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Error LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power-supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
System pulse LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Diagnostic programs and messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Recovering the server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Automated boot recovery (ABR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Three boot failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Solving power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Solving Ethernet controller problems
Solving undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Problem determination tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 4. Parts listing, System x3250 M3 Types 4251, 4252, and 4261
Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 5. Removing and replacing server components . . . . . . . . 127
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) port problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Video problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Running the diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Diagnostic text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Diagnostic messages
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Working inside the server with the power on
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Returning a device or component
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Installing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Installing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing the riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installing the riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Removing the system battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Removing the PCI-X riser-card power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Installing the PCI-X riser-card power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Removing an optional DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing an optional DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Removing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Installing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Removing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . 159
Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . 160
Removing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA Controller 162
Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller
Removing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . 165
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