Contents
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Guidelines for trained technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Inspecting for unsafe conditions
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Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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Diagnosing a problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Undocumented problems
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Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Viewing event logs from the Setup utility
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Viewing event logs without restarting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Clearing the error logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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System event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Integrated management module II (IMM2) error messages . . . . . . . . 30
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General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hard disk drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Microprocessor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Monitor and video problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Optional-device problems
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Power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Serial-device problems
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ServerGuide problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port problems
Video problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Light path diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
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