Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Serial Port Problems; Software Problems

Serialportproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeethepartslistinginChapter7“Partslisting,RD230Types1043,1044,4010,and4011”onpage91to
determinewhichcomponentsarecustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeld
replaceableunits(FRUs).
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.
SymptomAction
Thenumberofserialportsthat
areidentiedbytheoperating
systemislessthanthenumber
ofinstalledserialports.
1.Makesurethat:
•EachportisassignedauniqueaddressintheSetupUtilityprogramand
noneoftheserialportsisdisabled.
•Theserialportadapter(ifoneispresent)isseatedcorrectly.
2.Reseattheserialportadapter.
3.Replacetheserialportadapter.
Aserialdevicedoesnotwork.1.Makesurethat:
•Thedeviceiscompatiblewiththeserver.
•Theserialportisenabledandisassignedauniqueaddress.
•Thedeviceisconnectedtothecorrectconnector.
2.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.Failingserialdevice
b.Serialcable
3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:
a.Failingserialdevice
b.Serialcable
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard
Softwareproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeethepartslistinginChapter7“Partslisting,RD230Types1043,1044,4010,and4011”onpage91
to
determinewhichcomponentsarecustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeld
replaceableunits(FRUs).
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.
SymptomAction
Yoususpectasoftware
problem.
1.Todeterminewhethertheproblemiscausedbythesoftware,makesurethat:
•Theserverhastheminimummemorythatisneededtousethesoftware.For
memoryrequirements,seetheinformationthatcomeswiththesoftware.
Ifyouhavejustinstalledanadapterormemory,theservermighthavea
memory-addressconict.
•Thesoftwareisdesignedtooperateontheserver.
•Othersoftwareworksontheserver.
•Thesoftwareworksonanotherserver.
2.Ifyoureceiveanyerrormessageswhileyouusethesoftware,seethe
informationthatcomeswiththesoftwareforadescriptionofthemessagesand
suggestedsolutionstotheproblem.
3.Contactthesoftwarevendor.
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