Before you perform the checkout procedure for diagnosing
hardware problems, review the following information:
- Read the safety information that begins on page Safety.
- Lenovo Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) provides the primary methods
of testing the major components of the server, such as the system
board, Ethernet controller, keyboard, mouse (pointing device), serial
ports, and hard disk drives. You can also use them to test some external
devices. If you are not sure whether a problem is caused by the hardware
or by the software, you can use the diagnostic programs to confirm
that the hardware is working correctly.
- When you run DSA, a single problem might cause more than one error
message. When this happens, correct the cause of the first error message.
The other error messages usually will not occur the next time you
run DSA.
Important: If multiple error codes or light
path diagnostics LEDs indicate a microprocessor error, the error might
be in the microprocessor or in the microprocessor socket. See
Microprocessor problems for information about diagnosing microprocessor problems.
- Before you run DSA, you must determine whether the failing server
is part of a shared hard disk drive cluster (two or more servers sharing
external storage devices). If it is part of a cluster, you can run
all diagnostic programs except the ones that test the storage unit
(that is, a hard disk drive in the storage unit) or the storage adapter
that is attached to the storage unit. The failing server might be
part of a cluster if any of the following conditions is true:
- You have identified the failing server as part of a cluster (two
or more servers sharing external storage devices).
- One or more external storage units are attached to the failing
server and at least one of the attached storage units is also attached
to another server or unidentifiable device.
- One or more servers are located near the failing server.
Important: If the server is part of a shared hard
disk drive cluster, run one test at a time. Do not run any suite of
tests, such as quick
or normal
tests, because this might
enable the hard disk drive diagnostic tests.
- If the server is halted and a POST error code is displayed, see UEFI (POST) error codes. If the
server is halted and no error message is displayed, see Troubleshooting by symptom and Solving undetermined problems.
- For information about power-supply problems, see Solving power problems, Power problems, and Power-supply LEDs.
- For intermittent problems, check the event log; see Event logs and DSA diagnostic test results.