HPE ProLiant Gen8 Servers - Operating System Issues

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2 Environment
3 Resolution
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Operating System Issues

Environment
HPE ProLiant Gen8 Servers

Resolution

VMware

VMware - "sfcb-smx: wantCoreDump:sfcb-smx signal:11 exitCode:0 coredump:enabled" Error And Certain Symptoms May Be
Experienced On HPE ProLiant Gen8 or Gen9 Series Servers Running VMware ESXi 6.5 Using The HPE VMware ESXi 6.5 (Nov2016)
ISO Image
VMware ESXi - The vCenter Hardware Status Tab Does Not Include "DIMM Status" or "iLO Identification Information Sensor" Entries
on HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers With the HP Agentless Management Offline Bundle 9.0.0 or 9.1.0
ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade - VMware ESXi Fails to Install on Server Blade With Graphics Expansion and MultiGPU
Carrier Cards Installed
ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Servers - Certain VMware Operating Systems May Fail to Recognize iSCSI/ FCoE LUN in Legacy Mode on
Systems Configured with an HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLR-SFP+ Adapter
ProLiant MicroServer Gen8- VMware ESXi 5.0 U1/U2- USB Devices Cannot Be Found When a USB Key Is Attached to a USB 3.0 Port
on the VSphere Client
ProLiant DL160 Gen8 Server - HP Intelligent Provisioning 1.00 May Not Install VMware ESXi 5.0 Via iLO Virtual Media, if the Server Is
Configured with AHCI/Legacy SATA
ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server - Time Synchronization Between the ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server and VMware ESXi 5.5 Hypervisor Is
Not Correct When the Server Is Configured With a System ROM Dated 01-14-2014
VMware - HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.0 May Not Complete the Installation on an HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Server or
ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade with an HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter Attached
ProLiant Gen8 Servers - Unable to Edit the Distributed Power Management (DPM) Threshold Settings of DRS Cluster When Using
VMware vSphere vCenter 6.0
Certain HP ProLiant G7 and Gen8 Servers - Systems Utilizing AMD Opteron Processors May Fail to Boot VMware ESXi 5.1 When the
Option for AMD Core Select Is Used
VMware - Incorrect DIMM Information May Display in the SMBIOS Dump File After HP Custom Image for VMware vSphere 5.5 Update
1 Is Installed on an HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server
VMware ESX 4.1 U2 - HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers Configured With AMD Opteron 6200-Series Processors With IOMMU Enabled
(Default) in the ROM-Based Setup Utility (RBSU) May Observe an Error Message After Installing VMware ESX 4.1 U2
ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 Server - SMX_Fan Class Will Provide Incorrect Information When Queried Under VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.1

Microsoft

ProLiant Gen8 and Gen9 Servers- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 May Fail to Boot in UEFI Mode if an Attached External USB
Drive Is Partitioned in Master Boot Record Style and With a Capacity of 2 Terabytes or Greater
ProLiant Gen9 and ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Servers - HP-Branded Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System DVD Media
May Fail to Boot on HP ProLiant Servers with UEFI Boot Mode Enabled
ProLiant Gen8 and ProLiant Gen9 Severs- A Stop 0x7E Bug Check May Be Encountered When Performing the Intelligent Provisioning
Installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1 to a SAN LUN Configured on an HP QMH2572 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Graphics Server Blade - Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows Server
2012 May Be Unable to Enable NVIDIA Grid K1 Or NVIDIA Grid K2 GPUs
ProLiant Gen8 and ProLiant Gen9 Servers - Multiple Library Tape Devices May Be Displayed in the Microsoft Windows Server Device
Manager
ProLiant WS460c Gen8 Workstation Blade - Systems Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2012
May Stop Responding On The "Getting Devices Ready" Screen

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - "P4-Clockmod: Warning: EST-Capable CPU Detected" Messages Logged in /var/log/messages and Dmesg
Output When Collaborative Power Control Is Disabled in RBSU on HP ProLiant Gen8 and Gen9 Servers
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 - Installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Does Not Recognize the Chipset on HP
ProLiant Gen8-Series Servers
Linux -"Mtrr: Type Mismatch" Messages Logged in Dmesg on HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 and HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Servers After

