davis@MASIG4.OCEAN.FSU.EDU (Alan Davis) (06/10/91)
I get these error messages intermittently in the SYSLOG about a
problem with
our IPI drive. When I reported this to the HOTLINE the last time they
suggested putting in a new IPI drive which we did but obviously did not
cure the problem. Can someone at SGI (Dave Olson?) comment on this.
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0: timeout, resetting
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0 registers: 84 1C 12 0 B 81 0
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: Please report the registers to the
SGI hotline
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: controller reset after 160 milliseconds
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0d0: software timeout. c/h/s =
1099/2/24 (retrying)
Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0d0: software timeout. c/h/s =
161/3/8 (retrying)
We are running on a 4D/320 VGX running 3.3.2
masig4 24% hinv
2 33 MHZ IP7 Processors
FPU: MIPS R2010A/R3010 VLSI Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.0
CPU: MIPS R2000A/R3000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
Data cache size: 64 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 64 Kbytes
Main memory size: 32 Mbytes
Integral Ethernet controller: Version 3
VGX Graphics option installed
Xylogics 7800 16-drive IPI disk controller 0: Firmware version 2.1.10
IPI Disk drive: unit 0 on Xylogics controller 0
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C93A
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93A
Tape drive: unit 7 on SCSI controller 0: QIC 150
Thanks in advance.
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_______________________________________________________________________________jeremy@perf2.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon) (06/11/91)
In article <9106101331.AA19406@masig4.ocean.fsu.edu>, davis@MASIG4.OCEAN.FSU.EDU (Alan Davis) writes: > I get these error messages intermittently in the SYSLOG about a > problem with > our IPI drive. When I reported this to the HOTLINE the last time they > suggested putting in a new IPI drive which we did but obviously did not > cure the problem. Can someone at SGI (Dave Olson?) comment on this. > > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0: timeout, resetting > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0 registers: 84 1C 12 0 B 81 0 > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: Please report the registers to the > SGI hotline > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: controller reset after 160 milliseconds > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0d0: software timeout. c/h/s = > 1099/2/24 (retrying) > Jun 7 09:33:04 masig4 unix: ipi0d0: software timeout. c/h/s = > 161/3/8 (retrying) > > We are running on a 4D/320 VGX running 3.3.2 > masig4 24% hinv > 2 33 MHZ IP7 Processors > FPU: MIPS R2010A/R3010 VLSI Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.0 > CPU: MIPS R2000A/R3000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0 > Data cache size: 64 Kbytes > Instruction cache size: 64 Kbytes > Main memory size: 32 Mbytes > Integral Ethernet controller: Version 3 > VGX Graphics option installed > Xylogics 7800 16-drive IPI disk controller 0: Firmware version 2.1.10 ^^^^^^^ That FW should be replaced with 2.2.4. 2.1.10 gets just the sort of errors you are seeing.