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[KirkG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Well I need to have my eyes checked or maybe it's this flu I'm getting
over but I transposed your 40S to a S40.

The Manual you really need is: (and It's not on the CDs you have most
likely)

AS/400 Advanced Series
9402/9404 Models 4xx
Problem Analysis,
Repair and Parts, Upgrade
Version 3
Document Number SY44-4941-01 (this is the V3R7 ver there may be newer)
Part Number 87G3411

The error is the same Interface Error. Which drive was failing when you
only had 1 failing?

The 0150-0100 drive is on the expansion side and nearest the
front(location 10), 0150-0800 is the rear most drive on that side.

Here's the FFF4 and FFF6 SRC info for 660x drives

¦ FFF4    ¦ Disk device problem                     ¦ DISKDRV  ¦  99     ¦
¦         ¦                                         ¦ FI01112  ¦   1     ¦
+---------+-----------------------------------------+----------+---------¦
¦ FFF5    ¦ Disk sector read error                  ¦ DISKDRV  ¦ 100     ¦
¦         ¦                                         ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ A disk unit service action is           ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ recommended only if the Service Action  ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ Log contains an entry for this          ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ reference code.  For more information   ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ about the Service Action Log, see       ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ "Hardware Service Manager" in the       ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ AS/400 Service Functions.               ¦          ¦         ¦
+---------+-----------------------------------------+----------+---------¦
¦ FFF6    ¦ Disk device detected recoverable error  ¦ DISKDRV  ¦ 100     ¦
¦         ¦                                         ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ A disk unit service action is           ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ recommended only if the Service Action  ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ Log contains an entry for this          ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ reference code.  For more information   ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ about the Service Action Log, see       ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ "Hardware Service Manager" in the       ¦          ¦         ¦
¦         ¦ AS/400 Service Functions.               ¦          ¦         ¦



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Kirk Goins
IBM Certified AS/400 Technical Solutions
DataMirror High Availability Certified
Pacific Information Systems - An IBM Premier Business Partner
503-674-2985             kirkg@pacinfosys.com
"WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY"
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Douglas Handy <dhandy1@bellsouth.net>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
12/21/00 10:58 AM
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        Subject:        Re: Entire RAID set non-reporting


Kirk,

>The 3110 says Interface error. The drive address is for slot K1, but this

>can also mean that the system thinks nobody is there.

Slot K1?  Nothing is labeled that on my 40S-2109.  The 6502 is in
"Location 1",
the first slot in the 7117 expansion chassis.

>Let's try the reverse of 1 drive out and pull all but K1, IPL to DST and
>see what happens.

I'm still not sure where K1 is -- if it's "Location 1", then pulling it
means
removing the 6502 and I'm quite sure none of the drives will work. <g>

I did pull the 6502 and reseat it, and am trying another IPL as I type
this.

The eight drives in the 7117 expansion are in "Location 10" through
"Location
17".  The label for the jumper settings refers to them as "Storage Unit
10"
through "Storage Unit 17".  These are the rail mount versions -- not the
drive
cages used by the 5xx, etc.

>The manual you want is the Problem Analyst, Repair and Parts SY44-5956.
>These guys used to be $500 to $750.

That must be why I don't have one... :(

>IBM is now providing these on CD with
>each new machine instead of hardcopy. Files are now in PDF with a HTML
>front end. The PDF for this manual is about 10mb.

Is the manual model specific?  Which CD is it on?  I don't remember a
hardware
manual CD which came with the 270 which I just installed at a client.  Or
is it
on the same CD's as the regular softcopy stuff?  Might it be on the CD's
which
just came with my V4R5 order?  That would be great.

*** News Flash ***

Since removing and reseating the 6502, it now reports only 1 drive as bad
and my
RAID set in exposed mode.  The reference code on the 6502 has changed to
9030.

I'm going to power down and tap the identified drive to try to free a
potential
stiction problem.  I had previously done that to each of the units while
still
installed, but this one will get additional handling now.

Even if it comes up, I'll slate the drive for replacement and exchange it
for
another 6606 drive sitting on the shelf for just these kind of situations.

*** Later ***

Sigh.  I'm back to all 8 drives reported as missing.  But now the service
action
log is showing some additional SRCs besides the 65023110.  I now also have
a
65029051, a 65029022, a 6606FFF6 with a resource name of a different drive
than
identified above, a 6606FFF4 for the same drive as the FFF6, and 6606FFF4
without a resource name.

I'm off to check my V4R5 CD's to see if it has SY44-5956 on it.

Doug
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