User's Manual
Intel
®
 Server Board S5000VSA User’s Guide 45
• Make sure the drive is compatible. See “Additional Information and Software” for a 
link to the tested drives.
• Make sure you have not exceeded the power budget for the server. See “Additional 
Information and Software” for a link to software to check your power budget.
• If using SCSI drives, verify that each SCSI ID number is unique on the SCSI bus. 
See your drive documentation for details on setting the SCSI ID for your drives.
• If using ATA drives, verify that the master/slave settings are set correctly. See your 
drive documentation for details on setting the master/slave settings.
• If using a RAID configuration with SCSI or SATA drives, make sure the RAID card 
is installed correctly.
Bootable CD-ROM Disk Is Not Detected
Check the following:
• Make sure the BIOS is configured to allow the CD-ROM to be the first bootable 
device.
LED Information
The Intel
® 
Server Board [ProductCode] includes LEDs that can aid in troubleshooting 
your system. A table of these LEDs with a description of their use is listed below. 
Table 7. LED Information
LED Name Function Location LED Color Notes
Power Indicates system power 
is on or off
Front control 
panel
Green Off = Power is off or in sleep 
state S5
On = Power is on or in sleep 
stats S0
ID Aid in server 
identification from the 
back panel
Front control 
panel and 
board rear left 
corner
Blue Press ID LED button or use 
Server Management software 
to turn the LED on and off.
System Fault Visible fault warning Control panel 
and board rear 
left corner
Green or 
Amber
Green = No Fault
Green blinking = degraded 
condition
Amber blinking = non-critical 
error
Amber = critical or non-
recoverable error










