Appendix B

AcceleRAID 170

Error Messages

☛Note

The firmware you are using may have these messages turned off. However, they are listed here for your reference.

Start-up Error Messages

The BIOS looks for any initialization message posted by the firmware during the start-up sequence. If a message is found, one of the following errors displays on screen and the installation process aborts.

AcceleRAID 170 fatal error--Memory test failed! AcceleRAID 170 fatal error--Command interface test failed!

AcceleRAID 170 hardware error--Run Diagnostics to pinpoint error

AcceleRAID 170 firmware checksum error--Reload firmware

Drive Check Error Messages

If the firmware finds a valid controller configuration, but it doesn't match the SCSI drives currently installed, one or more of the following messages display. Then, the BIOS prints out the following:

AcceleRAID 170 Configuration Checksum error--Run configuration utility!

If the firmware detects that during the last power cycle the system was turned off abruptly leaving some incomplete write operations, the following message appears:

Recovery from mirror race in progress

WARNING: Dead SCSI devices (Channel Target) : x:y

The following messages may also appear:

AcceleRAID 170 cannot recover from Mirror Race! Some system drives are inconsistent!

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