IBM ServeRAID-4 Ultra160 Series User Reference page 98

When you start IPSMON, it immediately begins polling all ServeRAID controllers for
specific conditions. If a condition being monitored is found, this program logs a
message to the screen, to a file, or to both the screen and a file.
Note: IPSMON continuously polls the ServeRAID controllers until you type unload
Supported operating systems: NetWare
Command: ipsmon options
where options is one of the following optional parameters:
v -F:filename to specify the name of the file in which to record messages. The
v -S to display messages on the standard output (usually the screen)
v -? to obtain a current list of valid parameters
Note: If you start this program without any command-line parameters, the IPSMON
During operation, IPSMON logs various messages. Each message contains an alert
code and a location specifier.
v The alert code begins with the message type and number:
v The location specifier comes after the alert code:
For example, a message of CRTxxx:A2C3SID04 signifies that a Critical condition
(CRTxxx) was found on Controller 2 (A2), Channel 3 (C3), SCSI ID 4 (SID04).
The IPSMON program can log the following messages, based on the condition
being monitored and errors detected.
Information Messages:
Warning Messages:
Critical Messages:
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ipsmon at the system console.
default file name is IPSMON.LOG.
program will log the messages to the IPSMON.LOG file, and the messages
will not be displayed on the screen.
– INF (information) followed by the message number
– WRN (warning) followed by the message number
– CRT (critical) followed by the message number
– A followed by the controller number
– C followed by the channel number (if required)
– SID followed by the SCSI ID (if required)
<Date and Time> INF000:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF001:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF002:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF003:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF004:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF005:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> INF006:A1C-SID--
<Date and Time> WRN001:A2C3SID12 (PFA Error detected)
<Date and Time> CRT001:A3C2SID04
<Date and Time> CRT002:A1C-SID--
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-4 Ultra160 SCSI Controller
(no errors detected)
(rebuild started)
(rebuild completed)
(synchronization started)
(synchronization completed)
(migration started)
(migration completed)
(dead drive detected)
(controller is not responding to commands)