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CHAPTER
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Initial Inspection of the Server
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ “Service Troubleshooting Flowchart” on page 1
■ “Gathering Service Information” on page 2
■ “System Inspection” on page 3
Service Troubleshooting Flowchart
Use the following flowchart as a guideline for using the subjects in this book to
troubleshoot the server.
TABLE 1-1 Troubleshooting Flowchart
To perform this task Refer to this section
Gather initial service information. “Gathering Service Information” on page 2
Investigate any powering-on
problems.
“Troubleshooting Power Problems” on page 3
Perform external visual inspection
and internal visual inspection.
“Externally Inspecting the Server” on page 3
“Internally Inspecting the Server” on page 4
Chapter 3
View BIOS event logs and POST
messages.
“Viewing Event Logs” on page 21
“Power-On Self-Test (POST)” on page 25
