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EBSU changes EFI Boot menu Issue Servers Workaround If EBSU runs from vMedia, it changes the EFI Boot menu Internal Bootable DVD to point to the vMedia device. sx2000, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade Using the EFI Boot Manager, chose Boot Configuration and modify the Internal Bootable DVD menu entry with the correct device path. Foundation Agents Memory leak generated by Foundation Agents Issue Servers Workaround If a hardware communication problem exists with the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), the Foundation Agents service (cqmghost.exe) might continually increase its memory usage. The underlying Application Programming Interface (API) requests memory and fails to deallocate it during the BMC hardware error condition. All Integrity When unacceptable memory usage is reached, reset the BMC using the MP user interface or restart the Foundation Agent service. If this does not resolve the issue, it might be necessary to contact hardware support. This issue will be resolved in a future release of the HP Smart Setup CD. Hard Disk Configuration Disk configuration lost after reboot Issue Servers Workaround When configuring a boot LUN in EBSU Express Install using a direct connect configuration to an MSA1000, the storage hard disk device configuration may be lost after rebooting the system. All Integrity The Emulex FC EFI driver (minimum rev. 3.11a4) has a Device Discovery delay function. Go to Setup Utility > Configure Boot Parameters and change the Delay Device Discovery parameter to 30. HP c-Class Blade System Infrastructure Onboard Administrator displays wrong CPU Issue Servers Workaround The Onboard Administrator displays wrong CPU information for the c-Class enclosure where the HP Integrity BL860c or BL870c Server Blade resides. It incorrectly reports that the CPU is Dual Core instead of Single Core. HP Integrity BL860c and BL870c Server Blades There is no workaround for this problem. BL870c SAS controller supports only one mirror Issue Servers Workaround The embedded SAS controller on the BL870c Server Blade can only support one mirror. The mirror can be a two-drive mirror or a two-drive mirror with a hot spare. Although there are four total drive bays available in the BL870c, you can use only three of them (maximum) because of this limitation. HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade There is no workaround for this problem. 26 Release 5.5 Overview

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EBSU changes EFI Boot menu
Issue
If EBSU runs from vMedia, it changes the EFI Boot menu
Internal Bootable
DVD
to point to the vMedia device.
Servers
sx2000, rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2660, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade,
HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade
Workaround
Using the EFI Boot Manager, chose
Boot Configuration
and modify the
Internal
Bootable DVD
menu entry with the correct device path.
Foundation Agents
Memory leak generated by Foundation Agents
Issue
If a hardware communication problem exists with the Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC), the Foundation Agents service (
cqmghost.exe
) might
continually increase its memory usage. The underlying Application
Programming Interface (API) requests memory and fails to deallocate it during
the BMC hardware error condition.
Servers
All Integrity
Workaround
When unacceptable memory usage is reached, reset the BMC using the MP user
interface or restart the Foundation Agent service. If this does not resolve the
issue, it might be necessary to contact hardware support. This issue will be
resolved in a future release of the HP Smart Setup CD.
Hard Disk Configuration
Disk configuration lost after reboot
Issue
When configuring a boot LUN in EBSU Express Install using a direct connect
configuration to an MSA1000, the storage hard disk device configuration may
be lost after rebooting the system.
Servers
All Integrity
Workaround
The Emulex FC EFI driver (minimum rev. 3.11a4) has a Device Discovery delay
function. Go to
Setup Utility > Configure Boot Parameters
and change the
Delay Device Discovery
parameter to 30.
HP c-Class Blade System Infrastructure
Onboard Administrator displays wrong CPU
Issue
The Onboard Administrator displays wrong CPU information for the c-Class
enclosure where the HP Integrity BL860c or BL870c Server Blade resides. It
incorrectly reports that the CPU is Dual Core instead of Single Core.
Servers
HP Integrity BL860c and BL870c Server Blades
Workaround
There is no workaround for this problem.
BL870c SAS controller supports only one mirror
Issue
The embedded SAS controller on the BL870c Server Blade can only support one
mirror. The mirror can be a two-drive mirror or a two-drive mirror with a hot
spare. Although there are four total drive bays available in the BL870c, you can
use only three of them (maximum) because of this limitation.
Servers
HP Integrity BL870c Server Blade
Workaround
There is no workaround for this problem.
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Release 5.5 Overview