I have an hp proliant DL360 G6 server that was 1 year stopped..
I turned it on last week and it was working just fine. So i left it working during the weekend.
On Monday when i returned i notice that it was on suspension mode. I tried to bring it back to life but no results.
So i turned it off by pressing the button, when i turned it on again it wont boot and no post. I only gives me a long beep continuosly. I have changed the memorys, processor and fans are runing fine. The internal leds on MB are all green but i have a blinking green led next to the memory slots 1. On front the power button led is green but the health led is blinking red.
Note: I have changed the hard disks when i turned it on the first time one year and it was working perfectly fine.
HP ProLiant DL360 G6 won’t boot
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Well, you're trying to troubleshoot a circa 2006-2008 server that's fallen outside of its normal hardware warranty...
Internal health LED means just that. Internal health. Could be RAM, system board, CPU/CPU socket. You're also at the age where the system board battery could use a refresh. Nowhere in your post here did I see any indication of opening the server and reseating the components. Normally, that's the first step.
Now, outside of that, I recommended that you download the bootable HP Firmware DVD and run it on the system in your previous question. Did you do this?
If all else fails, you can call HP and talk to a tech. I don't know if you're in the US, so I won't post a direct number... but you can usually get fairly far in phone troubleshooting... but still, they'll ask you to update your firmware. So please do that first.
Edit:
You said that you received several of these old servers at the same time. Try swapping components or booting with a minimal set of components. One CPU, 1 or 2 DIMMs to start. And work up from there. At a certain point, though, how much is your time worth? This is a server that can be found for < $200US on the used market. If there's a problem with it, get a different one.
So, after bringing a third system into the mix, and experiencing the same issue, we began to question the environment. I dug up a copy of the HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide and found the POST problems flowchart shown below.
Carefully running through the steps in the chart, we realized that the one constant across all of the servers was a KVM switch attached to the data center crash cart. This was a consumer-class USB-enabled KVM. As per the highlighted node in the flowchart, Do you have known good KVM?, I could not answer conclusively.
So, we unplugged the servers from the KVM switch and ran an automated boot, sleep 300; reboot sequence in rc.local. The servers had no issues with this, regardless of the normal DIMM, low-voltage DIMMs, PSU wattage, etc.
This was all the result of a poor interaction with a USB KVM switch. By virtue that this was the console, it ensured we'd see the failure if we were looking for it. Self-fulfilling...
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Best Answer
Please examine the ILO log and the IML log. The server will tell you exactly what's wrong.
But really, I wonder if you may have caused another issue while swapping components looking for a solution. If you're seeing an error on a particular DIMM slot, there may actually be a problem with the CPU socket for the processor associated with that memory bank.
Inspect the LGA socket for bent pins.
Short of that, there is a very well-known troubleshooting process for these servers. Try following the decision tree in this link and see if it helps the process.
You can also just call HP directly for help.