Knowledge Article: ID B06026080: Critical chassis cooling device failure. Blade powered off.

Description

A blade server has been powered off due to a critical chassis cooling device failure. Typically, this is a result of mulitple fan or blower module failures.

Causes

The system thermal sensor in the chassis detects that several cooling devices failed.

Implications

The blade server powers off.

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

1. Check power to the fan or blower modules.
2. Check the event log to see which fan or blower modules are failing and reseat them.
3. Replace the failing fan or blower modules.

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.