Sun Microsystems X4240 Server User Manual


 
54 Sun Fire X4140, X4240, and X4440 Servers Diagnostics Guide August 2008
Note If the error is on low 1MB, the BIOS freezes after rebooting. Therefore, no
DMI log is recorded.
An example of the error reported by the SEL through IPMI 2.0 is as follows:
When low memory is erroneous, the BIOS is frozen on pre-boot low memory
test because the BIOS cannot decompress itself into faulty DRAM and execute
the following items:
When the faulty DIMM is beyond the BIOS's low 1MB extraction space, proper
boot happens:
Note the following considerations for this revision:
Uncorrectable ECC Memory Error is not reported.
Multi-bit ECC errors are reported as Memory Device Disabled.
On first reboot, BIOS logs a HyperTransport Error in the DMI log.
The BIOS disables the DIMM.
The BIOS sends the SEL records to the BMC.
The BIOS reboots again.
The BIOS skips the faulty DIMM on the next POST memory test.
The BIOS reports available memory, excluding the faulty DIMM pair.
FIGURE D-1 shows an example of a DMI log screen from BIOS Setup Page.
ipmitool> sel list
100 | 08/26/2005 | 11:36:09 | OEM #0xfb |
200 | 08/26/2005 | 11:36:12 | System Firmware Error | No usable system memory
300 | 08/26/2005 | 11:36:12 | Memory | Memory Device Disabled | CPU 0 DIMM 0
ipmitool> sel list
100 | 08/26/2005 | 05:04:04 | OEM #0xfb |
200 | 08/26/2005 | 05:04:09 | Memory | Memory Device Disabled | CPU 0 DIMM 0