SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.

 

 

Appendix B. SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers

 

¦

47500 ¦ Part of the RAID array data

¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ might have been lost.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

48000 ¦ The SSA adapter has detected

¦ Go to "SSA Loop

¦

¦

¦ a loop configuration that is

¦ Configurations that Are Not

¦

¦

¦ not valid.

¦ Valid" in topic B.1 or call

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ for service

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

49000 ¦ A RAID array is in the

¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ Degraded state because a disk ¦

¦

¦

¦ drive is not available to the ¦

¦

¦

¦ array, and a write command

¦

¦

¦

¦ has been sent to that array.

¦

¦

¦

¦

 

¦

¦

¦

¦ A disk drive might not be

¦

¦

¦

¦ available for one of the

¦

¦

¦

¦ following reasons:

¦

¦

¦

¦

 

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

The disk drive has

¦

¦

¦

¦

failed.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

The disk drive has been

¦

¦

¦

¦

removed from the

¦

¦

¦

¦

subsystem.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

An SSA link has failed.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

A power failure has

¦

¦

¦

¦

occurred.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

49100 ¦ A RAID array is in the

¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ Exposed state because a disk

¦

¦

¦

¦ drive is not available to the ¦

¦

¦

¦ array.

¦

¦

¦

¦

 

¦

¦

¦

¦ A disk drive can become not

¦

¦

¦

¦ available for several

¦

¦

¦

¦ reasons:

¦

¦

¦

¦

 

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

The disk drive has

¦

¦

¦

¦

failed.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

The disk drive has been

¦

¦

¦

¦

removed from the

¦

¦

¦

¦

subsystem.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

An SSA link has failed.

¦

¦

¦

¦ ￿

A power failure has

¦

¦

¦

¦

occurred.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

49500 ¦ No hot-spare disk drives are

¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ available for a RAID array

¦

¦

¦

¦ that is configured for

¦

¦

¦

¦ hot-spare disk drives.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

49700 ¦ The parity for the RAID array ¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ is not complete.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50000 ¦ The SSA adapter failed to

¦ Exchange the adapter card

¦

¦

¦ respond to the device driver. ¦ for a new one or call for

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ service

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50001 ¦ A data parity error has

¦ Exchange the adapter card

¦

¦

¦ occurred.

¦ for a new one or call for

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ service

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50002 ¦ An SSA adapter DMA error has

¦ Exchange the adapter card

¦

¦

¦ occurred.

¦ for a new one or call for

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ service

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50004 ¦ Channel check.

¦ Exchange the adapter card

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ for a new one or call for

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ service

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50005 ¦ A software error has

¦ Call for service

¦

¦

¦ occurred.

¦

¦

+

---------+-------------------------------

+------------------------------

¦

¦

50006 ¦ A channel check has occurred. ¦ Exchange the adapter card

¦

¦

¦

 

¦ for a new one or call for

¦

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