Instruction Manual

Condition report format

Each condition r

eport identiﬁes the element affected (type and number), and the primary problem (the

error code). Appendix B: EMU Generated Condition Reports provides detailed information about each

condition report, and includes recommended corrective actions.

• Element Type

This two-digit hexadecimal display deﬁnes the element type reporting the problem. The format for this

display is e.t. with a period after each character. Codes 0.1. through F.F. are valid element types.

• Element N umber

The second dis

play is a t wo-digit decimal number that deﬁnes the element reporting the problem. The

format for thi

sdisplayisen. with a period after the second character.

• Error Code

The third display is a two-digit decimal number that deﬁnes the speciﬁc error code. The format for

this display

is ec without a ny periods.

Navigating the error display

An active error changes the a lphanumeric display to Er and activates the error menu. The push-button

functions are now dedicated to error d isplays.

For example, should the following conditions exist:

• There is a high temperature CRITICAL condition for the disk drive in bay 9.

• ThereisaEMUNVRAMwritefailureNONCRITICALcondition.

As soon as one of these conditions is reported the alphanumeric display is Er, the top push-button LED is

On, and the audible alarm is beeping three tim es per cycle.

Complete the following procedure to analyze the disk drive condition report.

1. To move from the error display to the element type, press and hold the top push-button until the

element type is displayed.

NOTE:

The display will ﬁrst move to the element type display, then to the element number, then to

the error code.

2. Release the top push-button when the element type is displayed. The display has both decimal

points lit.

3. Press and release the top push-button again to m ove to the element number. This display has only the

rightdecimalpointlt.

4. Press and release the top button again to move to the error code. This display has no decimal points

lit. Repeated press/release operations will cycle through these three values.

5. Press and hold the top push-button from any of the three display states in step 3 to move to the

element type for a new alarm.

6. Additional press/release o perations cycle through the element type, element number, and error code.

NOTE:

Pressing and releasing the bottom push-button allows you to move from the element type

display, the element number display, or the error code display directly to the Er display.

Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 user guide (VCS 3.110)