Knowledge Article: ID B09025000: Front panel cable is not connected to system board.

Description

The front panel cable is not connected to the system board.

Causes

Implications

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

  1. Reseat the control panel cable.
  2. Replace the following components one at a time, in the order shown, restarting the blade server each time:
    1. Bezel assembly
    2. (Trained service technician only) System board assembly

Refer to the Problem Determination and Service Guide for the specified blade server type for information about replacing components. The Problem Determination and Service Guide is available on the Web.

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.