Knowledge Article: ID B6F700004: Active volume is inoperable.

Description

The active volume on the CompactFlash module cannot be read.

Causes

When the CompactFlash cannot be read, the CompactFlash module might be broken.

Implications

Investigate using the procedure in the following Resolutions section.

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

  1. Reseat the CompactFlash module.
  2. Replace the CompactFlash module.

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.