Originally posted by: ca1cu1on

Today our 9113-550 became unresponsive for some applications, so we executed a shutdown -Fr. On it's way up, the control panel shows a looping series of C1C3C2XX, beginning with C1C3C200 and ending with C1C3C218 after the disks are found (you can hear them spinning up) and then a hang at B150F22A prior to the boot screen, so I can not get into the SMS menu or boot from CD. I also do not know the current version of firmware on the machine.

Following the advice on other forums, I have:
1. powered the machine off, unplugged/reseated the power plugs and rebooted = same error
2. performed pinhole reset on system control panel, rebooted = same error

Any additional ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by: shargus

Doing a google search of your code comes up with a note from IBM about this being a known firmware issue. To get your system up, they recommend turning the server off and unplugging it for a few minutes, then plugging in and booting up.

Upgrading the firmware will prevent this in the future.

Originally posted by: shargus

sorry - didn't notice you had already tried unplugging it...

Originally posted by: Holgervk

you might try to put the latest firmware via usb-stick

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/ipha5/fix_firm_usb.htm

I´d do this as a last resort.

Originally posted by: ca1cu1on

$600 to on site IBM technical Support identified the motherboard had malfunctioned, and needed to be replaced.

Thanks for your suggestions.