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Table C–5 Informational and Other Error-Log Entries
Error Type
Informational error-log entries require no action. For example, if you
shut down a computer in the cluster, all other active computers that
have open virtual circuits between themselves and the computer that
has been shut down make entries in their error logs. Such computers
record up to three errors for the event:
• Path A received no response.
• Path B received no response.
• The virtual circuit is being closed.
Other error-log entries indicate problems that degrade operation or
nonfatal hardware problems. The operating system might continue to
run satisfactorily under these conditions.
Cluster Troubleshooting
C.11 Analyzing Error-Log Entries for Port Devices
Action
Required? Purpose
No These messages are normal
and reflect the change of state
in the circuits to the computer
that has been shut down.
Yes Detecting these problems
early is important to
preventing nonfatal problems
(such as loss of a single CI
path) from becoming serious
problems (such as loss of both
paths).
C.11.2 Formats
Errors and other events on the CI, DSSI, or LAN cause port drivers to enter
information in the system error log in one of two formats:
• Device attention
Device-attention entries for the CI record events that, in general, are
indicated by the setting of a bit in a hardware register. For the LAN,
device-attention entries typically record errors on a LAN adapter device.
Cluster Troubleshooting C–25