Re: Cache battery error and 1011 840D SRC

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Figured, my fingers don't always work either. :-)  Well if it's 
complaining about SPCN and you're not using SPCN then it's probable that 
something in the service processor is not happy.  It's quite possible 
that nothing will become of it but it could also be a problem. Hard to 
tell :-)

 - Larry

On 9/21/2010 9:59 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
>    Thanks, Larry
>
> It was 840D - fast finger syndrome.
>
> The system is running. Is there something that will not work because of
> the 10xx code? I don't know where to look next, and, of course, there's
> no longer any support on this box.
>
> I appreciate your caveat - I waited a good long time after power down
> before pulling the plug. After that I took the card out. Did this twice.
> Second time, waited a minute and a half, thinking I might fool it into
> still using this battery. Nope. So time to order things.
>
> All looks good, no error light on the control panel now. TELNET took
> forever to come up, but it's one of the last things in STRTCP - and disk
> is very slow!! Doh!
>
> We'll order a battery pack and go from there.
>
> Vern
>
> On 9/21/2010 8:36 PM, DrFranken wrote:
> >     Vern,
> >
> >     Well any 10xx code means power and/or SPCN loop issues.  In this case
> > the 840D says your SPCN loop is messed up. (You mention 804d and 840d
> > but 804d isn't valid) Hitch is that from your description you don't have
> > an SPCN Loop (i.e. port J15 on the back isn't connected.)
> >
> > As to the cable on the 2763 it MUST be at the back of the card (closest
> > to the frame of the machine) or it won't IPL.  Seems unlikely that this
> > would produce the 1011 840D but I guess it could.
> >
> > One thing I would be VERY careful about when pulling the RAID card with
> > a questionable battery is that I absolutly did a normal power off and
> > wait to be certain the green light is no longer blinking or you risk
> > cache data loss and could toast the system ASP.
> >
> > As to the battery failing like that? Yep seen it plenty. Had one just a
> > few weeks ago that showed over 300 days to warning one day and flat died
> > the next day. That's an actual battery failure. Remember the days
> > counter is just a good estimate of how long the battery should be
> > reliable, it's not actually dead at that point by IBM marks it so
> > because it's deemed no longer reliable.
> >
> >     - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> >
> > On
> >     9/21/2010 8:36 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
> > >      Hi - need some counsel. We have a 270 with a 2763 RAID card. It
> > > reported the battery in error - it was replaced maybe in April. It
> > > reports 142 days used, 0 to error. That seemed really strange to be so
> > > short.
> > >
> > > I thought I'd just take it out and put the card back in. The first time,
> > > I didn't disconnect the battery pack. When I started the machine, I got
> > > a 1011 804D SRC, which is something about a VPD mismatch - looking
> > > farther, I see it is about processor 4 - this doesn't have more than 1
> > > processor.
> > >
> > > Now I did disconnect the cable to the card - there are two connections
> > > there - I reconnected to the connector nearer the end of the card, at
> > > the back of the machine. I actually forget which it was in - should it
> > > be on the connector more toward the center of the card? Only one cable,
> > > by the way.
> > >
> > > So do we maybe have a bad 2763? Or just a bad battery pack and have to
> > > get another?
> > >
> > > When I get the 1011 840D I have just pressed the white power button, and
> > > it proceeds nicely to IPL and starts everything - albeit VERRRRY slowly!
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help
> > > Vern