Error Messages And Error Codes; Diagnostic Leds - Intel S3210SHLX - Entry Server Board Motherboard Specification

Intel® Server Boards S3200SH/S3210SH TPS
14h System reconfigured
15h Uncorrectable CPU-complex error
16h Log Area Reset/Cleared
17h System boot. If implemented, this log entry is
guaranteed to be the first one written on any
system boot.
18h-7Fh Unused, available for assignment by
SMBIOS Specification Version 2.3.4.
80h-FEh Available for system- and OEM-specific
assignments
FFh End-of-log. When an application searches
through the event-log records, the end of the
log is identified when a log record with this
type is found.
For information on the EFI_STATUS_CODE_TYPE and EFI_STATUS_CODE_VALUE
definitions, please refer to "Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI Status Codes
Specification", version 0.92.
The errors will also be displayed on the BIOS Setup screen in Server Management / View
EventLog menu in the format of following:
EventName (times)
EventName is the same as shown in the Table 41. It is followed by the occurrence time of the
same event. The 'Time of Occurrence' is the last time the event occurs.
5.2

Error Messages and Error Codes

The system BIOS displays error messages on the video screen. Before video initialization, beep
codes inform the user of errors. POST error codes are logged in the event log. The BIOS
displays POST error codes on the video monitor.
5.2.1

Diagnostic LEDs

During the system boot process, the BIOS executes several platform configuration processes,
each of which is assigned a specific hex POST code number. As each configuration routine is
started, the BIOS will display the POST code on the POST code diagnostic LEDs found on the
back edge of the server board. To assist in troubleshooting a system hang during the POST
process, the diagnostic LEDs can be used to identify the last POST process to be executed.
Each POST code is represented by a combination of colors from the four LEDs. The LEDs are
capable of displaying three colors: green, red, and amber. The POST codes are divided into an
upper nibble and a lower nibble. Each bit in the upper nibble is represented by a red LED and
each bit in the lower nibble is represented by a green LED. If both bits are set in the upper and
lower nibbles then both red and green LEDs are lit, resulting in an amber color. If both bits are
clear, then the LED is off.
In the below example, BIOS sends a value of ACh to the diagnostic LED decoder. The LEDs
are decoded as follows:
Revision 1.3
Time of Occurrence
Error Reporting and Handling
N
N
Y
N
N
Y
Y
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