Lenovo System x3250 M4 - DVD Drive Problems

Table17.Harddiskdrivesymptomsandactions(continued)
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly)”,thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
•GototheIBMsupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,hints,
tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
Multipleharddiskdrivesare
offline.
1.Reviewthestoragesubsystemlogsforindicationsofproblemswithinthe
storagesubsystem,suchasbackplaneorcableproblems.
2.See“Problemdeterminationtips”onpage116.
Areplacementharddiskdrive
doesnotrebuild.
1.Makesurethattheharddiskdriveisrecognizedbytheadapter(thegreenhard
diskdriveactivityLEDisflashing).
2.ReviewtheSAS/SATARAIDadapterdocumentationtodeterminethecorrect
configurationparametersandsettings.
Agreenharddiskdriveactivity
LEDdoesnotaccurately
representtheactualstate
oftheassociateddrive.
(Hot-swapharddiskdrives)
1.IfthegreenharddiskdriveactivityLEDdoesnotflashwhenthedriveisinuse,
runtheDSAdiskdrivetest(see“IBMDynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage98).
2.Useoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•Ifthedrivepassesthetest,replacethebackplane.
•Ifthedrivefailsthetest,replacethedrive.
Anyellowharddiskdrive
statusLEDdoesnotaccurately
representtheactualstateofthe
associateddrive.(Hot-swap
harddiskdrives)
1.IftheyellowharddiskdriveLEDandtheRAIDadaptersoftwaredonotindicate
thesamestatusforthedrive,completethefollowingsteps:
a.Turnofftheserver.
b.ReseattheSAS/SATAadapter.
c.Reseatthebackplaneconfigurationcable,signalcable,andbackplane
powercable.
d.Reseattheharddiskdrive.
e.TurnontheserverandobservetheactivityoftheharddiskdriveLEDs.
2.See“Problemdeterminationtips”onpage116.
DVDdriveproblems
Table18.DVDdrive'ssymptomsandactions
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly)”,thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheIBMsupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,hints,
tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
TheoptionalDVDdriveisnot
recognized.
1.Makesurethat:
•TheSATAconnectortowhichtheDVDdriveisattached(primaryor
secondary)isenabledintheSetuputility.
•Allcablesandjumpersareinstalledcorrectly.
•ThecorrectdevicedriverisinstalledfortheDVDdrive.
2.RuntheDVDdrivediagnosticprograms.
3.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
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