ML350 G6 server with OSR507 Install CD
and at the Boot prompt enter the following boot string:
Boot
:defbootstr link="hpsas wd"
Both "hpsas" and "wd" BTLD will be loaded via USB Floppy Drive.
- Defer networking (will be done in POST INSTALLATION)
- At some point the ISL will then try to access the floppy
drive in order to extract the content of the "hpsas and
wd" BTLD to the hard drive and will fail an error:
The BTLD package will now be extracted
mount: Bad address
Please select the floppy device you are using
(1) /dev/fd0
(2) /dev/fd1
To fix, have the "hpsas" BTLD first in the USB Floppy
Drive and choose (2) for /dev/fd1.
Do the same for extracting the "wd" BTLD.
Installation will continue to the end.
Post Installation
-----------------
Very Important:
In the case you have 2x Quad core CPU and before you
install the OSr507 SMP software, you need to carry out
the following changes in the BIOS.
Power On the ML 350-G6 and enter the BIOS (F9) and change
the following setting:
System Options --> Processor Options --> Processor Core Disable
And change from "All Core Enabled" to "Half Core Enabled"
This will disable 2 cores on each physical Quad CPU giving
a total of 4 core CPU (4 logical CPU).
Please Note that OpenServer 5.0.7 scales up to a maximum
of 4 Logical CPU.
If you fail to do that, OSR507 boot process will hang
(loop) after installing SMP software with this warning
message just after the USB stack gets initialized
"WARNING: wd(1) now using polled interface"
On this hardware, the SCO OSr507 "wd" driver has issues
with SMP installed when all logical CPU where active.
If you have just single Quad Core CPU, then you do not
need to carry out the BIOS changes above.
- Install OpenServer 5.0.7 SMP software and license the
2nd physical CPU in "scoadmin license" Manager.
If you have single Quad core, then no need to have an
additional CPU license when installing the SMP software.
- Install OpenServer 5.0.7 MP5
Please Note:
Make sure you deselect the updated "wd" driver that is part of MP5,
as this is older release then the current installed 3.0.
When you expand the MP5 list in custom manager, the updated "wd"
driver in MP5 will be listed as rs507d - SCO Wd Driver Update (id
rs507d.Wd522.1.2a)
If you accidentally installed MP5 wd update driver, then you need to
reinstall "wd" ver 3.0 again.
- Install SCO OSr507 Symmetrical Multiprocessing
supplement oss674a (IMPORTANT)
Please Note:
If you fail to install this supplement, then SCO OSr507 SMP kernel
will interpretate each CPU Core as a physical CPU.
This means, you would need an additional 3 CPU OSR507 license for
OSR507 to work on all 4 Logical CPUs.
This supplement fixes this issue.
- Install SCO OSr057 USB Floppy Driver supplement OSS673a
(MP5 introduced a bug to the USB SCSI floppy driver "Sflp" ).
- Install Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5700 series Gigabit
Ethernet Drivers ver.10.0.3.
Then configure the networking.
Please note, that you have to disable the ASF on the embedded
HP NC326i NIC.
Refer to Technical Article 126083 for more details http://www.sco.com/ta/126083
SEE ALSO:
Technical Article 127507 - How to install SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 on the
new HP Proliant ML350 G6?
Technical Article 127508 - How to install SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 on the
new HP Proliant ML350 G6?
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