DELL Blades iDRAC Not Ready error

Posted on May 12th, 2009 in Other, Server Blades by Gil Kreslavsky

You receive iDRAC not ready error when trying to open iDRAC or change network settings on Dell Server blades

The resolution I found was

  • Power off the problematic server.
  • Pull it out from blades Enclosure.
  • After you put it back and server boots it should solve the problem.

HP Blade Power Supply # Status has changed to: Unknown

Posted on January 31st, 2008 in HP, Server Blades by Gil Kreslavsky

If you experience such problem .
For example
“ Enclosure, “1″, has detected that a power supply in bay 6 has changed from status OK to Unknown.”

Go to HP and download latest HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator Firmware

Note:Before updating enclosure firmware be shure to update all blades ILO to resent version.
If you skip that step you may experience with disconnection problems when connecting to blades.

"The Integrated Remote Console is unavailable; it is already in use by a different client."

Posted on January 6th, 2008 in HP, Other, Server Blades by Gil Kreslavsky

This is Common problem in HP server blades default configuration. The default setting locks ILO and you see that message till you reset ILO.

To fix the problem go to Problematic Blade >ILO >Web administration

Remote console>Settings and change Remote Console Acquire to Enabled