An HP Proliant DL380e Gen8 BIOS P73 (03/01/2013) using iLO4 suffers from USB CD/DVD drive boot issues after a reboot, as described in HP Advisory c02707749. External USB DVD drive details are:
Product ID: 0x0719 Vendor ID: 0x05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.) Version: 0.09 Serial Number: 33 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Location ID: 0x1d111000 / 12 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 96
Our workaround is to 'Restore Default System Settings'. Then it is possible to boot from the external USB DVD drive again.
Is there anyone that has found a better workaround or solution to boot an HP Proliant from USB DVD drive?
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Yes, there is a better approach to booting your server from physical media than resetting your BIOS to factory settings every time.
Dec 11, 2017 This video is showing step by step how we can make Boot able USB for an HP Servers (Generation 9 & 10). You will found a bit difference in making USB for Windows & servers.
HP ProLiant Gen8 Server Series:
USB Boot Support USB Boot Support controls whether the system boots from USB devices connected to the server. When disabled, this option also disables booting of iLO virtual media. Options include:
• Enabled (default) • Disabled
Booting from USB device:
Try with front and rear USB ports in the server.
Booting into a External USB hard drive may not be supported.
Avoid using USB hub while tring to boot.
Make sure USB key has bootable files.
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Using one of the two front side USB connectors over one of the four USB connectors on the back side of the ProLiant DL380e server, improves the boot from USB DVD drive reliability to near 100%.
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Hi!
I've had some problems related to install esxi 5.5 on my hp proliant microserver.. usb keyboard, but i solved that by connecting another keyboard, an old labtec keyboard.
Seems esxi isn't compatible with logitech g510.. BUT i have another problem. My server wont boot with my usb key esxi installation any longer. It was also like this before i changed the keyboard so that isnt the issue. Server boots fine and then i get the message: 'Remove disk or Media Press a key to reboot'
This have worked fine just a couple a days ago. The usb boot work OK on my Hp workstation..
I have a windows server 2008R2 installed on the server, but the usb boot was working fine when that OS is installed.. So nothing has really changed, it just stopped wanted to boot with usb key.. I've loaded the default bios setting to.. Im lost here please help !