[chulofiasco]

So I managed to get my hands on the Internal Support Tools, version 2.7 and in addition to Odyssey Diags, there is also an enhanced IDE testing environment for a few different models of workstation. I installed it onto my Octane for some rounds of troubleshooting a random kernal panic/memory fault. While banging around in IDE, it got around to telling me that my IP30 was defective, basically because it failed one of the DUART tests (which if I'm reading the screen right, is more than likely Serial Port B Test.)

Of course, immediately after beginning and not too long before it fails, it reminds me to "Ensure that Serial Port Plug is connected". With nothing connected, it then encounters an error, and reports that the PCI Serial Port Test failed. ErrCode PCI007. Of course it looks like a false positive because ** I think ** it might need this plug to test successfully, so I'm not super concerned, but then again, who really knows?

Is anyone familiar with this, or know what a "Serial Port Plug" is?

I've added some photos.

Thanks,
Lorenzo