Appendix E. System Controller Error and Status Messages

Table E-1 through Table E-4 describe all of the error, status, and system event messages that can be displayed by the System Controller.

CPU Status Messages

Table E-1 lists the master CPU status messages.

Table E-1. System Controller Master CPU Status Messages

Master CPU Status Message

Context and Meaning of Message

BOOT ARBITRATION NOT STARTED

The system CPU board(s) have not begun the arbitration process.

BOOT ARBITRATION IN PROGRESS

The System Controller is searching for the master CPU boot processor.

ARBITRATION COMPLETE SLOT OxY PROC OxZ

The chosen CPU master has identified itself to the System Controller and communication is fully established.

BOOT ARBITRATION INCOMPLETE NO MASTER

An error has occurred in the boot process and no CPU master is communicating with the System Controller.

BOOT ARBITRATION ABORTED

The operator pushed one of the front panel buttons during the boot process. This caused the System Controller to stop looking for the boot master processor.


System Error Messages

Table E-2 lists all of the system error messages.

Table E-2. System Error Messages

Error Message

Error Meaning

1.5VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance range but will not cause system errors. Power system service may be needed soon.

1.5VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 1.5VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

1.5VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

1.5VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 1.5VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

12VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

12VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 12VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

12VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

12VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 12VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

48VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

48VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 48VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

48VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

48VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 48VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

5VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

5VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 5VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

5VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

5VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane 5VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

-12VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

-12VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane -12VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

-12VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

-12VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane -12VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

-5.2VDC HIGH WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

-5.2VDC OVER VOLTAGE

The system backplane -5.2VDC power source exceeded the upper tolerance limit.

-5.2VDC LOW WARNING

The voltage is outside the desired tolerance

range but will not cause system errors.

Power system service may be needed soon.

-5.2VDC UNDER VOLTAGE

The system backplane -5.2VDC power source dropped below the allowed limit.

AMBIENT OVER TEMP

The incoming ambient air temperature is too high to provide proper system cooling.

BLOWER A FAILURE

The system blower fan A has failed.

BLOWER B FAILURE

The system blower fan B has failed.

BLOWER A RPM LOW

The System Controller has stepped up the blower speed to compensate for a low RPM reading.

BLOWER B RPM LOW

The System Controller has stepped up the blower speed to compensate for a low RPM reading.

BLOWER A RPM HIGH

The blower is running faster than expected. The system is not shut down.

BLOWER B RPM HIGH

The blower is running faster than expected. The system is not shut down.

BLOWER A RPM FAILURE

The A blower RPMs are below tolerance after being stepped up to full speed.

BLOWER B RPM FAILURE

The B blower RPMs are below tolerance after being stepped up to full speed.

BOOT ERROR

A system processor failed to respond to the System Controller during boot arbitration.

BRD/CHASSIS OVER TEMP

A detector in a card cage or chassis sensed a temperature over allowed limit.

CPU NOT RESPONDING

The CPU system master is not responding to requests transmitted over the serial link.

FP BUTTON STUCK

The System Controller has detected a front panel button that has been depressed for more than 30 seconds. The System Controller cannot function properly under this condition.

NO SYSTEM CLOCK

The system backplane clock has failed.

POKA FAIL

Power ok A (POKA); a voltage source supporting the Power Enable A signal failed.

POKB FAIL

Power ok B (POKB); a voltage source supporting the Power Enable B signal failed.

POKC FAIL

Power ok C (POKC); a voltage source supporting the Power Enable C signal failed.

POKD FAIL

Power ok D (POKD); a voltage source supporting the Power Enable D signal failed.

POKE FAIL

Power ok E (POKE); a voltage source supporting the Power Enable E signal failed. The system will not power down because of this condition.

POWER FAIL WARNING

The Off-Line Switcher has detected an AC power loss.


System Event Messages

Table E-3 lists the system event messages.

