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TheTMMimplementstheSELasspeciedintheIPMI2.0specication.TheSELisaccessibleregardlessof
thesystempowerstatethroughtheTMMin-bandandout-of-bandinterfaces.
FormoreinformationaboutviewingtheSEL,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,
whichisavailablefordownloadathttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides.
Basictroubleshootingtables
Usethebasictroubleshootinginformationtondsolutionstoproblemsthathavedenitesymptoms.
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage153
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblemstillcannot
besolved,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage159.
Note:Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter
6“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage67.
Symptom
Action
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDdoesnotstart.1.EnsurethattheserversupportstheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogramandhasabootableDVDdrive
installedorabootableexternalDVDdriveattached.
2.Ensurethatyouhavesettheopticaldrivewiththe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDinstalledastherst
startupdevice.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page50
.
3.Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.
See“Opticaldriveproblems”onpage154.
Theoperatingsysteminstallationprogramcontinuously
loops.
Makemorespaceavailableontheharddiskdrive.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramcannotstartthe
operatingsystemmedium.
1.Ensurethattheoperatingsystemmediumis
supportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
versionyourareusing.Foralistofthesupported
operatingsystems,refertotheuserguideand
compatibilitynotesfortheThinkServerEasyStartup
programthroughtheprogrammaininterface.See
“StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”on
page54
.
2.Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.
See“Opticaldriveproblems”onpage154
.
Opticaldriveproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage153
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblemstillcannot
besolved,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage159.
Notes:
•Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter6
“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage67
.
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