v
Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is
solved.
v
See Chapter 4, “Parts listing, System x3690 X5 Types 7147, 7148, 7149, and 7192,” on page 249 to determine
which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units
(FRU).
v
If an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a
Trained service technician.
Symptom
Action
The MegaRAID Storage
Manager program cannot view
all installed drives, or the
operating system cannot be
installed.
1.
Make sure that the hard disk drive is connected correctly.
2.
Make sure that the SAS/SATA hard disk drive cables are securely connected.
The operating-system
installation program
continuously loops.
Make more space available on the hard disk.
The ServerGuide program will
not start the operating-system
CD.
Make sure that the operating-system CD is supported by the ServerGuide
program. For a list of supported operating-system versions, go to
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/serverguide/sub.html, click IBM
Service and Support Site, click the link for your ServerGuide version, and scroll
down to the list of supported Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The operating system cannot be
installed; the option is not
available.
Make sure that the server supports the operating system. If it does, either no
logical drive is defined (SCSI RAID servers), or the ServerGuide System Partition
is not present. Run the ServerGuide program and make sure that setup is
complete.
Software problems
v
Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is
solved.
v
See Chapter 4, “Parts listing, System x3690 X5 Types 7147, 7148, 7149, and 7192,” on page 249 to determine
which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units
(FRU).
v
If an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a
Trained service technician.
Symptom
Action
You suspect a software
problem.
1.
To determine whether the problem is caused by the software, make sure that:
v
The server has the minimum memory that is needed to use the software. For
memory requirements, see the information that comes with the software. If
you have just installed an adapter or memory, the server might have a
memory-address conflict.
v
The software is designed to operate on the server.
v
Other software works on the server.
v
The software works on another server.
2.
If you received any error messages when using the software, see the
information that comes with the software for a description of the messages and
suggested solutions to the problem.
3.
Contact the software vendor.
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