7.2 Sense Data Analysis

7.2Sense Data Analysis

7.2.1Error information indicated with sense data

Subsection 7.2.2 onwards explain troubleshooting using sense data. For details of the following sense data, refer to Chapter 5 “Sense Data Error Recovery Methods” of the Fibre Channel Interface Specifications.

Table 7.1 lists the definition of sense data. For details of sense data, refer to the Fibre Channel Interface Specifications.

 

 

Table 7.1

Definition of sense data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sense data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sense

Additional

Additional

 

Definition

sense code

 

 

key

sense code

 

 

qualifier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

00

00

Operation was normal.

 

 

 

 

3

0C

03

A write to a disk terminated abnormally.

 

 

 

 

4

32

01

Failed to update the defect list due to a disk medium write error,

 

 

 

etc.

 

 

40

xx

An error occurred in power-on self-diagnosis.

 

C4

xx

A drive error occurred.

 

 

 

 

1

1x

xx

A disk read error occurred.

3

1x

xx

A disk read error occurred.

 

 

 

 

E

1D

00

Data discrepancy found by VERIFY command byte check.

 

 

 

 

5

2x

xx

A SCSI error, such as an invalid operation code, occurred.

4 or B

44

xx

A hardware error occurred inside the HDD.

B

47

00

A CRC error occurred in the fibre channel loop.

 

49

00

An unmounted or inappropriate message was received.

 

4E

00

An overlap command was issued.

 

 

 

 

 

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MAW3073fc, MAW3147FC, MAW3300FC specifications

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