PRIMERGY RX300 S7 Server Upgrade and Maintenance Manual

Basic software procedures

5.2.2

Verifying system information backup / restore

To avoid the loss of non-default settings when replacing the system board, a backup copy of important system configuration data is automatically stored from the system board NVRAM to the Chassis ID EPROM. After replacing the system board the backup data is restored from the Chassis ID board to the new system board.

In order to verify whether the backup or restore process has been successful, check the System Event Log (SEL) using the ServerView Operations Manager

(see also section

"Viewing and clearing the System Event Log (SEL)" on page 103 ).

After replacing the system board

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Check the SEL log files as described in section

"Viewing and clearing the

System Event Log (SEL)" on page 103

to verify whether the backup data on the Chassis ID EPROM has been restored to the system board:

Chassis IDPROM: Restore successful

After replacing the Chassis ID EPROM

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In case of the PRIMERGY RX300 S7 server, the Chassis ID EPROM is integrated on the front panel board.

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Check the SEL log files as described in section

"Viewing and clearing the

System Event Log (SEL)" on page 103

to verify whether a backup copy of the system board settings has been transferred to the Chassis ID EPROM:

Chassis IDPROM: Backup successful

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