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D-8 Sun StorEdge A5000 Installation and Service Manual • September 1999
The above message is displayed if the
sf
driver attempts to create a device for
which there is already existing device structures from a different device. When this
error occurs, the device associated with this message will not be functional.
D.4 Hardware Errors
Errors under this classification are generally due to transient or permanent hardware
failures or improper configuration of some subsystem components.
D.4.1
socal
Driver Hardware Errors
The above message may be displayed if no date code is present in the host adapter
microcode. This situation should not occur under normal circumstances and may
indicate the use of invalid disk array drivers or a failed host adapter.
Note –
This message can be ignored if it occurs for each host adapter when the
system is booting.
For reference, the expected message is:
The above message is displayed at boot-up time to indicate the revision of the
microcode loaded into the host adapter.
sf #: ndi_devi_free failed
socal.driver.3010 socal #: host adapter fw date code: <not
available>
socal.driver.1010 socal #: host adapter fw date code: %s