TABLE 9-5lists the Virtualization Engine Events.

TABLE 9-5Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid for Virtualization Engine

Component

 

 

 

Required

 

EventType

Severity

Information

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume

Alarm

Yellow

This event occurs when the

1.

Check the Sun StorEdge T3+

 

 

 

virtualization engine has

 

array for current LUN

 

 

 

detected a change in status

 

ownership.

 

 

 

for a multipath drive or a

2.

Use the SUNWsecfg utility on

 

 

 

VLUN. This usually

 

the Storage Service Processor

 

 

 

indicates a pathing problem

 

to fail LUNs back to the

 

 

 

to a Sun StorEdge T3+ array

 

correct controller, if needed.

 

 

 

controller, such as changes

 

 

 

 

 

in active and passive paths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume_add

Alarm

Yellow

A new VLUN was added to

None.

 

 

 

the configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume_

Alarm

Yellow

A VLUN was deleted from

None.

delete

 

 

the configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enclosure

Alarm.log

Yellow

Port statistics on

None.

 

 

 

virtualization engine v1a

 

 

 

 

 

changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enclosure

Audit

 

Automatic weekly audits

None.

 

 

 

send a detailed description

 

 

 

 

 

of the enclosure to the Sun

 

 

 

 

 

Network Storage Command

 

 

 

 

 

Center (NSCC).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oob

Comm_

 

Communication regained

 

 

(OutofBand)

Established

 

with virtualization engine

 

 

 

 

 

v1a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oob.ping

Comm_

Down

Ethernet connectivity to the

1.

Check power to the

 

Lost

 

virtualization engine has

 

virtualization engine.

 

 

 

been lost.

2.

Check Ethernet connectivity

 

 

 

 

 

to the virtualization engine.

 

 

 

 

3.

Check the status of the slicd

 

 

 

 

 

daemon.

 

 

 

 

4.

Make sure the virtualization

 

 

 

 

 

engine is booted correctly.

 

 

 

 

5.

Verify the correct TCP/IP

 

 

 

 

 

settings on the virtualization

 

 

 

 

 

engine.

 

 

 

 

6.

Replace the virtualization

 

 

 

 

 

engine, if necessary.

 

 

 

 

7.

Run ipcs(1) and ipcrm(1) to

 

 

 

 

 

clean up old semaphore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6900, 3900 specifications

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