HPE Knowledge Article
HP ProLiant Servers - How to Interpret PCI Bus, Device, Function and Slot
Information?
Article Number mmr_sf-EN_US000006612
Environment
HP ProLiant Servers
Issue
Decode PCI Bus Error
Interpret PCI Bus Error
How to interpret PCI Bus, Device, Function and Slot information?
Cause
Hardware
Resolution
In some scenarios ProLiant server may give “Uncorrectable PCI Express Error
” logged in IML or in Event Logs. NOTE: The Values mentioned in the IML Logs and Advanced Survey Report a
Examples:
PCI Bus Error
PCI Bus Error
Uncorrectable
Uncorrectable
Uncorrectable
Uncorrectable
Uncorrectable
Uncorrectable
(Slot 0, Bus 2, Device 2 or 1, Function 0)
(Slot 3, Bus 2, Device 9, Function 0)
PCI Express Error (Slot 2, Bus 0, Device 3, Function
PCI Express Error (Embedded device, Bus 0, Device 8,
PCI Express Error (Embedded device, Bus 0, Device 7,
PCI Express Error (Embedded device, Bus 0, Device 3,
PCI Express Error (Embedded device, Bus 0, Device 2,
PCI Express Error (Embedded device, Bus 0, Device 0,
0, Error
Function
Function
Function
Function
Function
status 0x00000000)
0, Error status 0x00000000)
0, Error status 0x00000000)
0, Error status 0x00050000)
0, Error status 0x00000020)
0, Error status 0x00000000)
These error messages do not point to the exact hardware part number or hardware name.
These error messages have to be decoded using Advanced Survey output from Insight Diagnostics software.
Here are some screenshots showing the PCI devices in Advanced Survey output.
Figure 1: PCI Device Informa
Figure 2: iLO 4 Bus Information.
Figure 3: Matrox Graphics Bus Information.
Figure 4: Broadcom 331T NIC BUS and Slot Information.
Figure 5: Intel NC365T NIC BUS and Slot Information.
NOTE: Use the Vendor ID and the Device ID to determine the hardware device.
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