Dell PowerEdge 6950 User Manual

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About Your System

Read fault

Requested sector not found

The operating system cannot read
from the diskette or hard drive, the
system could not find a particular
sector on the disk, or the requested
sector is defective.

Replace the diskette. Ensure that the
diskette and hard drive cables are
properly connected. See
"Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on
page 108, "T
roubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page 109, or "T
roubleshooting
a Hard Drive" on page 110 for the
appropriate drive(s) installed in your
system.

Remote Access Controller

cable error or incorrect

card in the RAC slot.

RAC cables not connected, or RAC
card installed in wrong expansion slot.

Check that the RAC cables are
connected, and that the RAC card is
installed in the correct expansion slot.
See "RAC Card" on page 56.

Remote Access Controller

not installed in the RAC

slot.

RAC card installed in wrong
expansion slot.

Check that the RAC card is installed in
the correct expansion slot. See "RAC
Card" on page 56.

Remote configuration

update attempt failed

System unable to process Remote
Configuration request.

Retry Remote Configuration.

ROM bad checksum =

address

Expansion card improperly installed or
faulty.

Reseat the expansion cards. Ensure that
all appropriate cables are securely
connected to the expansion cards. If the
problem persists, see "Troubleshooting
Expansion Cards" on page 113.

SAS port

n

hard disk drive

not found

SAS cables are not properly seated, or
drive missing.

See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on
page 110.

Sector not found

Seek error

Seek operation failed

Faulty diskette or hard drive.

See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 108 or "T
roubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 110 for the appropriate
drive(s) installed in your system.

Shutdown failure

Shutdown test failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory"
on page 106.

The amount of system

memory has changed

Memory has been added or removed
or a memory module may be faulty.

If memory has been added or removed,
this message is informative and can be
ignored. If memory has not been added
or removed, check the SEL to determine
if single-bit or multi-bit errors were
detected and replace the faulty memory
module. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 106.

Table 1-8.

System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

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