Obtaining drive error information at host
This section explains how to obtain 3592 drive error information by using the System p (RS/6000) AIX,
System i (OS/400), and Sun platforms. If the utilities described here are not used on your system, refer to
the documentation that came with your system drivers.
See “Service and Media Information messages (SIMs and MIMs)” on page 39 for information on SIMs and
MIMs. See servpan for more information about the service panel.
IBM device drivers for the System z, Linux systems, System p (RS/6000) AIX, and System i (OS/400) allow
the drive to log the service and media information messages (SIMs and MIMs) when an error occurs on
the 3592 drive.
Note: Sun, HP-UX, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 systems do not log SIM/MIM data. You can disable
SIMs and MIMs if your host does not support this function.
Error log on host display
Use the example in Figure 13 on page 44 with Table 25 on page 44 to learn to read an error log that
appears at the host.
a05m0263
CE ERROR LOG
CANCEL
CLEAR LOG
CURRENT TIMESTAMP:
00002 DAYS 11:02:42
FID1 86 VS: 123456
3132 3105 241F
PORT0 ADDR=1
PORT1 ADDR=2
OFFLINE
OFFLINE
Figure 13: Drive error log example. Use with Table 25 on page 44.
Table 25: Drive error log data. Use with Figure 13 on page 44.
Relative Time Format
00002 DAYS 11:02:42
Relative Time Format: Relative to accumulative power-on time for the drive
canister except that the time is saved in VPD every 8 hours. The time stamp is
in the order ddddd DAYS hh : mm : ss
--OR--
Real Time Format
2005:03:21 11:02:42
If available from host, application, library, and so forth. The real time stamp is
in the order: yyyy : mm : dd hh : mm : ss
FID information
FID1 86 VS: 123456
1 = FID Severity
86 = FID
VS: 123456 = Volume Serial 123456
3132 3105
3132 = First FSC
3105 = Last FSC
241F
2 = 3592 Drive
41F = Microcode Level
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