Re: Is this a hardware problem or not ?

[Max Tee <mantechus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

On 6/26 I posted a similar problem re an ETHTCP Line
not varying on when all the resources said were
operational.

What version of OS are you at and what PTF's have you
applied?? Did you recently upgrade to a new Rev.

I'm running into a similar situation since upgrading
to V4R5. PTF cums have to be applied, but will my
problem connected??

I'll wait with bated breath at the responses.

Max



--- Chris Spirinckx <Chris3.Spirinckx@easynet.be>
wrote:
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> 
> Sorry for the long post, but I'm really annoyed with
> this problem.
> 
> Since monday morning , one of our AS/400 fails to
> communicate with the other 2
> systems using TCP/IP & SNA over the Tokenring.
> Traffic over the tokenring between these last two is
> working perfectly.
> Ethernet between the 3 machines is working perfectly
> as well.
> The IP-Tokenring traffic is needed by MIMIX.
> The system with the problem is our HUB-system.
> 
> These are the Communication Resources from the
> failing system :
> 
>     Resource        Type  Status                Text
>     CMB01           9164  Operational          
> Combined function IOP
>       LIN04         2720  Operational           Comm
> Adapter
>         LIN011      2720  Operational           V.24
> Port
>       LIN02         2721  Operational           Comm
> Adapter
>         LIN012      2721  Operational           Comm
> Port
>         CMN05       2721  Operational           Comm
> Port
>       LIN05         2850  Operational           File
> Server IOA
>         CMN06       2838  Operational          
> Ethernet Port
>         CMN01       2724  Operational          
> Token-Ring Port    
>         CMN07       6B00  Operational          
> Virtual Port
>       LIN06         285A  Operational           LAN
> Adapter
>     CMB02           2809  Operational          
> Combined function IOP
>       LIN03         2838  Operational           LAN
> Adapter
>         CMN04       2838  Operational          
> Ethernet Port      <== eth cmn
> 
> 
> If I stop and restart the *NWS (LIN05), 
> SNDNETMSG/STRPASTHR & PING starts to work again over
> the Tokenring. 
> The ping response times are varying between 1ms and
> above 1sec.
> Using an FTP-session or a SNDNETF to transfer some
> data, 
> all communications suddenly stops in the middle of
> the process
> with no errors whatsoever. 
> (QSNADS jobs have now a status of "ICFW" , Pings
> don't give any result anymore)
> I even tried the Windows trick ( re-IPL :-) the
> system ) , still no luck.
> 
> During these 4 days I've called Hardware support,
> Software support and again
> Hardware support and yes again Software support.
> Well you get the idea :-(
> 
> 
> in SST I found the following around the time that we
> manually IPLd the system
> over the weekend :
> 
>                       Display Detail Report for
> Resource
>                                          Serial     
>             Resource
>  Name              Type      Model       Number     
>             Name
>  NTASDEVL          2850      012         10-06031   
>             LIN05
>  Log ID  . . . . . . . . . :   0101C249   Sequence .
> . . . . . . : 73298
>  Date  . . . . . . . . . . :   01/06/23   Time . . .
> . . . . . . : 07:16:40
>  Reference code  . . . . . :   1302       Secondary
> code . . . . : 00000000
>  Table ID  . . . . . . . . :   B006F060   IPL
> source/state . . . : B/3
>  Class . . . . . . . . . . :   Permanent
>  System Ref Code . . . . . :   B0061302
>  No description is available
> 
> 
>                     Display Hexadecimal Report for
> Resource
>                                          Serial     
>             Resource
>  Name              Type      Model       Number     
>             Name
>  NTASDEVL          2850      012         10-06031   
>             LIN05
>  Offset          0 1 2 3  4 5 6 7  8 9 A B  C D E F 
>   EBCDIC
>  000240          00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>   ................
>  000250          00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>   ................
>  000260          00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>   ................
>  000270          C1D1C4C7 D7F0F1C3 D7D7C2C1 F0F000C3
>   AJDGP01CPPBA00.C
>  000280          C1D1C4C7 F3F0F1C3 D7D7C2C1 F0F000C3
>   AJDG301CPPBA00.C
>  000290          F4F5C8F1 F2F2F6C3 D7D7F6F1 F4F100D5
>   45H1226CPP6141.N
>  0002A0          C6C9F0F0 F1F3F2C3 D7D7F1F2 F1C300D5
>   FI00132CPP121C.N
>  0002B0          00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>   ................
>  0002C0          00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>   ................
>  0002D0          C3D7D7C5 C1F1F1D5 C2F0F0F6 F1F3F0F2
>   CPPEA11NB0061302
>  0002E0          F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0F0F0 F0F0C6F8
>   00000000000000F8
>  0002F0          F0F0F2F1 0000E8D5 00000000 00000000
>   0021..YN........
> 
> at offset 0002D0 I see "CPPEA11"
> 
> 
>  Message ID . . . . . . . . . :   CPPEA11
>  Message file . . . . . . . . :   QCPFMSG
>    Library  . . . . . . . . . :     QSYS
>  Message . . . . :   *Attention*  Hardware service
> may be required.
>  Cause . . . . . :   Internal analysis of a hardware
> exception indicates
> that the system may require the attention of your
> service provider.
>  Recovery  . . . :   Contact your hardware service
> provider.  The steps
> below may be performed to attempt to return to
> normal operations:
>      1) Vary off any failed configuration
> descriptions.  Then vary them on.
>      2) If processor &26 is still not operable and
> DASD is attached, IPL the
>    system to start the processor. If DASD is not
> attached, perform "VRYCFG
>    RESET(*YES)" to start the processor.
>      Press F14 and report the problem.
>  Technical description . . . . . . . . :   LIC
> Exception Analysis
> 
> 
> Am I correct when I think that this indicates a
> hardware error on the 
> "File Server IOA" ?
> 
> 
> Any thoughts are really appreciated.
> 
> 
> Many TNX in advance,
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
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