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| 176 | A | security | hardware | error | occurred. | 
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| 177 | Action: | Check | for | indications | that | someone | has | tampered | with | 
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| 184 | The | in | your | server | has | 
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If this information cannot be restored, have the system serviced.
| 185 | A | power failure | damaged the | stored | information about the | se | |||
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 | Action: | From the | Configuration/Setup Utility program | main Startmenu, | select | 
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 | the | Configuration/Setup utility | programs, | see “Using | the Configuration/Setup | U | |||
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If this information cannot be restored, have the system serviced.
186A system board or hardware error occurred. Action: Have the system serviced.
187The VPD serial number is not set.
Action: The system serial number is set in the VPD EEPROM at the time of
| manufacturing. If | the | system board has been | replaced, | the | system serial | |||||
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| Utility | program, SystemselectInformation | , | then selectProduct | Data | . If | the | 
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188A vital product data (VPD) error occurred. Action: Have the system serviced.
189An attempt has been made to access the server with invalid passwords. Aft incorrect attempts, the server locks up; that is, the logon data fields a available to the user.
| 201 | An | error occurred during the memory controller test. This error can be ca | ||||||
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 | 1. If | you | just | installed memory, | see “Installing or Removing Memory Modules” | |||
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2.If the problem persists, check to see if the system has isolated memory module:
| Ÿ If the System Error | LED on the | information | LED | panel | is | on, | check the | |||||||||
| DIMM Error LEDS next to | the memory sockets on the system | board | (see | |||||||||||||
| “System Board LEDs” | on | page 168). If | a | DIMM | Error LED | is | on, | run | the | |||||||
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| Ÿ If | the memory | tests | do | not fail, | have the | system | serviced. | 
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| 3. If | no | error | LED | is | on, | the error logs in the Configuration/Setup Utilit | ||||||||||
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If the problem persists, have the system serviced.
116 Netfinity 5000 Server Hardware Information and Procedures
