Subject: POST ERRORS, VPD AND 1601 SERVICE PROCESSOR ERROR
Updated Netfinity server RETAIN Tip:
Record number: H167341
Device: D/T8662
Model: M
Hit count: UHC00018
Success count: USC0000
Publication code: PC50
Tip key:
Date created: O99/09/28
Date last altered: A99/11/17
Owning B.U.: USA
Abstract: POST ERRORS, VPD AND 1601 SERVICE PROCESSOR ERROR
SYMPTOM:
The following POST errors:
PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
a Netfinity 5500-M20 server, Type 8662, any Model.
a Netfinity 5500-M10 server, Type 8661, any Model.
a Netfinity 5500 server, Type 8660, any Model.
a Netfinity 5000 server, Type 8659, any Model.
FIX:
This behavior is fixed in the latest firmware for the Advanced Systems Management Processor.
For the 5000:
Download and apply "IBM Netfinity 5000 Advanced System
Management Processor Firmware Update Diskette,
Version 2.10 " or higher.
For the 5500:
Download and apply "IBM Netfinity 5500 Advanced System
Management Processor Firmware Update Diskette,
Version 2.10 " or higher.
For the 5500-M10
Download and apply "IBM Netfinity 5500 M10 Advanced
System Management Processor Firmware Update Diskette,
Version 2.10 " or higher
For the 5500-M20:
Download and apply "IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 Advanced
System Management Processor Firmware Update Diskette,
Version 2.10 " or higher.
The referenced files are available from the following URL:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/searchfiles.html
Search on "System Service Package"
DETAILS:
The problem occurs when there is data coming into COM A while the system is in POST.
When the system is in POST or off, the Advanced Systems Management Processor controls the port
and it tries to interpret the information coming in.
This incoming data can put the Service Processor into a state where it is not functioning.
This only happens if you have a device that is sending data to the port.
This is fixed in the latest version of the Advanced Systems Management Processor firmware for the systems affected.
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