Knowledge Article: ID B06500000: PCI Parity Error.

Description

The service processor on the specified blade server has detected a PCI parity error for the specified component. The blade server will reboot.

Causes

The PCI card has detected a PCI parity error for the specified blade server.

Implications

The blade server will reboot.

Resolutions

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

1. If this is a new blade server or a new PCI adapter was added to an existing blade server, reseat the PCI adapter.
   
   1. Verify that this PCI adapter is supported in the blade server. See the IBM ServerProven Web site to determine if the PCI adapter is supported.
   2. Update the service processor firmware and BIOS for the blade server.
   3. Update the firmware for the PCI adapter.
2. Check the IBM Support Web page for any service bulletins that might be related to this problem.

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.