System Event Log Troubleshooting Guide for EPSD
 
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 Xeon
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 Processor E5 
4600/2600/2400/1600/1400 Product Families  Table of Contents 
Revision 1.1  Intel order number G90620-002  v 
5.2.1  Threshold-based Temperature Sensors ................................................................ 49 
5.2.2  Thermal Margin Sensors ....................................................................................... 51 
5.2.3  Processor Thermal Control Sensors ...................................................................... 53 
5.2.4  Processor DTS Thermal Margin Sensors .............................................................. 55 
5.2.5  Discrete Thermal Sensors ..................................................................................... 55 
5.2.6  DIMM Thermal Trip Sensors .................................................................................. 57 
5.3  System Air Flow Monitoring Sensor ....................................................................... 58 
6.  Processor Subsystem ........................................................................................................ 59 
6.1  Processor Status Sensor ....................................................................................... 59 
6.2  Catastrophic Error Sensor ..................................................................................... 61 
6.3  CPU Missing Sensor .............................................................................................. 62 
6.3.1  CPU Missing Sensor – Next Steps ........................................................................ 63 
6.4  Quick Path Interconnect Sensors .......................................................................... 63 
6.4.1  QPI Link Width Reduced Sensor ........................................................................... 63 
6.4.2  QPI Correctable Error Sensor ................................................................................ 64 
6.4.3  QPI Fatal Error and Fatal Error #2 ......................................................................... 65 
6.5  Processor ERR2 Timeout Sensor .......................................................................... 67 
6.5.1  Processor ERR2 Timeout – Next Steps ................................................................ 68 
6.6  Processor MSID Mismatch Sensor ........................................................................ 68 
6.6.1  Processor MSID Mismatch Sensor – Next Steps .................................................. 69 
7.  Memory Subsystem ........................................................................................................... 70 
7.1  Memory RAS Configuration Status ........................................................................ 70 
7.2  Memory RAS Mode Select .................................................................................... 72 
7.3  Mirroring Redundancy State .................................................................................. 73 
7.3.1  Mirroring Redundancy State Sensor – Next Steps ................................................ 74 
7.4  Sparing Redundancy State .................................................................................... 74 
7.4.1  Sparing Redundancy State Sensor – Next Steps .................................................. 76 
7.5  ECC and Address Parity ........................................................................................ 76 
7.5.1  Memory Correctable and Uncorrectable ECC Error .............................................. 76 
7.5.2  Memory Address Parity Error ................................................................................ 78 
8.  PCI Express* and Legacy PCI Subsystem ....................................................................... 81 
8.1  PCI Express* Errors ............................................................................................... 81 
8.1.1  Legacy PCI Errors ................................................................................................. 81 
8.1.2  PCI Express* Fatal Errors and Fatal Error #2 ........................................................ 82 
8.1.3  PCI Express* Correctable Errors ........................................................................... 84 
9.  System BIOS Events .......................................................................................................... 87 
9.1  System Events ....................................................................................................... 87 
9.1.1  System Boot .......................................................................................................... 87 
9.1.2  Timestamp Clock Synchronization ........................................................................ 87 
9.2  System Firmware Progress (Formerly Post Error) ................................................. 89