Aaron Delp’s BladeVault

I have seen this many times and it has been a source of frustration for many IBM Blade customers.  A while back IBM introduced the ability to change the focus of the KVM and media tray from one blade to another from the local keyboard.  Previous to this, you were required to push the button on the front or remotely change the focus from the Management Module Interface.  If you don’t know about this feature, it can be confusing because the keyboard will be unresponsive and seem to lock up.  You can tell when the KVM is in this mode because the num-lock, caps-lock, and scroll lock LEDS will flash in sequence over and over.

In order to return KVM focus back to the blade you are using you are required to press NumLk-NumLk-(blade slot number)-Enter

In order to return media tray focus back to the blade you are using you are required to press NumLk-NumLk-m-(blade slot number)-Enter

Link to IBM BladeCenter KVM Tip

This has recently come to my attention.  A tip has been issued by HP for possible issues with certain c7000 Power Supplies.  Some Power Supplies may need to be replaced.  Please see HP Link for more information.

Link to HP c7000 Power Supply Tip

I recently found this link and I wanted to share.  In addition to the HP Blade Power Calculator I have already blogged about , there is a power calculator for the Proliant Line as well.  I’ve added the link to the Blog Roll on the side as well.

Here is a link to a PDF describing HP Power

Here is the link to the HP Proliant Power Calculator .  They are basically a bunch of spread sheets but it gets the job done.