vFollow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved.

vSee Chapter 7, “Parts listing, RS210 Types 6531, 6532, 6533, and 6534,” on page 177 to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units (FRU).

vIf an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a Trained service technician.

vGo to the Lenovo support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support to check for technical information, hints, tips, and new device drivers or to submit a request for information.

Symptom

Action

 

 

 

A replacement hard disk drive

1.

Make sure that the hard disk drive is recognized by the controller (the green

does not rebuild.

 

hard disk drive activity LED is flashing).

 

 

 

2. Review the SAS/SATA RAID controller documentation to determine the

 

 

correct configuration parameters and settings.

 

 

 

A green hard disk drive activity

1.

If the green hard disk drive activity LED does not flash when the drive is in

LED does not accurately

 

use, run the DSA disk drive test (see “Diagnostic tools” on page 19.

represent the actual state of the

 

2.

Use one of the following procedures:

associated drive.

 

v If the drive passes the test, replace the backplane.

 

 

 

 

v If the drive fails the test, replace the drive.

An amber hard disk drive

1.

If the amber hard disk drive LED and the RAID controller software do not

status LED does not accurately

 

indicate the same status for the drive, complete the following steps:

represent the actual state of the

 

 

a. Turn off the server.

associated drive.

 

 

b. Reseat the SAS/SATA controller.

 

 

 

 

c. Reseat the backplane signal cable and backplane power cable.

 

 

d. Reseat the hard disk drive.

 

 

e. Turn on the server and observe the activity of the hard disk drive LEDs.

 

2. See “Problem determination tips” on page 104.

 

 

 

Hypervisor problems

vFollow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved.

vSee Chapter 7, “Parts listing, RS210 Types 6531, 6532, 6533, and 6534,” on page 177 to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units (FRU).

vIf an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a Trained service technician.

vGo to the Lenovo support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support to check for technical information, hints, tips, and new device drivers or to submit a request for information.

Symptom

Action

 

 

 

If an optional embedded

1.

Make sure that the optional embedded hypervisor flash device is selected on

hypervisor flash device is not

 

the boot manager (<F12> Select Boot Device) at startup.

listed in the expected boot

 

2.

Make sure that the embedded hypervisor flash device is seated in the

order, does not appear in the

 

connector correctly (see “Replacing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device”

list of boot devices, or a similar

 

 

on page 133.

problem has occurred.

 

3. See the documentation that comes with the optional embedded hypervisor

 

 

 

flash device for setup and configuration information.

 

4. Make sure that other software works on the server.

 

 

 

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RS210 specifications

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