Hello everoyne,
I am new to the forum and I believe that this is an appropriate place to ask this question. Although, if you feel that there is another place that is more suitable, please let me know.
We have recently acquired a used BladeCenter S 8886. We have been attempting to set it up for the past few days; however, we have not had much progress.
Basically, what is happening is that when you turn on the server, there is a black screen and it stays as a black screen. For now, we are only using one of the blades. The error codes indicate everything is fine but there is no video output. We have attempted to cycle through the KVM; however, there is nothing. On the keyboard, the NUM lock, CAPS lock and SCROLL lock indicators are either flashing or cycling through. WE are connecting the monitor to the advance management module. Along with the keyboard and mouse
Reading the manual, we have been trying to connect to the server via ssh but this has not yielded any results. We also pressed the rest on the module to restore back to factory default settings
I think I overheard someone say that I would need to connect to the serial port on the back in order to first set it up; however, the serial port is blocked off. This means one of two things, the original owner placed this plug in so that someone doesn't accidentally connect this port to the internet or it is non-functional. Probable the first instead of the second.
However, I would like to turn to the community to ask what is the best approach to set this sever up? Should I attempt to the connect to the serial port or is there a better method?
Thank you for your assistance
I am new to the forum and I believe that this is an appropriate place to ask this question. Although, if you feel that there is another place that is more suitable, please let me know.
We have recently acquired a used BladeCenter S 8886. We have been attempting to set it up for the past few days; however, we have not had much progress.
Basically, what is happening is that when you turn on the server, there is a black screen and it stays as a black screen. For now, we are only using one of the blades. The error codes indicate everything is fine but there is no video output. We have attempted to cycle through the KVM; however, there is nothing. On the keyboard, the NUM lock, CAPS lock and SCROLL lock indicators are either flashing or cycling through. WE are connecting the monitor to the advance management module. Along with the keyboard and mouse
Reading the manual, we have been trying to connect to the server via ssh but this has not yielded any results. We also pressed the rest on the module to restore back to factory default settings
I think I overheard someone say that I would need to connect to the serial port on the back in order to first set it up; however, the serial port is blocked off. This means one of two things, the original owner placed this plug in so that someone doesn't accidentally connect this port to the internet or it is non-functional. Probable the first instead of the second.
However, I would like to turn to the community to ask what is the best approach to set this sever up? Should I attempt to the connect to the serial port or is there a better method?
Thank you for your assistance
