Lenovo System x3650 M4 HD - Network Connection Problems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
•GototheLenovosupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
b.Videoadapter(ifoneisinstalled)
c.Monitor
d.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Systemboard.
Wrongcharactersappearon
thescreen.
1.Ifthewronglanguageisdisplayed,updatetheserverfirmwaretothelatestlevel
(see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage99)withthecorrectlanguage.
2.Reseatthemonitorcable.
3.Replacethecomponentslistedinstep2oneatatime,intheordershown,
restartingtheservereachtime:
a.Monitorcable
b.Videoadapter(ifoneisinstalled)
c.Monitor
d.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Systemboard.
Networkconnectionproblems
Usethisinformationtosolvenetworkconnectionproblems.
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
•GototheLenovosupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
Unabletowaketheserver
usingtheWakeonLANfeature.
1.Ifyouareusingthedual-portnetworkadapterandtheserverisconnectedto
thenetworkusingEthernet5connector,checkthesystem-errorlogorIMM2
systemeventlog(see“Eventlogs”onpage135
),makesure:
a.Fan3isrunninginstandbymode,ifEmulexdualport10GBase-Tembedded
adapterisinstalled.
b.Theroomtemperatureisnottoohigh(see“Serverfeaturesand
specifications”onpage6).
c.Theairventsarenotblocked.
d.Theairbaffleisinstalledsecurely.
2.Reseatthedual-portnetworkadapter(see“Removingthedual-portnetwork
adapter”onpage235and“Replacingthedual-portnetworkadapter”onpage
237).
3.Turnofftheserveranddisconnectitfromthepowersource;then,wait10
secondsbeforerestartingtheserver.
4.Iftheproblemstillremains,replacethedual-portnetworkadapter.
LoginfailedbyusingLDAP
accountwithSSLenabled.
1.Makesurethelicensekeyisvalid.
2.Generateanewlicensekeyandloginagain.
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