Table E-3. System Event Messages

Event Message

Event Meaning

NMI

A non-maskable interrupt (NMI) was entered onto the system backplane from a front panel menu option in the System Controller.

SCLR DETECTED

The System Controller detected an SCLR on the system backplane. The reset was initiated from the System Controller front panel by an operator.

SYSTEM OFF

The key switch was turned to the Off position and the System Controller powered down the system.

SYSTEM ON

The System Controller has successfully powered up the system.

SYSTEM RESET

The System Controller detected an SCLR and initiated a system boot arbitration process. An SCLR process can be generated by any processor board or by the System Controller.


Internal System Controller Error Messages

Table E-4 lists all of the System Controller's internal error messages.

Table E-4. Internal System Controller Error Messages

Error Message

Error Meaning

 

 

BAD MSG: CPU PROCESS

The CPU or System Controller process has received an invalid message.

BAD MSG: DISPLAY

The display process has received an invalid message.

BAD MSG: POK CHK

The power ok check process received an invalid message.

BAD MSG: SEQUENCER

The sequencer process has received an invalid message.

BAD MSG: SYS MON

The system monitor process has received an invalid message.

BAD ALARM TYPE

The firmware attempted to send an invalid alarm to the CPU.

BAD WARNING TYPE

The firmware attempted to send an invalid warning to the CPU.

BAD WARNING/ALARM

The routine that decodes alarm and warning messages detected an invalid message.

COP FAILURE

The Computer Operating Properly (COP) timer has exceeded time limits. The System Controller firmware must write to a COP timer port before it times out. If the firmware exceeds the time allowed between writes to a COP port, an interrupt is generated. The System Controller firmware may have entered an endless loop.

DEBUG SWITCH ERROR

The System Controller detected data corruption in the non-volatile RAM debug switch location.

COP MONITOR FAILURE

A Computer Operating Properly (COP) clock monitor failure was detected. The System Controller clock oscillator is operating at less than 10 kHz.

FP CONTROLLER FAULT

An error was detected in the front panel LCD display control process.

FP READ FAULT

A read of the front panel status register did not complete successfully.

FREE MSG NODE ERROR

The free message node queue has overflowed.

FREE TCB NODE ERROR

The free timer control block queue has overflowed.

ILLEGAL OPCODE TRAP

The System Controller's microprocessor tried to execute an illegal instruction. Probably because of a stack overrun followed by a process switch.

PULSE ACCU INPUT

An interrupt was detected on the pulse accumulator input port. The port is not used and an interrupt is considered an error.

PULSE ACCU OVERFLOW

The pulse accumulator overflow port received an interrupt. This port is unused and the interrupt is considered an error.

SPI TRANSFER

An interrupt was detected on the synchronous serial peripheral interface. This interface is not supported and the interrupt is an error.

STACK FAULT PID 0–6

One of the seven stack areas used by a System Controller process has overflowed its assigned boundaries.

TEMP SENSOR FAILURE

The System Controller detected an invalid measurement from the temperature sensor.

TIMER IN COMP 1

The timer input compare port received an interrupt. The port is not used and the interrupt is considered an error.

TIMER OUT COMP 1–5

One of the five timer output compare ports received an interrupt. The port that received the interrupt is not supported and the interrupt is considered an error.

XMITTER 1 TIMEOUT

The System Controller's 1st UART experienced a failure.

XMITTER 2 TIMEOUT

The System Controller's 2nd UART experienced a failure.


System Controller Messages

Table E-5 lists all of the System Controller messages by message number

Table E-5. System Controller Codes and Long Messages

Code

System Controller Long Message

040

Memory board configuration has failed. Cannot load IO PROM.

041

All memory banks had to be disabled due to test failures.

042

The address line self-test failed. Cannot continue.

043

Memory board configuration has failed. Cannot load IO PROM.

044

Memory board configuration has failed. Cannot load IO PROM.

047

Memory board configuration has failed. Cannot load IO PROM.

048

Memory board configuration has failed. Cannot load IO PROM.

