TABLE 8-1Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid for the Sun StorEdge T3+ Array

Component

Event Type

Severity

Action

Description

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power

State

 

 

The status of the PCU

 

 

 

Change+

 

 

has changed from ready-

 

 

 

 

 

 

disable to ready-enable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interface.

State

 

 

 

 

 

loopcard

Change+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power

State

 

 

The Sun StorEdge T3+

 

 

 

Change+

 

 

array has reported that a

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUN has changed state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller

State

Red

Y

The Sun StorEdge T3+

1.

Open a Telnet session

 

Change-

 

 

array has reported that a

 

to the affected Sun

 

 

 

 

power cooling unit has

 

StorEdge T3+ array.

 

 

 

 

been disabled.

2.

Verify the controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

state with fru_stat

 

 

 

 

 

 

and sys_stat.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Re-enable the

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller if possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

(enable u)

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Run logger -

 

 

 

 

 

 

dmprstlog from a

 

 

 

 

 

 

serial port session on

 

 

 

 

 

 

the affected controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The output from

 

 

 

 

 

 

logger will only go

 

 

 

 

 

 

the the syslog facility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review the syslog on

 

 

 

 

 

 

the master controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

to determine the cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

of failure.

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Replace the controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

as indicated by the

 

 

 

 

 

 

NVRAM failure code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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