Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) User's Guide for versions B.05.x

Offline Configuration and Activation of Processors
Receiving a System Alert on L-Class and N-Class on Hard Reset
Appendix A 113
Receiving a System Alert on L-Class and
N-Class on Hard Reset
When L-Class and N-Class iCOD systems undergo a hard reset, the PDC
firmware displays a level 6 system alert for each deconfigured processor.
A hard reset is accomplished by either cycling the power, or by entering
the RS (reset) command on the Management Processor (MP) interface.
Typing a
CTRL-B on the system console displays the MP interface if it is
not already displayed. Situations requiring a hard reset are infrequent,
such as system hangs and during the boot process.
The system alert displays on the console during the selftest screens
before HP-UX begins to boot. After a deconfigured processor is activated
(configured), the system alert for that processor no longer appears.
These system alert messages identify processors disabled by Online
Diagnostics as a result of exceeding the threshold of Low-Priority
Machine Checks (LPMC). However, these system alert messages can be
ignored for deactivated processors, but should be acknowledged as per
the following example:
Example N-Class
System Alert for
CPU number 6
***** EARLY BOOT VFP : SYSTEM ALERT ***** SYSTEM NAME:
uninitialized
DATE: 01/28/2000 TIME: 00:48:32
ALERT LEVEL: 6 = Boot possible, pending failure - action required
REASON FOR ALERT
SOURCE: 1 = processor
SOURCE DETAIL: 1 = processor general SOURCE ID: 6 PROBLEM DETAIL:
3 = functional failure
LEDs: RUN ATTENTION FAULT REMOTE POWER
FLASH FLASH OFF OFF ON
0x0000006311061620 F0000000 00000006 - type 0 = Data Field Unused
0x5800086311061620 00006400 1C003020 - type 11 = Timestamp
01/28/2000 00:48:32
A/a: ack read of this entry - Q/q: quit Virtual Front Panel Display
Anything else redisplay the log entry
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