HP Proliant DL360 G7 All DIMM indicator lights amber

Question

Considering the next code:

.test {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  border: 0;
  background: initial;
  font-size: 11px;
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin-left: 20px;
}

.test::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 1px;
  background: red;
}

<button class="test">Some Text Content</button>

In Chrome it's rendered like (hot it is required):

In Safari it's rendered like:

So, in Safari it's not vertically centered and the block has different size.

The main question is how to center it vertically in Safari?

The secondary question is how to make blocks absolutely similar?

I tried display: flex; align-items: center;, vertical-align: center;, changing line-height – nothing from that seemed to work...

Solution 1

Hmm, that's Kingston RAM. Are you absolutely sure it is compatible? (I advocate using HP RAM in HP servers)

What was the old RAM configuration?

I'd suggest going back to the old configuration...

To start, please remove power (and power cables) from the system for a few minutes. Plug them back in and try again. Also, is your ILO3 configured? You can use that to review the server's IML log and see why your RAM is giving you an error or any other relevant POST messages.

For the new RAM, please ensure it is seated properly. The DL360 G7 has 18 DIMM slots, so you're filling it up. Weird things happen when you approach the limits of a platform like this. So the best case is to start small and popular one DIMM per CPU and build up from there.

EDIT:

You're using unbuffered RAM. That server will only support 96GB of unbuffered memory... so 12 modules.

Please use the right RAM for the server (500662-B21) if you intend to max the server out.

Solution 2

I can see the issue here - if you look on the compatibility tab of THIS link you'll see it's not a supported configuration. Presumably because it's 12800 memory rather than the 1066 or 1333 memory HP sell but it could be another factor - either way next time be more careful selecting products, if in doubt always buy from the vendor for this exact reason.

Comments

[Nathan C]

Did you check the BIOS to see why they were showing amber?

[Allfer2]

iLO3 is configured. The new RAM I am trying to use is kingston, but the old RAM that I am testing it with now is Samsung. I'm not sure what the old RAM configuration was, as when I started working on the box this morning the old RAM configuration had already been removed

[mwanguu]

In my case I was restarting my HP Proliant Dl385 g7 when it started beeping and all the dimm leds were in amber. I opened the top lid dusted off the machine removed the rams cleaned them and placed them back. And the machine was up and running.

[Chopper3]

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[Mohsen Nemati]

I've faced this issue too and because of different rendering engines, personally I rather to reduce the height and add some padding-top to it and manually align the text where ever I want. By this trick you can be sure that even in oldest versions of browser your button looks the same!

[olegzhermal]

@MohsenNemati Thanks for your comment, but adding height and padding-top would certainly affect rendering in other browsers when it's rendered normally.

[Mohsen Nemati]

I can't see a problem if you delete the align codes (like vertical-align) and use padding-top instead. How can this cause any problems?

[olegzhermal]

@MohsenNemati The problem with that is that I have another element in the button (an Icon) besides the text. So, if I set padding-top for the button, both elements move down (which is undesirable). If I wrap the text with a container and set padding-top to this container, it gets ok in Safari, but not ok in e.g. Chrome. So, in this case, with setting padding-top checking what browser is required, but there is no guarantee that this problem appears only in Safari – it's just one case I'm working on right now... Probably, will implement this overtop checking in case won't find another solution.

[ravb79]

sounds like you have to make sure your icons and text have the same height.

[olegzhermal]

@ravb79 The container are of the same height and the text has the same line-height as its container.

[ravb79]

I'm still not sure what you mean, but regardless, the proper value for vertical-align is middle, not center.

[Allfer2]

I think youre right about the 8GB RAM not being compatible with the server. However, I've replaced the 18 8GB with only 12 2GB and I am still getting amber light indicators even for the DIMMS that do not have any RAM in them

[Allfer2]

I understand that that is the issue with the new RAM, but why is the server still showing those health errors even after the RAM was switched out?

[ewwhite]

@Allfer2 Did you remove the power from the machine and let it sit?

[Chopper3]

Good spot on the unbuffered - I've never heard of anyone ever using that so it didn't leap out at me, well done

[Allfer2]

@ewwhite Let it sit for about 5 minutes with power unplugged. Plugged it back in and powered it up and all dimms still show up amber

[Allfer2]

@ewwhite So would using that RAM cause some issue with the server that would cause it to keep showing these error lights? Because even now with supported RAM I am getting amber lights on every single dimm, even those that are not populated

[ewwhite]

Examine the IML log in the ILO3 interface.

[Allfer2]

The only error the log is showing is "Maintenance note: Memory Configuration Error: System boot halted." So definitely related to memory, but not a whole lot of useful information there.

[ewwhite]

Clear the error, put known-good RAM in and try again.

[Allfer2]

So I cleared the error log, put in a small amount of known good RAM (enough to populate one channel on each processor with 3 2GB sticks) and restarted the machine, and yet it still continues to show every single DIMM as an amber light