049

The PROM was unable to disable failing memory banks.

050

You must have at least 32 megabytes of working memory to load the IO PROM

051

The IP19 PROM did not recognize any memory boards in the system.

070

The IP19 PROM did not recognize any IO4 boards in the system.

071

Diagnostics detected a problem with your IO4 PROM.

072

Diagnostics detected a problem with your IO4 PROM.

073

Diagnostics detected a problem with your IO4 PROM.

074

Diagnostics detected a problem with your IO4 PROM.

075

Diagnostics detected a problem with your IO4 PROM.

078

An exception occurred while downloading the IO4 PROM to memory.

079

There must be an EPC chip on the IO board in the highest-numbered slot.

080

An exception occurred while configuring an IO board.

081

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

082

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

083

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

084

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

085

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

086

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

088

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

089

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

090

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

091

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

092

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

093

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

094

The IA chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

087

The EPC chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

096

The EPC chip on the master IO4 board has failed diagnostics.

251

The PROM code took an unexpected exception.

252

The PROM received a nonmaskable interrupt.

 

 


System Controller Diagnostic Codes

Table E-6 lists System Controller diagnostic error codes and their meaninss:

Table E-6. System Controller Diagnostic Codes

Code

Meaning

000

Device passed diagnostics.

001

Failed dcache1 data test.

002

Failed dcache1 addr test.

003

Failed scache1 data test.

004

Failed scache1 addr test.

005

Failed icache data test.

006

Failed icache addr test.

007

Dcache test hung.

008

Scache test hung.

009

Icache test hung.

040

Memory built-in self-test failed.

041

No working memory was found.

042

Memory address line test failed.

043

Memory data line test failed.

044

Bank failed configured memory test.

045

Slave hung writing to memory.

046

Bank disabled due to downrev MA chip.

047

A bus error occurred during MC3 config.

048

A bus error occurred during MC3 testing.

049

PROM attempted to disable the same bank twice.

050

Not enough memory to load the IO4 PROM.

051

No memory boards were recognized.

052

Bank forcibly re-enabled by the PROM.

060

CPU doesn't get interrupts from CC.

061

Group interrupt test failed.

062

Lost a loopback interrupt.

063

Bit in HPIL register stuck.

070

No working IO4 is present.

071

Bad checksum on IO4 PROM.

072

Bad entry point in IO4 PROM.

073

IO4 PROM claims to be too long.

074

Bad entry point in IO4 PROM.

075

Bad magic number in IO4 PROM.

078

Bus error while downloading IO4 PROM.

079

No EPC chip found on master IO4.

080

Bus error while configuring IO4.

081

Bus error during IA register test.

082

Bus error during IA PIO test.

083

IA chip register test failed.

084

Wrong error reported for bad PIO.

085

IA error didn't generate interrupt.

086

IA error generated wrong interrupt.

087

EPC register test failed.

088

Bus error on map RAM rd/wr test.

089

Bus error on map RAM address test.

090

Bus error on map RAM walking 1 test.

091

Bus error during map RAM testing.

092

Map RAM read/write test failed.

093

Map RAM address test failed.

094

Map RAM walking 1 test failed.

095

EPC UART loopback test failed.

096

Bus err while testing EPC.

120

CPU can't access memory

123

CC bus tag data test failed.

124

CC bus tag addr test failed.

125

CPU forcibly re-enabled by the PROM.

126

CPU's EAROM can't be corrected.

127

CPU's EAROM checksum is bad.

128

CPU's EAROM has been repaired - power-cycle the system to re-enable.

240

CPU writing configuration info.

246

CPU testing dcache.

247

CPU testing icache.

248

CPU testing scache.

249

CPU initializing caches.

250

CPU returning from master's code.

251

Unexpected exception.

252

A nonmaskable interrupt occurred.

253

POD mode switch set or POD key pressed.

253

Unspecified diagnostic failure.

254

Diagnostic value unset.

255

Device not present.