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Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
HP Intelligent Provisioning - "Unable to Find Any Valid Media, Add and Choose Rescan" Message When Attempting To Install SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server on HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Server
Linux - HP ProLiant G7-Series, HP ProLiant Gen8-Series, and HP ProLiant Gen9-Series Servers Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Will Log Thermal Related Error Messages in dmesg That Can Be Ignored
Linux - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2/SP3 Installation May Not Complete When Using Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Virtual
Media on the HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 and HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 Servers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Kernel Panic Occurs when using Insight Diagnostics Pcislotnumber Tool on HP ProLiant Gen 9 Servers and
HP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server Configured In Legacy BIOS Mode with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7
ProLiant G5/G6/G7/Gen8 AMD Servers - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server May Display Certain Powernow-
k8 Error Messages When the ROM-Based Setup Utility Power Regulator Is Set to a Mode Other Than OS Control Mode
Broadcom Active Health System (AHS) Agent Daemon for HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers (hp-tg3sd-1.0.13-1) - The tg3sd Agent Does
Not Install on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 and Dependency Messages Are Displayed
ProLiant Gen8 Server - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Does Not Allow KVM Switches to Synchronize Desktop at 1280x1024
Resolution, Causing a Partial Black Screen
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and 7.1 - Network Installation Using FTP May Take More Than an Hour on HP ProLiant G7, HP ProLiant
Gen8, or HP ProLiant Gen9-Series Servers
Linux - Unable to Power on Virtual Machine (VM) After Assigning a Virtual Function on a NIC With SR-IOV Functionality on an HP
ProLiant Gen8 Series Server Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
Oracle Solaris - Fdisk -E May Not Label Disk EFI and Format May Fail EFI-to-SMI Label Conversion for SATA Devices on HP ProLiant
Gen8-Series Servers Running Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-Port 554x - Intelligent Provisioning Not Able to Detect HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-Port 554x Target LUN, Causing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Installation to Not Detect Target Disk on Certain HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 - Linux Kernel Panics on HP ProLiant G7 or Gen8-Series Server With AMD Opteron 4200 or 6200-Series
Processor When Configured to Run in HP Dynamic Power Savings, HP Static Low Power, or HP Static High Performance Mode
HP Integrity Superdome X with BL920s Gen8 Server Blades - Running Oprofile (System-Wide Statistical Profiling Tool for Linux)
Causes BL920s Gen8 Systems With Six to Eight Blades to Stop Responding on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Linux - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Displays an Unsupported Hardware Dialog Box at the Beginning of the Installation on an HP
ProLiant Gen8-Series Server Configured With an Intel E3-xxxx v2 Xeon Processor
HP Integrity Superdome X with BL920s Gen8 Server Blades - Many CPUs Rapidly Placed in the Offline State May Disable kdump on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 - HP Static Power Regulator Modes Are Ignored Under Certain Linux
Distributions on HP ProLiant G7-Series or HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Server That Are Configured With an Intel Processor
ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 Servers - Installation Of HP Intelligent Provisioning Version 1.50 on HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 Servers
Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 Will Fail
ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Server - Under SMH->System->Expansion Bus Page, Adapter Information Is Displayed Incorrectly in Oracle
Linux 6.4 with Management Component Pack (MCP) Version 9.5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 - kdump May Not Complete on an HPE ProLiant DL385p Gen8 Server or an HPE ProLiant
BL465c Gen8 Server Blade When the IOMMU Is Enabled
ProLiant Gen8 Servers - HP Intel-Based 10Gb Network Adapters Unable to Attach Virtual Function to the Guest Operating Systems
With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - snmpwalk Returns Status "INTEGER: 1" for Fan Value on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 and HP ProLiant
DL380e Gen8 Servers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 and 5.10 - HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 servers with Intel 10Gb NICs installed Display "No Link Present"
Message
Oracle Solaris - HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Servers Running Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 May Panic, PXE Installation May Fail, and/or NIC
Ports May Stop Responding
ProLiant SL270s Gen8 Server - IP Over Infiniband (IPoIB) Performance Degradation on HP ConnectX-3 Network Adapters When
"Intel_iommu" Feature Is Enabled With the Virtualization Feature of the Processor ("VT-d") on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ProLiant Gen8 Server Blades: HP Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapters - Configuring More Than Forty-Five Virtual Functions
Under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x with Single Root I/O Virtualization Enabled May Cause Linux to Halt Unexpectedly
ProLiant SL270s Gen8 Server - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Does Not Install With Default Installer Option on HP ProLiant SL270s
Gen8 Server if NVIDIA GPU Is Configured
Oracle Solaris - a Panic May Occur Due to Issues Related to the Network Layer or NIC Ports May Stop Responding on HP ProLiant
Gen8-Series Servers Running Oracle Solaris 10 8/11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 KVM - an HP NC332i Network Server Adapter Is Unable to Obtain An IP Address After the Adapter Is
Detached From the Host OS Then Attached to the Guest OS on an HP ProLiant Gen8 Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 - When Performing an Lspci Command on an HP ProLiant Gen8-Series Server With the HP Integrated-
Lights Out 4 (ILO 4), the Output Will Display iLO3
Oracle Solaris 10 8/11- HP ProLiant BL660c Gen8 Server Blade Running on Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Can Support Maximum of Two HP
530(X) 10GbE Adapters When Connected to a Flex-10 Environment
Oracle Solaris - Installation of Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Does Not List Server Logical Volumes When Installing on an HP ProLiant BL-
Series Gen8 Server Blade Connected to a Storage Blade
ProLiant BL460c Gen8, BL2x220c G7, BL460c G7, BL490c G7, DL160 Gen8, DL360p Gen8, DL380p Gen8, and ML350p Gen8 Servers
- Oracle Solaris 10 GUI Does Not Start After Installation

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ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 - VLAN-Tagged Bonded Interfaces On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 May Fail To Reply To Ping Requests
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (x86) Xen - HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 and HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 Servers Running Hpvsa
Version 1.2.6-22 Will Stop Responding and Display cmaeventd Failed Messages
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2/SP3 - Keyboard and/or Mouse Stop Responding After Resetting Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
When Using Virtual Media Via the iLO IRC on HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 or ProLiant DL320e Gen8 v2 Server

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