Re: [Wg-test-framework] servers w/Hardware problem

["Paul L. George\(Office\)" <pgeorge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian, 

I will also get the identical drives for systems that were missing the
additional hard drives.  Since I never charged for them there will be some
nominal charge for the additional drives.  The charges will be minimal
because I will charge the foundation my costs.  I suspect we are looking at
between $200 - $300 for all 4 drives.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Jackson [mailto:Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 12:34 PM
To: Paul L. George; Lars Kurth; wg-test-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Wg-test-framework] servers w/Hardware problem

Ian Jackson writes ("Re: [Wg-test-framework] servers w/Hardware problem"):
> FAOD "the Dells" must refer to elbling0 and elbling1 which are Dell 
> PowerEdge R320s and "the HP" refers to merlot0 which is an HP DL385p.
...
> The symptom is that the boot settings in the BIOS loses the network, 
> or that the network option ends up later than the hard disk.  After 
> this, the PXE-based autoinstallation fails.

I just spoke to Paul on the phone.  He reports that:

 * Paul found a BIOS update for the Dells which he hopes will fix the
   problem.  Personally I think it is more likely to be a hardware
   problem with the CMOS battery.

   But, we agreed that when Paul has finished updating the BIOS we
   will put the machines back and see if the problem is cured.  (The
   most practical approach for testing this is probably to simply put
   them back into service.)

   Paul will email us to let us know when they're ready for Credativ
   to collect and put back.

 * Paul also mentioned the HP machine, merlot0.  I'm afraid that I
   didn't quite catch what he said about this, but I think he
   suggested he had replaced the CMOS battery and that therefore this
   machine is (or will soon be) also hopefully fixed.

Thanks,
Ian.


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