Removing a PCI Card......................................................................................................................35
Installing a PCI Card.......................................................................................................................36
Installing Processors.............................................................................................................................37
Removing a Processor.....................................................................................................................38
Installing a Processor.......................................................................................................................44
Installing Memory.................................................................................................................................49
Supported DIMM Sizes...................................................................................................................49
Removing DIMMs...........................................................................................................................49
Installing DIMMs.............................................................................................................................50
4 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................53
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................53
Troubleshooting Methodology.............................................................................................................53
Server Does Not Power On...................................................................................................................54
EFI Menu is Not Available....................................................................................................................54
Intermittent Server Problems................................................................................................................55
DVD Problems......................................................................................................................................55
Hard Drive Problems............................................................................................................................55
Console Problems.................................................................................................................................55
Front Panel LEDs.............................................................................................................................56
Rear Panel LEDs..............................................................................................................................60
Error Messages......................................................................................................................................62
SEL and FPL Log Entries............................................................................................................65
Disk and I/O Path Logging.........................................................................................................66
E-Diag Tools.....................................................................................................................................67
Building Up the System...................................................................................................................68
5 Utilities...........................................................................................................................73
EFI Commands................................................................................................................................74
EFI/POSSE Commands.........................................................................................................................76
help..................................................................................................................................................76
Syntax.........................................................................................................................................76
Parameters..................................................................................................................................76
Operation....................................................................................................................................76
baud.................................................................................................................................................80
Syntax.........................................................................................................................................80
Parameters..................................................................................................................................80
Operation....................................................................................................................................80
boottest............................................................................................................................................81
Syntax.........................................................................................................................................81
Parameters..................................................................................................................................81
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