Table 17. Components associated with power rail errors
Pwr rail error in the IMM event log
Components
Pwr rail 1 error
• Microprocessor 1
Pwr rail 2 error
• Microprocessor 2
Pwr rail 3 error
• Optional adapter (if one is installed) in PCI riser-card
assembly 1
• PCI riser-card assembly 1
• ServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter
• DIMMs 1 through 6
Pwr rail 4 error
• PCI adapter power cable (if one is installed)
• Fan 1
• Fan 2
• Hard disk drives
• DIMMs 7 through 12
Pwr rail 5 error
• DVD drive (if one is installed)
• Fan 3
• Fan 4
• Hard disk drives
• DIMMs 13 through 18
Pwr rail 6 error
• Optional adapter (if one is installed) in PCI riser-card
assembly 2
• PCI riser-card assembly 2
• Dual-port network adapter (if one is installed)
• Fan 5
• Fan 6
• DIMMs 19 through 24
d.
Replace the identified component.
Step 5.
Remove the adapters and disconnect the cables and power cords to all internal and external
devices until the server is at the minimum configuration that is required for the server to start (see
“Power-supply LEDs” on page 129 for the minimum configuration).
Step 6.
Reconnect all power cords and turn on the server. If the server starts successfully, reseat the
adapters and devices one at a time until the problem is isolated.
If the server does not start from the minimum configuration, see “Power-supply LEDs” on page 129 to
replace the components in the minimum configuration one at a time until the problem is isolated.
Solving Ethernet controller problems
The method that you use to test the Ethernet controller depends on which operating system you are using.
See the operating-system documentation for information about Ethernet controllers, and see the Ethernet
controller device-driver readme file.
Try the following procedures:
Step 1.
Make sure that the correct device drivers, which come with the server are installed and that they
are at the latest level.
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