Lenovo ThinkServer RS160 - Basic Troubleshooting Tables; Thinkserver Easystartup Program Problems

TheTMMimplementstheSELasspecifiedintheIPMI2.0specification.TheSELisaccessibleregardlessof
thesystempowerstatethroughtheTMMin-bandandout-of-bandinterfaces.
FormoreinformationaboutviewingtheSEL,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,
whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Basictroubleshootingtables
Usethebasictroubleshootinginformationtofindsolutionstoproblemsthathavedefinitesymptoms.
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage97
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblemstillcannot
besolved,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter7“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage101.
Notes:
•Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter
5“Replacinghardware”onpage45.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thisactionstepisreservedforatrained
servicetechnicianandmustbeperformedonlybyatrainedservicetechnician.
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems
Symptom
Action
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDdoes
notstart.
•EnsurethattheserversupportstheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
andhasabootableDVDdriveinstalledorabootableexternalDVD
driveattached.
•EnsurethatyouhavesettheopticaldrivewiththeThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDasthefirststartupdevice.See“Selectingastartup
device”onpage33.
•Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.See“Opticaldrive
problems”onpage99
.
Theoperatingsysteminstallation
programcontinuouslyloops.
MakemorespaceavailableontheHDD.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
cannotstarttheoperatingsystemmedia.
•EnsurethattheoperatingsystemmediaissupportedbytheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogramversionyourareusing.Foralistofthesupported
operatingsystems,refertotheuserguideandcompatibilitynotesforthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramthroughtheprogrammaininterface.
See“StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage36
.
•Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.See“Opticaldrive
problems”onpage99
.
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