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Yea, I was afraid it might be something on the Blade itself, not one of the components; much harder to fix that problem
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Yea, I was afraid it might be something on the Blade itself, not one of the components; much harder to fix that problem

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Yep, but much easier to diagnose if it is a HW problem. &nbsp;If it fails diagnostics, then think of all the time you save messing with VMware, operating systems, registry, drivers ..<br />
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Also if it is hardware, you can easily find out how much it costs to repair and be done with it once and for all.
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Yep, but much easier to diagnose if it is a HW problem.  If it fails diagnostics, then think of all the time you save messing with VMware, operating systems, registry, drivers ..

Also if it is hardware, you can easily find out how much it costs to repair and be done with it once and for all.

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Hello all,<br />
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I have an IBM Blade Center with 14 HS21s. All are in working condition except the #6 Blade. The Blade will not boot to a disk when directed to do so by the boot menu. VMwares Hypervisor ESXi (version 4.x.x) was previously installed on the hard drive (2 75GB HDDs in a RAID array, both of which are known to be good), but now it won't even boot to that; it will come up with 2 lines on a black screen that say 'I9990301 disk failure or disk reset'. <br />
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I ran the diagnostic utility and it seemed to indicate that there was some kind of hard drive failure, which cannot be true; both HDDs are brand-new and work in other Blades. <br />
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I've exhausted all my ideas as to what may be causing this, so hopefully you Experts can help me out. <br />
<br />
Thanks!
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Hello all,

I have an IBM Blade Center with 14 HS21s. All are in working condition except the #6 Blade. The Blade will not boot to a disk when directed to do so by the boot menu. VMwares Hypervisor ESXi (version 4.x.x) was previously installed on the hard drive (2 75GB HDDs in a RAID array, both of which are known to be good), but now it won't even boot to that; it will come up with 2 lines on a black screen that say 'I9990301 disk failure or disk reset'. 

I ran the diagnostic utility and it seemed to indicate that there was some kind of hard drive failure, which cannot be true; both HDDs are brand-new and work in other Blades. 

I've exhausted all my ideas as to what may be causing this, so hopefully you Experts can help me out. 

Thanks!

IBM HS21 Blade Server, possible hardware issues

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.