PIOCARD

The hardware that controls PCI adapters and PCI card slots detected an error.

1. Are you working from the serviceable event view and a card location is listed with this FRU?
   • Yes: The error is located at the listed card location. Go to step 5.
   • No: Perform the following:
     1. Record the DSA, which is word 7 of the reference code.
     2. Locate the card specified in the DSA by going to MABIP53. Return here after locating the FRU and continue with the next step.
2. Did you identify a single FRU location by using MABIP53?
   • Yes: This is the location of the failing item. Go to step 5.
   • No: Continue with the next step.
3. Perform the following, referring to the remove and replace procedures for each FRU location you determined (you can find links to the locations information, and from there to the remove and replace procedures, in the table at the end of this procedure):
   1. Remove all of the adapter and/or IOP cards in the locations that are identified in the given range of card slots. Do not remove any FRUs with embedded adapters, only FRUs in PCI card slots.
   2. Replace each card one at a time.
      Note: For IBM® i adapters controlled by IOPs, replace the IOP before any of the adapters.
      Power on the unit after you replace each card until either the problem reappears or you have replaced each card.
   3. Did the problem reappear?
      • Yes: The last card that you replaced before the problem appeared again is the failing item. This ends the procedure.
      • No: Continue with the next step.
4. Did you identify a FRU with embedded adapters when performing MABIP53?
   • Yes: The problem is in the FRU with the embedded adapter. Continue with the next step and exchange that FRU.This ends the procedure.
   • No: The problem may be intermittent. Contact your next level of support. This ends the procedure.
5. Use the table below to locate and replace the failing item. This ends the procedure.

   Table 1. Failing item for symbolic FRU PIOCARD

   System model, expansion unit, or machine type	Name of FRU to exchange	FRU location
   8234-EMA, 8234-EMA, 9117-MMA, and 9406-MMA	PCI adapter, if you have detected a failing PCI adapter in a PCI slot of a system unit drawer, replace the PCI adapter that is in the failing slot.	Un-P1-Cx
   	I/O backplane, if you detected a failing I/O controller that is embedded on a system unit's I/O backplane, replace the I/O backplane.	Un-P1
   7311-D11	PCI adapter, if you have detected a failing PCI adapter in a PCI slot of an I/O expansion drawer, replace the PCI adapter that is in the failing slot.	Un-P1-Cx
   7311-D20	PCI adapter, if you have detected a failing PCI adapter in a PCI slot of an I/O expansion drawer, replace the PCI adapter that is in the failing slot.	Un-Px-Cy
   7311-G30	PCI adapter, if you have detected a failing PCI adapter in a PCI slot of an I/O expansion drawer, replace the PCI adapter that is in the failing slot.	Un-Px-Cy