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3. If you are attempting to boot from the CD or DVD drive:
4. If you are attempting to boot from a hard disk drive.
Troubleshooting tables
Use the troubleshooting tables to find solutions to problems that have identifiable
symptoms.
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JS22 Type 7998: Problem Determination and Service Guide
a. From the BladeCenter management-module Web interface, make sure that
the media tray is assigned to your blade server: Blade Tasks → Remote
Control.
b. Turn the blade server power off; then, turn it on and retry the boot
operation.
c. If the boot fails, try a known-good bootable CD.
d. If possible, try to boot another blade server in the BladeCenter unit to verify
that the CD or DVD drive is functional.
v If the CD boots on the second server, replace the system-board and
chassis assembly in the JS22 blade server you were originally trying to
boot.
v If the CD fails on the second server, replace the CD or DVD drive in the
media tray.
e. If replacing the CD or DVD drive does not resolve the problem, replace the
media tray.
f. If booting on all servers fails using the new media tray, replace the following
in the BladeCenter unit:
v Management module
v Midplane
a. Verify that the hard disk drive is installed.
b. Select the CD or DVD drive as the boot device.
c. Go to "Performing the checkout procedure" on page 187.
d. Reload the operating system onto the hard disk drive if the boot attempts
from that disk continue to fail.
e. Replace the suspect hard disk drive if you are not able to load the operating
system.
f. Replace the system-board and chassis assembly; then, retry loading the
operating system.
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