Beside UNIX, OpenVMS is one of the oldest but still actively developed operating systems. Since its introduction back in 1977 for the VAX architecture (Virtual Address Extension) it already survided two major platform switches: DEC Alpha … Read more
If you‘re also working in IT, you will know the problem: new software always brings new requirements and at some point even powerful hardware is not adequate anymore. Even for private use-cases it might be … Read more
Recently I needed access to a HP Management Processor (MP) without knowing the appropriate IP address. A possibility is to utilize a serial connection to the MP – but this is kinda complicated if you … Read more
New HP Smart Array controllers built into a HP Integrity machine are basically unconfigured. When running the EFI Shell, you will probably see the following message: HP Smart Array P800 Controller (version 7.22) 0 Logical … Read more
When a RAID controllers cache battery fails it is a benefit if you can gather the spare part number without any downtime. If your server is equipped with a HP SmartArray controller you can easily … Read more
A couple of months ago I installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a dedicated hard drive of my HP Integrity RX2600 servers. Because the installation programm doesn’t support the native Management Processor console I had … Read more
Reading the World Wide Name (WWN) / World Wide Identifier (WWID) of a controller or a LUN is not always easy unter HP-UX – depending on the release. Especially under the older releases 11.11 and … Read more
A few days ago I wanted to use my HP C8000 workstation after a long time – but a defect changed my plans. Instead of showing the Boot Console Handler (BCH) the C8000 only presented … Read more
Especially in older PA-RISC and Itanium machines HP Tachyon XL2 hostbus adapters can be found. If you want to know the associated HP part number (e.g. if you need to compare a support matrix) you … Read more
Die Tage habe ich gelesen, dass HP CEO Meg Whitman im Juni einen Anlass zu provokativen Gerüchten gegeben hat. Ich beziehe mich hier auf eine Aussage um die Zukunft von HP-UX, bei der man freudig … Read more
