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Device Drivers Missing driver affects Virtual Machines Issue The HP Integrity Baseboard Management Controller Device Driver must be installed on all VMs for the HP Integrity VM Provider to function correctly on these systems. The baseboard Management Controller driver (also known as the HP Health Driver) automatically installs from the Support Pack and Reinstall Media, or can be manually installed from the HP Smart Setup CD. Servers All Integrity Workaround To manually check for the IPMI driver open the Windows Device Manager by right-clicking My Computer, and selecting Manage > Device Manager. The IPMI is located under System Devices as the HP Baseboard Management Controller IPMI Device (HP Baseboard Management Controller Interface Device is an older name for this driver). If the driver is missing, install it from the HP Smart Setup CD. Drivers missing from Microsoft media Issue If you installed the operating system from Microsoft media, you must also install device drivers for the HP Integrity server for all devices displaying a yellow exclamation mark (!) icon in the system device manager. These drivers are available on the HP Smart Setup CD. Servers All Integrity Workaround To install a device driver from the HP Smart Setup CD: 1. Insert the HP Smart Setup CD in the server CD/DVD drive. 2. Read the End User License Agreement. If you agree to the terms of the license agreement, click Agree to continue. 3. Run the Windows Device Manager, and click View > Devices by Type to list the system devices. 4. Expand the Other devices entry. This displays a list of all devices whose drivers were not found during installation of the operating system. Some of these devices may have a specific name, while others appear as Unknown Device. Each item is indicated by a small yellow exclamation mark icon next to its name. 5. Right-click the first item, and select Update Driver from the context menu. 6. In the Hardware Update Wizard screen, select Install the software automatically and click Next. 7. If a warning dialog appears stating the driver is not digitally signed, ignore the message. This is not an issue. Click Next to continue. 8. When successful installation is indicated, click Finish. Driver roll back causes crash Issue If SecurePath software is installed and you attempt to roll back from the Storport device driver to the SCSIport driver, the system crashes with a blue screen. Servers All Integrity Workaround This is an operating system bug. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base article #903081, titled Storport Update at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903081. prlntss.sys installation issue Issue The U320 Event notification driver (prlntss.sys) does not install correctly after a Support Pack installation following an operating system installation Troubleshooting Common Issues 19

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Device Drivers
Missing driver affects Virtual Machines
Issue
The HP Integrity Baseboard Management Controller Device Driver must be
installed on all VMs for the HP Integrity VM Provider to function correctly on
these systems. The baseboard Management Controller driver (also known as
the HP Health Driver) automatically installs from the Support Pack and Reinstall
Media, or can be manually installed from the HP Smart Setup CD.
Servers
All Integrity
Workaround
To manually check for the IPMI driver open the Windows Device Manager by
right-clicking
My Computer
, and selecting
Manage > Device Manager.
The
IPMI is located under System Devices as the HP Baseboard Management
Controller IPMI Device (HP Baseboard Management Controller Interface Device
is an older name for this driver). If the driver is missing, install it from the HP
Smart Setup CD.
Drivers missing from Microsoft media
Issue
If you installed the operating system from Microsoft media, you must also install
device drivers for the HP Integrity server for all devices displaying a yellow
exclamation mark (!) icon in the system device manager. These drivers are
available on the HP Smart Setup CD.
Servers
All Integrity
Workaround
To install a device driver from the HP Smart Setup CD:
1.
Insert the HP Smart Setup CD in the server CD/DVD drive.
2.
Read the End User License Agreement. If you agree to the terms of the
license agreement, click
Agree
to continue.
3.
Run the Windows Device Manager, and click
View > Devices by Type
to
list the system devices.
4.
Expand the
Other devices
entry. This displays a list of all devices whose
drivers were not found during installation of the operating system. Some
of these devices may have a specific name, while others appear as
Unknown
Device
. Each item is indicated by a small yellow exclamation mark icon
next to its name.
5.
Right-click the first item, and select
Update Driver
from the context menu.
6.
In the Hardware Update Wizard screen, select
Install the software
automatically
and click
Next
.
7.
If a warning dialog appears stating the driver is not digitally signed, ignore
the message. This is not an issue. Click
Next
to continue.
8.
When successful installation is indicated, click
Finish
.
Driver roll back causes crash
Issue
If SecurePath software is installed and you attempt to roll back from the Storport
device driver to the SCSIport driver, the system crashes with a blue screen.
Servers
All Integrity
Workaround
This is an operating system bug. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base article
#903081, titled
Storport Update
at
.
prlntss.sys installation issue
Issue
The U320 Event notification driver (
prlntss.sys
) does not install correctly
after a Support Pack installation following an operating system installation
Troubleshooting Common Issues
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