IBM BladeCenter T Type 8720 User Manual

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Table

6.

Troubleshooting

charts

(continued)

Device

Suggested

action

CD-ROM

drive

is

not

recognized

after

being

switched

back

to

blade

server

running

on

Windows

2000

Advanced

Server

with

SP3

applied.

When

the

CD-ROM

drive

is

owned

by

blade

server

x,

is

switched

to

another

blade

server,

then

is

switched

back

to

blade

server

x,

the

operating

system

in

blade

server

x

no

longer

recognizes

the

CD-ROM

drive.

This

happens

when

you

have

not

safely

stopped

the

drives

before

switching

ownership

of

the

CD-ROM

drive

and

USB

ports

(media

tray).

Note:

Because

the

BladeCenter

T

unit

uses

a

USB

bus

to

communicate

with

the

media

tray

devices,

switching

ownership

of

the

media

tray

to

another

blade

server

is

the

same

as

unplugging

a

USB

device.

Before

switching

ownership

of

the

CD-ROM

drive

(media

tray)

to

another

blade

server,

safely

stop

the

media

tray

devices

on

the

blade

server

that

currently

owns

the

media

tray,

as

follows:

1.

Double-click

the

Unplug

or

Eject

Hardware

icon

in

the

Windows

taskbar

at

the

bottom

right

of

the

screen.

2.

Select

USB

Mass

Storage

Device

and

click

Stop.

3.

Click

Close.

You

can

now

safely

switch

ownership

of

the

media

tray

to

another

blade

server.

CD-ROM

problem.

Replace

the

CD-ROM

drive.

Ethernet

controller

problems

Operating

systems

number

Ethernet

controllers

differently.

Enumeration

of

the

Ethernet

controllers

in

a

blade

server

is

operating-system

dependent.

In

the

blade

server

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program,

the

Ethernet

port

designated

as

Planar

Ethernet

1

is

routed

to

Ethernet

switch

module

2

and

the

Ethernet

port

designated

as

Planar

Ethernet

2

is

routed

to

Ethernet

switch

module

1.

Verify

the

designations

through

your

operating

system

settings

or

by

testing:

1.

Install

only

one

switch

module,

in

switch

bay

1.

2.

Enable

only

one

of

the

Ethernet

controllers

on

the

blade

server.

Make

note

of

the

designation

the

blade

server

operating

system

has

for

the

controller.

3.

Ping

an

external

computer

on

the

network

connected

to

the

switch

module.

If

you

can

ping

the

external

computer,

the

Ethernet

controller

you

enabled

is

the

upper

controller

in

the

blade

server

and

is

associated

with

Ethernet

switch

1.

Ethernet

switch

module

problems

First

ping

from

Ethernet

switch

module

through

Telnet

reports

failure.

When

you

use

the

Ethernet

switch

module

Telnet

interface

to

request

the

switch

module

to

ping

something,

the

first

ping

response

reports

a

failure,

although

the

other

repetitions

might

report

success.

This

occurs

regardless

of

whether

the

switch

module

port

the

pinged

object

is

connected

to

is

internal

or

external,

and

applies

to

pinging

blade

servers

but

not

to

pinging

the

management

module

or

objects

connected

to

its

external

Ethernet

port,

such

as

the

network

management

station.

To

get

accurate

results,

always

specify

multiple

repetitions

(>1)

in

the

ping

request,

and

ignore

the

first

ping

response

from

that

request.

See

the

IBM

4-Port

Gb

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

BladeCenter

T

Installation

Guide

for

instructions

on

how

to

ping

through

the

Telnet

interface.

Ethernet

switch-module

firmware

graphics

shows

a

blank

panel

when

the

blade

server

is

present

but

powered

off.

If

the

Wake-on-LAN

(WOL)

feature

is

disabled

on

a

blade

server,

and

the

blade

server

is

turned

off,

the

switch

module

internal

port

link

to

that

blade

is

down.

This

is

not

an

error,

but

the

graphic

of

the

BladeCenter

T

unit

might

show

a

blank

panel

instead

of

a

blade

server

in

that

bay.

Note:

You

can

enable

or

disable

the

WOL

feature

on

a

blade

server

through

the

management-module

Web

interface

or

through

the

IBM

Director

console.

Do

not

rely

on

the

BladeCenter

T

graphic

in

the

Ethernet

switch-module

firmware

Web

interface

to

determine

the

presence

or

absence

of

blade

servers

in

the

BladeCenter

T

unit.

Ethernet

switch-module

log

reports

elapsed

time,

not

time

of

day.

The

timestamp

on

entries

in

the

Ethernet

switch

module

log

uses

elapsed

time

(since

last

switch

restart).

The

timestamp

on

entries

restarts

from

0

each

time

the

switch

is

restarted,

although

the

entries

do

remain

in

order

of

occurrence.

Chapter

6.

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