A secondary role of the I/O subsystem is to transfer data between the internal registers within
each CPU core and the internal control/store registers within the zx2 / PDH / Local Bus Adapters
(LBA) and HBA chips. This process is referred to as programmed I/O and is initiated by logical
CPUs executing external LOAD / STORE instructions.
NOTE:
Both system firmware and OS kernel use this method to initiate DMA transfers.
Customer Messaging Policy
•
Always point customer to the SEL for any action from low level I/O subsystem faults as there
may not be any lighted LEDs on the diagnostic panel. (Note that IPMI events in SEL / FPL
provide the logical Acpi path of suspect I/O subsystem CRU. Use
Slot-Rope-ACPI Paths” (page 165)
to determine the physical PCI slot #.)
•
For configuration style errors, for example, no iLO 2 MP / core I/O HBAs installed or working,
see the Supported Configurations subsection for actions.
•
Some diagnostic messages are reported for high level I/O subsystem errors; all fatal I/O
subsystem errors cause global MCAs.
NOTE:
HP-UX provides its own path with the physical Rope # of the suspect I/O subsystem
FRU. Use
Table 62: “PCI/PCI-X Slot-Rope-ACPI Paths” (page 165)
, to determine the physical
PCI slot number.
lists the I/O subsystem events that light the diagnostic panel LEDs.
Table 60 I/O Subsystem Events That Light Diagnostic Panel LEDs
Notes
Source
Cause
Sample IPMI Events
Diagnostic
LEDs
Likely a short on I/O
card or I/O slot.
BMC
Over-current on
PCI slot
Type 02h, 03h:05h:01h
CURRENT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
I/O Card
A voltage on the I/O
backplane is out of
range (likely too low)
BMC
Voltage on FRU is
inadequate
Type 02h, 02h:07h:03h
VOLTAGE_DEGRADES_TO_NON_RECOVERABLE
I/O
Backplane
A voltage on the I/O
backplane is out of
range (likely too low)
BMC
Voltage on FRU is
inadequate
Type 02h, 02h:07h:03h
VOLTAGE_DEGRADES_TO_NON_RECOVERABLE
Disk
Backplane
lists the I/O card events that may light the diagnostic panel LEDs.
Table 61 I/O Card Events That May Light Diagnostic Panel LEDs
Notes
Source
Cause
Sample IPMI Events
Diagnostic
LEDs
Disallow OS boot and
display the following EFI
SFW
A non hot plug I/O
slot’s power
Type E0h, 4658d:26d
IO_PCI_POWER_OVERLOAD_ERR
I/O Card
error message, “I/O
configuration exceed
consumption increases
the total I/O power
consumption beyond
the supported limit
Display EFI warning
message “Failed I/O
slot(s) deconfigured”
SFW
Insufficient power to
power on a hot-plug
PCI-X slot
Type E0h, 137d:26d
IO_NOT_ENOUGH_POWER_ERROR
I/O Card
Either a card / slot
problem. Reseat card
first.
SFW
PCI slot’s standby
power failed
Type E0h, 147d:26d
IO_SLOT_STANDBY_POWER_ERROR
I/O Card
164
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