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v Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved. v See the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide 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 A serial device does not work. 1. Make sure that: v The device is compatible with the server. v The serial port is enabled and is assigned a unique address. v The device is connected to the correct connector. 2. Reseat the following components: a. Failing serial device b. Serial cable c. Remote Supervisor Adapter II d. I/O board shuttle assembly 3. Replace the components listed in step 2 one at a time, in the order shown, restarting the server each time. ServerGuide 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 the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide 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 ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD will not start. 1. Make sure that the server supports the ServerGuide program and has a startable (bootable) CD (or DVD) drive. 2. If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been altered, make sure that the CD drive is first in the startup sequence. 3. If more than one CD drive is installed, make sure that only one drive is set as the primary drive. Start the CD from the primary drive. The SCSI RAID program cannot 1. Make sure that there are no duplicate SCSI IDs or IRQ assignments. view all installed drives, or the operating system cannot be 2. Make sure that the hard disk drive is connected correctly. installed. 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. See the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD label for a list of operating-system versions that support the ServerGuide program. The operating system cannot be Make sure that the operating system is supported on the server. If the operating installed; the option is not system is supported, either there is no logical drive defined (SCSI RAID systems) available. or the ServerGuide System Partition is not present. Run the ServerGuide program and make sure that setup is complete. Chapter 6. Solving problems 67

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v
Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem
is solved.
v
See the parts listing in the
Problem Determination and Service Guide
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
A serial device does not work.
1.
Make sure that:
v
The device is compatible with the server.
v
The serial port is enabled and is assigned a unique address.
v
The device is connected to the correct connector.
2.
Reseat the following components:
a.
Failing serial device
b.
Serial cable
c.
Remote Supervisor Adapter II
d.
I/O board shuttle assembly
3.
Replace the components listed in step 2 one at a time, in the order shown,
restarting the server each time.
ServerGuide 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 the parts listing in the
Problem Determination and Service Guide
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
ServerGuide Setup and
Installation
CD will not start.
1.
Make sure that the server supports the ServerGuide program and has a
startable (bootable) CD (or DVD) drive.
2.
If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been altered, make sure that the
CD drive is first in the startup sequence.
3.
If more than one CD drive is installed, make sure that only one drive is set as
the primary drive. Start the CD from the primary drive.
The SCSI RAID program cannot
view all installed drives, or the
operating system cannot be
installed.
1.
Make sure that there are no duplicate SCSI IDs or IRQ assignments.
2.
Make sure that the hard disk drive is connected correctly.
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.
See the
ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD label for a list of operating-system
versions that support the ServerGuide program.
The operating system cannot be
installed; the option is not
available.
Make sure that the operating system is supported on the server. If the operating
system is supported, either there is no logical drive defined (SCSI RAID systems)
or the ServerGuide System Partition is not present. Run the ServerGuide program
and make sure that setup is complete.
Chapter 6. Solving problems
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