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Knowledge Article: ID B0EE00000: BSE RAID fault

Description

A RAID fault has occurred in the BladeCenter Storage Expansion Unit in the specified blade server.

Causes

The blade server detects BSE (Blade Storage Expansion)RAID failure.

Implications

The management module generates this event

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

  1. Update the ServeRAID-related code (including driver, BIOS and service processor firmware, and the ServeRAID application) for the blade server.
  2. Update the hard drive firmware.
  3. Reseat the ServeRAID SAS controller in the BladeCenter Storage Expansion Unit.
  4. Replace the following components one at a time, in the order shown, restarting the blade server each time:
    1. ServeRAID SAS controller.
    2. BladeCenter Storage Expansion Unit.

Refer to the Problem Determination and Service Guide for the specified blade server type for information about the BladeCenter Storage Expansion Unit. 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.