Hello,
I just purchased a PE R320 with RedHat Linux. My issue is that the boot time seems long. I think the entire process is about 10 minutes. What I've noticed is that when the system completes "Initializing firmware interfaces" there is a 7 minute period where it stays on this screen. After the 7 minutes the system displays "Lifecycle controller collecting system inventory" and it proceeds to boot the OS normally. During the 7 minute period there doesn't appear to be any disk activity.
I'm wondering what is going on between these two processes and if anyone might have some insight into this behavior. I've searched around a bit but the posts I found were related to HBA initialization or Lifecycle hardware inventory. What I read didn't seem to fit exactly with my situation.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!