Knowledge Article: ID B0021603E: PCI bus timeout: system error.

Description

A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus times out for the specified blade server.

Causes

The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus detects a timeout.

Implications

The management module generates this event.

Resolutions

Continue to monitor the event log for more occurrences of this error. If the error persists, perform these steps:

1. Verify that the PCI adapter is supported in the blade server. Go to the IBM ServerProven Web site.
2. Update the firmware for the PCI adapter.
3. Flash (update if applicable) the firmware for the baseboard management controller (BMC) service processor, the BIOS, and the firmware for the advanced management module.
4. Reseat the PCI adapter.
5. Replace the PCI adapter.

Additional information

To find additional troubleshooting help, visit the "IBM Support & downloads" Web site, select "BladeCenter" for "Browse products for support" panel. At "Support & downloads quick start" page, select your product for "Choose your products", and "Troubleshooting" for "Choose your page", then select "View your page" for "See your results". To narrow the results, search with keywords that are related to this article, such as "fail", "Chassis", etc. in the "Search support" field at the right panel.

To download the latest firmware or drivers, visit the "Fix Central" Web site, select "BladeCenter" for "Product Group" (from the pull-down lists), select your product for "Product" (from the pull-down lists), select your product machine type for "Product" (from the pull-down lists), and select your operating system for "Operating system" (from the pull-down lists). You can refine the search by selecting the category of the download of your interest from the "Refine results" list.