Mylex AcceleRAID 170, Installation Manual

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Manual No. 775064 B-1
Appendix B
AcceleRAID 170
Error Messages
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Note
The firmware you are using may have these messages
turned off. However, they are listed here for your
reference.
Start-up Error Messages
The BIOS looks for any initialization message posted by the firmware during
the start-up sequence. If a message is found, one of the following errors
displays on screen and the installation process aborts.
AcceleRAID 170 fatal error--Memory test failed!
AcceleRAID 170 fatal error--Command interface test failed!
AcceleRAID 170 hardware error--Run Diagnostics to pinpoint
error
AcceleRAID 170 firmware checksum error--Reload firmware
Drive Check Error Messages
If the firmware finds a valid controller configuration, but it doesn't match the
SCSI drives currently installed, one or more of the following messages
display. Then, the BIOS prints out the following:
AcceleRAID 170 Configuration Checksum error--Run
configuration utility!
If the firmware detects that during the last power cycle the system was turned
off abruptly leaving some incomplete write operations, the following
message appears:
Recovery from mirror race in progress
WARNING: Dead SCSI devices (Channel Target) : x:y
The following messages may also appear:
AcceleRAID 170
cannot recover from Mirror Race!
Some system drives are inconsistent!