Service Request Numbers (SRNs)

Service request numbers (SRNs) are generated by the error logging facility and by diagnostics. SRNs help you to identify the cause of a problem, the failing field-replaceable units (FRUs), and the service actions that might be needed to s the problem.

Displaying SRNs

To see the

SRNs

runRemothe Systems Management (RSM) Configurator

.

(see Installationthe

and User forGuidedetails of how

to load and start the RSM

configurator)

 

 

 

Use the configurator to display the SRNs as follows:

1.On the opening page,EventselectLogger

2.On the second page,Analyseselect

The error log is analysed and all errors with a severity level that calls for serv intervention are displayed.

The SRN Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

table in

this section lists the SRNs

and

describes

the

actions

you

should

take

table columns

are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SRN

 

The

service

reference

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRU

list

The

FRU

or

FRUs

that

might

be

causing the

problem,

and how

likely it

is

 

 

(by

percentage)

that

the FRU is causing the problem.

 

 

 

 

Problem

A

description

of

the

problem

and

the

action

you

must

take.

 

 

 

Abbreviations

used in the table are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMA

 

Direct

memory

access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRU

 

Field-replaceable

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAA

 

P

=

Adapter

port

number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AA

=

SSA

address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see also

“Finding

the

Device

When No

Service

Aids

Are

Available”

on

 

 

 

page

38)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI

 

Peripheral

Component

Interconnect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

 

Power-On

Self-Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the SRN Table

Important:

You

should have been sent here from either

diagnostics

or a

START

MAP.

Do

not

start

problem determination

from

the SRN table;

always go to

the

START

MAP

for

the unit

in which the device

is

installed.

 

 

 

 

Copyright IBM Corp. 1998

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