Lenovo x3250 m6 - Hypervisor Problems; Intermittent Problems

Table10.Harddiskdrivesymptomsandactions(continued)
SymptomAction
Areplacementharddiskdrive
doesnotrebuild.
1.Makesurethattheharddiskdriveisrecognizedbytheadapter(thegreenhard
diskdriveactivityLEDisflashing).
2.ReviewtheSAS/SATARAIDadapterdocumentationtodeterminethecorrect
configurationparametersandsettings.
Agreenharddiskdriveactivity
LEDdoesnotaccurately
representtheactualstateof
theassociateddrive.(hot-swap
harddiskdrives)
1.IfthegreenharddiskdriveactivityLEDdoesnotflashwhenthedriveisinuse,
runtheDSAdiskdrivetest.See“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage58.
2.Useoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•Ifthedrivepassesthetest,replacethebackplane.
•Ifthedrivefailsthetest,replacethedrive.
Ayellowharddiskdrive
statusLEDdoesnotaccurately
representtheactualstateofthe
associateddrive.(hot-swap
harddiskdrives)
1.IftheyellowharddiskdriveLEDandtheRAIDcardsoftwaredonotindicatethe
samestatusforthedrive,dothefollowing:
a.Turnofftheserver.
b.ReseattheSAS/SATAadapter.
c.Reseatthebackplanesignalcableandpowercable.
d.Reseattheharddiskdrive.
e.TurnontheserverandobservetheactivityoftheharddiskdriveLEDs.
2.See“Problemdeterminationtips”onpage73.
Hypervisorproblems
Table11.Hypervisorsymptomsandactions
SymptomAction
Ifanoptionalembedded
hypervisorflashdeviceisnot
listedintheexpectedboot
order,doesnotappearinthe
listofbootdevices,orasimilar
problemhasoccurred.
1.Makesurethattheoptionalembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceisselectedon
thebootmanager<F12>SelectBootDeviceatstartup.
2.Makesurethattheembeddedhypervisorflashdeviceisseatedintheconnector
correctly.See“RemovingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevice”onpage
117and“InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflashdevice”onpage118.
3.Seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeoptionalembeddedhypervisor
flashdeviceforsetupandconfigurationinformation.
4.Makesurethatothersoftwareworksontheserver.
Intermittentproblems
Table12.Intermittentproblemsandactions
SymptomAction
Aproblemoccursonly
occasionallyandisdifficultto
diagnose.
1.Makesurethat:
•Allcablesandcordsareconnectedsecurelytotherearoftheserverand
attacheddevices.
•Whentheserveristurnedon,airisflowingfromthefangrille.Ifthereis
noairflow,thefanisnotworking.Thiscancausetheservertooverheat
andshutdown.
2.Checkthesystem-errorlogorIMM2eventlog.See“Eventlogs”onpage56.
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