Troubleshooting
M8501 and M8502 ACL Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 529972-003
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Fault Symptom Codes (FSCs)
SMX send error
A001
C, G
An attempt to place a message on a
task’s exchange generated a kernel error.
SMX receive error
A002
C, G
An attempt to receive a message from a
task’s exchange generated a kernel error.
Comm free list empty
A003
C, G
An attempt to acquire a message from the
free pool failed because the pool is empty.
Invalid comm. put
attempt
A004
C, G
An attempt to place a message on a
task’s exchange failed because either the
argument message pointer was NULL or
the argument exchange pointer was
NULL.
Invalid comm. get
attempt
A005
C, G
An attempt to receive a message from a
task’s exchange failed because the
argument exchange pointer was NULL.
Comm initialization
error
A006
C, G
The Comm manager could not be
initialized at power-up because the
system is out of memory.
Put of a NULL comm.
A007
C, G
An attempt to place a Comm block on a
task’s exchange failed the argument
Comm block pointer was NULL.
Msg contains no
comm.
A008
C, G
A message obtained from the free pool
did not contain a Comm block.
Comm return address
in unknown
A009
C, G
An attempt to return a command
response to the originating task failed
because the originator could not be
determined.
Bad Image CRC
F001
F
The uploaded firmware image has a bad
CRC and is probably corrupted.
Flash erase sector
failed
F002
F
One of the flash memory sectors could
not be programmed.
Flash program sector
failed
F003
C, G
One of the flash memory sectors could
not be erased.
Bad flash CRC
F004
C, G
The firmware image programmed into
flash memory has a bad CRC and is
probably corrupted.
Flash exit error
F005
C, G
Internal flash task error.
Incompatible image
F006
F
The uploaded firmware image is not
compatible with the ACL hardware,
possibly an older firmware version.
Buffer allocation failed
F402
F
The flash task could not allocate a buffer
area to hold the firmware image to be
uploaded.
Table 6-2. Fault Symptom Codes
Message
FSC ERP