Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 - Problem Determination Tips

•Harddiskdrives.
Note:Theminimumconfigurationrequiredfortheservertostartisonemicroprocessorandone8
GBDIMM.
Step4.Turnontheserver.Iftheproblemremains,suspectthefollowingcomponentsinthefollowingorder:
1.Powersupply
2.Memory
3.Microprocessor
4.Systemboard
Iftheproblemissolvedwhenyouremoveanadapterfromtheserverbuttheproblemrecurswhenyou
reinstallthesameadapter,suspecttheadapter;iftheproblemrecurswhenyoureplacetheadapterwith
adifferentone,suspecttherisercard.
Ifyoususpectanetworkingproblemandtheserverpassesallthesystemtests,suspectanetworkcabling
problemthatisexternaltotheserver.
Problemdeterminationtips
Becauseofthevarietyofhardwareandsoftwarecombinationsthatcanencounter,usethefollowing
informationtoassistyouinproblemdetermination.Ifpossible,havethisinformationavailablewhen
requestingassistancefromLenovo.
Themodelnumberandserialnumberoftheserverarelocatedonboththefrontbezelandthechassis.
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