Troubleshooting and tips
Drives at system start "dead"
Cause
Troubleshooting
Con
fi
guration of RAID controller incorrect
►
Check the drive settings with the RAID
controller utility.
For further information, refer to
"Con
fi
guring
the SATA RAID controller", Page 24
and the
RAID controller manual (see
"Information
sources", Page 3
).
►
Change the settings if necssary.
Added drive faulty
Cause
Troubleshooting
RAID controller not con
fi
gured for drive
►
Con
fi
gure the drive with the utility for the
RAID controller.
For further information, refer to
"Con
fi
guring
the SATA RAID controller", Page 24
and the
RAID controller manual (see
"Information
sources", Page 3
).
►
If the drive is still faulty, replace it (see
"Installing and removing drives", Page 52
).
Time and/or date is not correct
Cause
Troubleshooting
Time and date are wrongly set.
►
Set the correct time and date within the
operating system you are using.
or
►
Set the correct time and/or date in the
BIOS Setup
.
The on-board lithium battery in the device is
fl
at. If the time and date are repeatedly wrong when
you switch on your server, the battery is
fl
at.
Change the lithium battery as described in the
manual for the mainboard.
Error messages on the screen
Error messages and their explanations are provided:
•
in the "BIOS Setup" manual
•
in the technical manual for the mainboard
•
in the documentation for the programs used
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