Servicing HP BladeSystem Solutions: HP2-T26

A customer has a c7000 enclosure that is fully populated with BL680c blades. Two months after the initial installation, the rack initiates a thermal shutdown. When diagnosing the problem, you find there is not enough space to get behind the unit. You pull all the units out but find no problems with the chassis, blades, or their cooling systems.

What is a potential cause for the thermal shutdown?

A. The rack is too close to the cold air outlet. The hot air area is too large, and the cooling system is unable to recirculate the hot air effectively.

B. The blade enclosure's fan system is not strong enough to remove the thermal heat generated in a fully populated enclosure.

C. The cooling system temperature in the data center is set too low This results in the enclosure cooling fan system rotating at a lower RPM and not removing enough of the thermal heat.

D. There is insufficient air circulation causing hot air from the rear of rack to be fed back to the equipment through the front of the rack.

A server has been shutting down sporadically for the past two months. VCRM is not installed and configured. Where can you locate the latest versions of firmware that are available for this server?

A. PSP DVD

B. SmartStart

C. HP website

D. server image file from two months ago

What is a DDR3 Memory population rule to follow for Gen8 servers?

A. If only one processor is installed in a two processor system, only half of the DIMM slots are available.

B. DIMMs of different voltages cannot be mixed in the same bank.

C. DIMMs of different speed grades can be mixed.

D. UDIMMs, RDIMMs, or LRDIMMs can be mixed.