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Re: System wont start on 979/400
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"Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Johnson, Tracy
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Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:42:50 -0500
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Yes cards do go bad during power outages, no matter how safe you make
your environment with UPS units and surge protection.  Components just
sometimes go pfffft, which is a good reason to keep cold spares in
today's HP3000 environment.  Like on the Nike arrays.  Most people have
a hot spare or two in the array, but do they have a cold spare in a desk
drawer?  Same idea goes with SCSI cards.

That being said, perhaps there is an odd bit that got set in your card.
Perhaps a controlled power down with a re-seating of the card may
suffice to correct it?  (Of course that's the kind of advice we used to
give on old 2640A terminals, but the concept remains the same.)

Tracy Johnson
Business Analyst
Measurement Specialties, Inc.
1000 Lucas Way
Hampton, VA 23666
Office 1-757-766-4318
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www.meas-spec.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Greg Terterian
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] System wont start on 979/400
> 
> Thanks for responding so fast Tracey.
> 
> The fault light is not 'ON' on Nike...? I opened the back 
> door and I dont have any 'fail' lights either.? Could it be 
> that Fast Wide Scsi card is bad (it has 'self test 
> failed')...? I am sending them another card to exchange to 
> see if that will resolve the problem.
> 
> Thanks again for your help!
> Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnson, Tracy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:18 am
> Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] System wont start on 979/400
> 
> 
> 
> Did all components get power back?  
> 
> Maybe one of your batteries or controllers on the Nike went bad.
> 
> Tracy Johnson
> Business Analyst
> Measurement Specialties, Inc.
> 1000 Lucas Way
> Hampton, VA 23666
> Office 1-757-766-4318
> [log in to unmask]
> www.meas-spec.com
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Greg Terterian
> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:10 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] System wont start on 979/400
> > 
> > Customer had major powerfail... now the system does not 
> > restart... they get 'WARN 80F5'
> > They have Nike20 Disk array attached to the 979/400.
> > 
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