Table Of Contents - HP ProLiant BL620c - G7 Server Troubleshooting Manual

Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 8
What's new ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Revision history ............................................................................................................................................ 8
375445-xx8 (July 2009) ..................................................................................................................... 8
375445-xx7 (November 2008) ........................................................................................................... 9
375445-xx6 (September 2007)......................................................................................................... 10
375445-xx5 (June 2006) .................................................................................................................. 10
375445-xx4 (May 2006) ................................................................................................................. 10
375445-xx3 (September 2005)......................................................................................................... 11
Getting started ............................................................................................................................ 12
HP ProLiant 100 Series Server troubleshooting information ............................................................................. 12
How to use this guide ................................................................................................................................. 12
Pre-diagnostic steps .................................................................................................................................... 13
Important safety information .............................................................................................................. 13
Symptom information ........................................................................................................................ 16
Prepare the server for diagnosis ......................................................................................................... 16
Common problem resolution ........................................................................................................ 18
Loose connections ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Service notifications .................................................................................................................................... 18
Firmware updates ...................................................................................................................................... 18
DIMM handling guidelines .......................................................................................................................... 19
Hard drive guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 19
SAS and SATA hard drive guidelines ................................................................................................. 19
SCSI hard drive guidelines ................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive LED combinations ...................................................................................................................... 20
Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations ........................................................................................ 20
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ...................................................................................... 20
Server updates with an HP Trusted Platform Module and BitLocker™ enabled ................................................... 21
Diagnostic flowcharts .................................................................................................................. 23
Troubleshooting flowcharts .......................................................................................................................... 23
Troubleshooting flowchart reference websites ...................................................................................... 23
Start diagnosis flowchart ................................................................................................................... 25
General diagnosis flowchart .............................................................................................................. 25
Power-on problems flowchart ............................................................................................................. 27
POST problems flowchart .................................................................................................................. 30
Operating system boot problems flowchart ......................................................................................... 32
Server fault indications flowchart ....................................................................................................... 33
Hardware problems .................................................................................................................... 37
Procedures for all ProLiant servers ................................................................................................................ 37
Power problems ......................................................................................................................................... 37
Power source problems ..................................................................................................................... 37
Power supply problems ..................................................................................................................... 37
UPS problems .................................................................................................................................. 38
General hardware problems ....................................................................................................................... 39