Hi,
Recently we were flashing the firmware of few of our HP Proliant BL460c G9 blades.
One of the blades seemed to finish flashing the firmware (BIOS/Power Controller/iLO) and I went on to reboot it.
However when I tried to reboot it the blade never finished posting (it never got on to the second post screen).
The solution is very simple. Run the reset BIOS procedure (dip 6 on, blade power on, wait until you see messages on the screen saying you can turn the blade off, reset dip). Whola….the machine will finish the boot process š
Also – during the firmware update process, don’t worry if the machine will reboot a couple of times after you reboot it when you have finished flashing…it is normal!
Bgrds,
FOG
FOG, Thank You for this info. I have been trying to figure this out for more than a full work day. I finally googled with -> “POST Code: 711” +bl460c gen9 -dl360 <- and got one single result . . . . yours.
To cause the problem, I performed an upgrade to SPP-2016.10.0. Upon reboot all 12 blades hung at "Starting drivers. Please wait, this may take a few moments ….". They stayed at that point all night long. I upgraded the OA, then the VC, still same. It would not even get to the point where I could hit F9, F10, or F11. I turned the blade off and set one-time-boot to the SPP ISO to try and reinstall whatever drivers it was looking for but it would never get that far, still; NO GO.
I believe the correct procedure going forward is to upgrade the OA first, upgrade the Virtual Connect second, and only then upgrade the blade firmware.
Thanks a million!