Troubleshooting the BladeCenter S system
If you experience problems with your BladeCenter S system, there are several ways to isolate and resolve the problem.
- The outer chassis assembly
- A midplane
- The inner system, power, and cooling chassis (SPC chassis)
- An advanced management module
- A media tray
- Four fan modules
Each blade server, which is installed in a blade server bay in the front of the BladeCenter S chassis, comes with two Ethernet ports (integrated on the planar) that connect through the midplane to an I/O module in I/O module bay 1.
I/O module bays 3 and 4 are optional. If used, an appropriate expansion card (matching the module type in the I/O module bay), must be installed in each blade server that will access the I/O modules.
Power modules must be installed in power module bays 1 and 2. If you have installed a disk storage module in disk storage module bay 2, power modules must also be installed in power module bays 3 and 4. These power modules provide additional power capacity to the power domain.
The midplane routes all electrical signals between all of the blade server bays and the I/O module bays.
- Service bulletins
IBM continually updates the support Web site with tips and techniques that you can use to resolve any problems that you may be having with the BladeCenter S system. - Diagnostic tools
Use the lightpath diagnostic LEDs and the event log to diagnose and solve hardware related problems - Updating firmware
Several components in the BladeCenter S chassis contain firmware that you can update. - Isolating component failures
There are times when the only way to isolate the cause of a problem is to start removing components until the problem is resolved. Use this procedure to assist in isolating the root cause of a problem. - Troubleshooting symptoms by component
After isolating the problem to a specific component, use this information to resolve the problem based on the symptom.
