RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Automatic restart after power failure - Proliant 1850R

[Goran Jovanovic]

Dave,   I had this problem with some older Dell’s and APC software. It was the older Dell’s that were running Windows Server 2003 that would not reboot. The identical Dell’s that were running Windows 2000 Server were just fine. There was even a case of one Dell that was Win2K which we upgraded to Win2K3 that used to reboot and then didn’t. After much discussion with APC and some with Dell it all boiled down to something in 2003 was handling the power switch differently and there had to be a BIOS change to deal with it and Dell was not going to put one out due to machine age etc etc so the answer was live with it.   I have a vague recollection that there may have been a fix from MS but cannot really remember.   Goran Jovanovic Omega Network Solutions     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:06 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Automatic restart after power failure - Proliant 1850R   Good question. I will check. Thanks.   -d   ----- Original Message ----- From: Gil Pleczynski To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:01 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Automatic restart after power failure - Proliant 1850R   Way back I had an 1850r do this and could never figure it out. I later flashed the bios to a newer revision for another issue and it seemed to fix the restart problem. Maybe it was a fluke or the bois was corrupt but I have not had a problem since. Do all your Proliants have the same bios revision?   Hope this helps,   Gil      From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:39 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Automatic restart after power failure - Proliant 1850R OK, here's one for those of you with long memories....   I have several Proliant 1850Rs on line. They were all configured with Smart Start, and all appear to have the same BIOS settings, including the advanced settings accessible after hitting Ctrl-A. The board switches are set the same on all machines.   All but one restart automatically after a power failure. One does not, and I cannot find anything relating to this behavior in the BIOS settings or online at HP.  A query to their support forum turned up another user with the same issue, and no response from anyone to the question.   Does anybody here remember how to set this?   -Dave Doherty  Skywaves, Inc.