The first requirement is to identify and isolate the source of the issue, which can be the server mezzanine card, IOM card ports, or Fabric Interconnect server ports. To determine that the issue is with the server mezzanine card and not with the IOM or Fabric Interconnect ports, physically have a look at the server motherboard LED's status at the front of the server as follows:
- If the network link LED at the front of the blade server is off, the adapter will not be able to establish the network link
- The network link LED will be green if one or more links are active
The network link LED for the UCS blade B22 M3 is shown in the following illustration:
Once the physical connectivity is verified by the LED indicator status, you can also look into the UCS Manager for any issues related to the server adapter.
Use the following procedure to determine the type of server mezzanine adapter errors being experienced:
- Log in to UCS Manager.
- Click on the Equipment tab in the navigation pane.
- In the Equipment tab, expand the desired server in the desired chassis.
- Expand the desired adapter, and the Overall Status of that adapter will be shown in the work pane.
- This is a quick view for looking at any adapter errors on that server. In order to see the details of the errors, click on the Faults tab in the work pane that will provide all the error messages related to the adapter as shown in the following screenshot:
