Lenovo x3550 M5 - Hard Disk Drive Problems

Harddiskdriveproblems
Usethisinformationtosolveharddiskdriveproblems.
Table9.Harddiskdrivesymptomsandactions
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
•GototheSupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,hints,tips,
andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
Aharddiskdrivehasfailed,
andtheassociatedyellowhard
diskdrivestatusLEDislit.
Replacethefailedharddiskdrive(see“Removinghot-swapharddiskdrives”on
page135
and“Replacinghot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage136).
Anewlyinstalledharddisk
driveisnotrecognized.
1.MakesurethattheinstalledharddiskdriveorServeRAIDadapterissupported.
Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevices,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/
serverproven/.
2.ObservetheassociatedyellowharddiskdrivestatusLED.IftheLEDislit,it
indicatesadrivefault.
3.IftheLEDislit,removethedrivefromthebay,wait45seconds,andreinsert
thedrive,makingsurethatthedriveassemblyconnectstotheharddiskdrive
backplane.
4.ObservetheassociatedgreenharddiskdriveactivityLEDandtheyellow
statusLED:
•IfthegreenactivityLEDisflashingandtheyellowstatusLEDisnotlit,the
driveisrecognizedbythecontrollerandisworkingcorrectly.RuntheDSA
diagnosticsprogramtodeterminewhetherthedriveisdetected.
•IfthegreenactivityLEDisflashingandtheyellowstatusLEDisflashing
slowly,thedriveisrecognizedbythecontrollerandisrebuilding.
•IfneitherLEDislitorflashing,checktheharddiskdrivebackplane(goto
Step5onpage72).
•IfthegreenactivityLEDisflashingandtheyellowstatusLEDislit,replace
thedrive.IftheactivityoftheLEDsremainsthesame,gotoStep5onpage
72.IftheactivityoftheLEDschanges,returntoStep2onpage72.
5.Makesurethattheharddiskdrivebackplaneiscorrectlyseated.Whenitis
correctlyseated,thedriveassembliescorrectlyconnecttothebackplane
withoutbowingorcausingmovementofthebackplane.
6.ReseatthebackplanepowercableandrepeatStep2onpage72throughStep
4onpage72.
7.ReseatthebackplanesignalcableandrepeatStep2onpage72throughStep
4onpage72.
8.Suspectthebackplanesignalcableorthebackplane:
•Iftheserverhaseighthot-swapbays:
a.Replacetheaffectedbackplanesignalcable.
b.Replacetheaffectedbackplane.
9.See“Problemdeterminationtips”onpage91.
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