Hardware Error Messages

The following table shows some error messages that result from hardware issues, possible causes of those issues, and solutions.

TABLE A-1SunPCi III Hardware Error Messages and Solutions

Error Message

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

Driver

not found.

Your system cannot identify the PCI device.

Can’t attach to

 

Your SunPCi III card might not be properly

device.

 

 

seated in the PCI slot.

The SunPCi III

 

This message might appear for one of the

drivers

could not be

following reasons:

loaded.

Is another

 

session

running?

• You already have a SunPCi III session

 

 

 

running.

 

 

 

• You removed the SunPCi III card and

 

 

 

then reinstalled it in a different PCI slot in

 

 

 

your system.

 

 

 

• You started SunPCi III software without

 

 

 

first restarting your system after you

 

 

 

installed the card.

Driver

couldn’t

be

Your SunPCi III card might not be properly

loaded.

SunPCi

III

seated in the PCI slot.

cannot

open the

 

 

device.

 

 

 

Remove and reinstall your SunPCi III card as described in the SunPCi III Quick Start Installation Guide.

Perform a corresponding action:

Quit the other session before running SunPCi III software again.

If possible, remove the card and install it into the PCI slot it first occupied.

Log in as superuser, type halt at the # prompt to halt your system again, and restart at the ok prompt using boot -r.

Make sure that the card is securely seated in the PCI slot.

System could not You have run out of disk space on your

transfer file data host file system. from buffers.

Make more space on your host file system.

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Sun Microsystems 817-3630-11 manual Table A-1SunPCi III Hardware Error Messages and Solutions