Chapter 6. Solving Serveraid Problems - IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-3H Installation And User Manual

Chapter 6. Solving ServeRAID problems

This chapter describes the ServeRAID text and numeric messages that might appear during startup. This
chapter also includes some basic information about rebuilding a defunct drive.
In addition to the information provided in this chapter, you might want to use the ServeRAID IPSSEND
program to help isolate ServeRAID problems. See "Using the IPSSEND program" on page 78 and
"Problem-isolation and debug commands" on page 88 for information about using the IPSSEND program.
This chapter contains:
ServeRAID controller messages
ServeRAID startup messages
ServeRAID POST messages
ServeRAID ISPR, BCS, and ECS POST error codes
ISPR (Interrupt Status Port Register) codes
Basic and Extended Configuration Status Register Codes
Rebuilding a defunct drive
Steps for recovering from defunct drives
Rebuilding a hot-swap drive
Recovering from an incomplete format of a physical drive
Recovering from a failure in a failover-environment
Replacing a non-hot-plug controller in a failover pair
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