Troubleshooting A Nic - Dell PowerEdge R300 Hardware Owner's Manual

Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 71.
b
Locate the NVRAM_CLR jumper on your system board (see "System
c
Board Jumpers" on page 157) and set the jumper to the enabled
position.
Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 71.
d
Reconnect the system and peripherals to power and restart.
e
If all USB devices are operational, proceed to the next step.
If the USB devices are still not functioning, see "Getting Help" on
page 167.
Repeat step a and step b.
f
Set the NVRAM_CLR jumper to the disabled position.
g
Close the system.
h
Reconnect the system and peripherals to power and restart.
i
Enter the System Setup program and re-enter any custom BIOS
j
settings that were reset. Be sure to leave all USB ports enabled. See
"Entering the System Setup Program" on page 47.

Troubleshooting a NIC

Problem
• NIC cannot communicate with network.
Action
1 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test. See "Using Server
Administrator Diagnostics" in "Running the System Diagnostics" on
page 154.
2 Check the appropriate indicator on the NIC connector. See "NIC Indicator
Codes" on page 21.
• If the link indicator does not light, check all cable connections.
• If the activity indicator does not light, the network driver files might
be damaged or missing.
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