Post - IBM BladeCenter HS22V 7871 Problem Determination And Service Manual

POST

Use this information for more about POST self-test errors for the blade server.
When you turn on the blade server, it performs a series of tests to check the
operation of the blade server components and some optional devices in the blade
server. This series of tests is called the power-on self-test, or POST.
If a power-on password is set, you must type the password and press Enter, when
you are prompted, for POST to run.
If POST is completed without detecting any problems, the server startup will
continue.
If POST detects a problem, an error message is displayed. See "POST error codes"
on page 144 for more information.
When new hardware is installed or the firmware for an expansion card has been
updated, the blade server could fail during POST. If this occurs after three
attempts to boot the blade server, the blade server will use the default
configuration values; then, start the Setup utility (see "Using the Setup utility" on
page 20). To allow the blade server to boot normally, complete the following steps:
1. If any configuration changes were made before the blade server became unable
2. If new hardware was added before the blade server became unable to boot,
3. If the previous steps do not correct the problem and the blade server starts the
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– Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors
– Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information
– Light path diagnostics status
– LSI RAID and controller configuration
– Network interfaces and settings
– ServeRAID configuration
– Service processor status and configuration
– System configuration
– Vital product data, firmware, and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) configuration
The diagnostic programs create a merged log that includes events from all
collected logs. The information is collected into a file that you can send to IBM
service and support. Additionally, you can view the information locally through
a generated text report file. You can also copy the log to removable media and
view the log from a Web browser.
to boot, change the settings back to their original values.
remove the new hardware and restart the server.
Setup utility (see "Using the Setup utility" on page 20), select Load Default
Settings and save the settings to restore the blade server to the default values.