Unraid won't boot after restart on DL580 G7

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So after the last issue was solved a new one has occured, Unraid booted fine but after a reboot it wouldn't boot back to the unraid USB consistently. no settings have been changed but it doesn't seem to want to boot to the usb

[Jarsky]

Can you clarify your issue more?

What are you experiencing when you try to boot....what error messages are you seeing....etc...

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2 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

Can you clarify your issue more?

What are you experiencing when you try to boot....what error messages are you seeing....etc...

It just won't boot to the usb it goes straight to trying the other boot methods (disc drive, hard drives, network boot (i disabled network boot to try and speed up the cycle) etc.) So far i've tried unplugging and plugging it back in, seeing if it shows up in bios on another pc (lenovo M73) and can boot to that same pc, then moving to another usb which also didn't work. as far as i know  no errors come up

[Jarsky]

So does it show in BIOS? 

Have you tried some different USB slots? like if you're trying to use the front USB, have you tried the rear?

Have you tried a different USB thumb drive to validate you can see that in the BIOS/Boot?

You haven't done a BIOS/Firmware Update at all which may have reset your settings?

 

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Just now, Jarsky said:

So does it show in BIOS? 

Have you tried some different USB slots? like if you're trying to use the front USB, have you tried the rear?

Have you tried a different USB thumb drive to validate you can see that in the BIOS/Boot?

You haven't done a BIOS/Firmware Update at all which may have reset your settings?

 

I don't know where i'd find it in the bios (RBSU) but i have tried both internal usb slots and the two front usb ports

[Jarsky]

5 minutes ago, -=+=-Uchihagaming-=+=- said:

I don't know where i'd find it in the bios (RBSU) but i have tried both internal usb slots and the two front usb ports

 

Not sure, haven't played with HPE gear in a while, @leadeater may be able to help there. 

BTW when you made the UnRAID USB, did you make it to use UEFI or Legacy? I don't believe the G7 supports UEFI. 

 

 

PS. Just realised you have multiple threads, please only keep 1 thread per topic

 

 

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1 minute ago, Jarsky said:

 

Not sure, haven't played with HPE gear in a while, @leadeater may be able to help there. 

BTW when you made the UnRAID USB, did you make it to use UEFI or Legacy? I don't believe the G7 supports UEFI. 

 

 

PS. Just realised you have multiple threads, please only keep 1 thread per topic

 

 

That one was an earlier one that was about all usb ports in general, but i will keep that in mind in future. Thanks for the heads up

[leadeater]

First thing I'd try is opening the chassis and going to the maintenance DIP switches and turn on system reset, check the service manual. That usually fixes silly issues like this. It won't affect any data on disks or RAID configuration etc it just resets all the system/BIOS settings back properly then you can configure as needed.

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14 minutes ago, leadeater said:

First thing I'd try is opening the chassis and going to the maintenance DIP switches and turn on system reset, check the service manual. That usually fixes silly issues like this. It won't affect any data on disks or RAID configuration etc it just resets all the system/BIOS settings back properly then you can configure as needed.

by that do you mean flicking the dip switches (1, 5 and 6) to on? if so i've done that 3 times already on seperate occasions

[leadeater]

3 minutes ago, -=+=-Uchihagaming-=+=- said:

by that do you mean flicking the dip switches (1, 5 and 6) to on? if so i've done that 3 times already on seperate occasions

Yea, but system reset only needs 1 dip switch. Jump in to iLO and check the USB drive is being detected, if the iLO version is new enough you can also trigger a One Time Boot from there to the USB device, if not you'll have to try the standard boot selector prompt during boot but that won't work if boot order isn't set correct in BIOS.

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On 6/4/2020 at 10:25 PM, leadeater said:

Yea, but system reset only needs 1 dip switch. Jump in to iLO and check the USB drive is being detected, if the iLO version is new enough you can also trigger a One Time Boot from there to the USB device, if not you'll have to try the standard boot selector prompt during boot but that won't work if boot order isn't set correct in BIOS.

Sorry for the delayed response but where would i find the usb in the ILO thing?