Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Solving Ethernet Controller Problems

Table17.Componentsassociatedwithpowerrailerrors
PwrrailerrorintheIMMeventlogComponents
Pwrrail1error•Microprocessor1
Pwrrail2error•Microprocessor2
Pwrrail3error
•Optionaladapter(ifoneisinstalled)inPCIriser-card
assembly1
•PCIriser-cardassembly1
•ServeRAIDSAS/SATAadapter
•DIMMs1through6
Pwrrail4error
•PCIadapterpowercable(ifoneisinstalled)
•Fan1
•Fan2
•Harddiskdrives
•DIMMs7through12
Pwrrail5error
•DVDdrive(ifoneisinstalled)
•Fan3
•Fan4
•Harddiskdrives
•DIMMs13through18
Pwrrail6error
•Optionaladapter(ifoneisinstalled)inPCIriser-card
assembly2
•PCIriser-cardassembly2
•Dual-portnetworkadapter(ifoneisinstalled)
•Fan5
•Fan6
•DIMMs19through24
d.Replacetheidentifiedcomponent.
Step5.Removetheadaptersanddisconnectthecablesandpowercordstoallinternalandexternal
devicesuntiltheserverisattheminimumconfigurationthatisrequiredfortheservertostart(see
“Power-supplyLEDs”onpage129fortheminimumconfiguration).
Step6.Reconnectallpowercordsandturnontheserver.Iftheserverstartssuccessfully,reseatthe
adaptersanddevicesoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.
Iftheserverdoesnotstartfromtheminimumconfiguration,see“Power-supplyLEDs”onpage129to
replacethecomponentsintheminimumconfigurationoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.
SolvingEthernetcontrollerproblems
ThemethodthatyouusetotesttheEthernetcontrollerdependsonwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
Seetheoperating-systemdocumentationforinformationaboutEthernetcontrollers,andseetheEthernet
controllerdevice-driverreadmefile.
Trythefollowingprocedures:
Step1.Makesurethatthecorrectdevicedrivers,whichcomewiththeserverareinstalledandthatthey
areatthelatestlevel.
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