IBM xSeries 200, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Setup Action
Setup and Installation CD
won’t start.
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Be sure the server is supported; all eServers with a startable (bootable) CD-ROM
drive are supported.
v
If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been altered, be sure the CD-ROM is
first in the boot sequence.
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If more than one CD-ROM drive is installed, be sure that only one drive is set as
the primary drive. Start the CD from the primary drive.
ServeRAID program cannot
view all installed drives - or
- cannot install NOS.
v
Be sure there are no duplicate SCSI IDs or IRQ assignments.
v
Be sure that the hard disk drive is connected properly.
The Operating System
Installation program
continuously loops.
Free up more space on the hard disk.
ServerGuide won’t start your
NOS CD.
Be sure the NOS CD you have is supported by ServerGuide. See the Setup and
Installation CD label for a list of NOS versions supported.
Can’t install NOS - option is
grayed out.
Either there is no logical drive defined (ServeRAID systems) or the ServerGuide
system partition is not present. Run the setup and configuration program.
TechConnect CD Action
Can’t start TechConnect CD. Be sure you’re starting the CD on a system with Microsoft Windows installed.
Can’t view publications
from TechConnect CD, or
text is unreadable.
Be sure you have the Adobe reader installed (available from the TechConnect CD).
System Updates and
Applications CD
Action
Get
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time out
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or
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Unknown
host
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errors
Be sure you have access to the Internet through FTP directly.
POST error messages
In the following error codes, X can be any number or letter.
Error Symptom FRU/Action
BIOS ROM checksum error
-- system halted (BIOS code
checksum in BIOS chip
incorrect; BIOS may be
corrupt)
1. Replace BIOS
CMOS battery failed (CMOS
battery not functional)
1. Battery
CMOS checksum error --
defaults loaded (CMOS
checksum incorrect, system
loads default equipment
configuration)
1. Run Configuration/Setup
2. Battery
CPU at nnnn (displays
running speed of CPU)
1. Informational only; no action necessary.
Press ESC to skip memory
test
1. Full memory test may be skipped by pressing Esc key
Symptom-to-FRU index
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