Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Hypervisor Problems; Intermittent Problems

Table18.Harddiskdrivesymptomsandactions(continued)
SymptomAction
associateddrive.(Hot-swap
harddiskdrives)
b.ReseattheSAS/SATAadapter.
c.Reseatthebackplaneconfigurationcable,signalcable,andbackplane
powercable.
d.Reseattheharddiskdrive.
e.TurnontheserverandobservetheactivityoftheharddiskdriveLEDs.
2.See“Problemdeterminationtips”onpage142.
Hypervisorproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby'(Trainedtechnicianonly)',thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheLenovosupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
Table19.Hypervisor'ssymptomsandactions
SymptomAction
Ifanoptionalembedded
hypervisorflashdeviceisnot
listedintheexpectedboot
order,doesnotappearinthe
listofbootdevices,orasimilar
problemhasoccurred.
1.Makesurethattheoptionalembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceisselectedon
thebootmanager<F12>SelectBootDeviceatstartup.
2.Makesurethattheembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceisseatedintheconnector
correctly(see“RemovingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevice”onpage
198
and“InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevice”onpage70).
3.Seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeoptionalembeddedhypervisor
flashdeviceforsetupandconfigurationinformation.
4.Makesurethatothersoftwareworksontheserver.
Intermittentproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby'(Trainedtechnicianonly)',thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheLenovosupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
Table20.Intermittentproblemsandactions
SymptomAction
Aproblemoccursonly
occasionallyandisdifficultto
diagnose.
1.Makesurethat:
•Allcablesandcordsareconnectedsecurelytotherearoftheserverand
attacheddevices.
•Whentheserveristurnedon,airisflowingfromthefangrille.Ifthereis
noairflow,thefanisnotworking.Thiscancausetheservertooverheat
andshutdown.
2.Checkthesystem-errorlogorIMM2eventlog(see“Eventlogs”onpage122).
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