interpreting the AMM error log

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was not able to load firmware on my JS12 blade. Turns out the
problem was a checksum error in the image I was downloading from the
IBM FTP site.  I asked the support tech how I could have known more
about the error from the error logs on the BC-S.  Here is his
response:

This is what you would see in the AMM event log:

57 INFO Blade_11 07/29/09 17:32:17 N 0x10000002 (SN#YL10W91xxx)Blade
power cycle.
58 ERR Blade_11 07/29/09 17:31:57 C 0x806F0212 (SN#YL10W91xxx)(System
Event) system hardware failure
59 ERR Blade_11 07/29/09 17:31:57 N 0x10000002 (SN#YL10W91xxx)SYS F/W:
Error, See reference code (53002486 BA278001 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000)

The key to these errors is the second code: BA278001

If you google that it will take you to:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/arebh/BA278001.htm

A good site to have, you can lookup SRC codes there directly.

This works for other Power blade/AIX errors that are reported to the
AMM. They all come in that format and thet second code is the one you
need to look for in almost all cases.