SEO

Let me start by saying that I have about 20 years experience with
PA-RISC workstations but this is the first Itanium server I've touched.

I'm getting the following errors:

Alert Level 3: Warning
Keyword: MEM_CACHE_LINE_0_WR_RD_FAILED
Memory ECC normal write/read test failed

Alert Level 3: Warning
Keyword: BOOT_CPU_LATE_TEST_FAIL
CPU failed late selftest

Alert Level 3: Warning
Keyword: BOOT_CPU_CONFIG_FAIL
CPU struct init failed
Logged by: System Firmware 1

When I then try to run a CO command from the monitor to start a console
on the main processors it fails (no shock there!) and hangs until I
press Ctrl-B to return to the monitor cpu.

I've tried physically swapping the two 1.06GHz cpus over but it makes no
difference, is this referring to an external cache I wonder?

The machine beeps twice on power up, but I don't think that's related.

Could this actually be a problem with the main (12Gb) ram? I've reseated
all of it.

Thanks in advance :-)

--
Who needs a life when you've got Unix? :-)
Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland
Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage!
Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html
www.Strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible price

In comp.sys.hp.hardware John Burns <john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I've tried physically swapping the two 1.06GHz cpus over but it
> makes no difference, is this referring to an external cache I
> wonder?

Thusfar, none of the Itanium CPUs support an external cache a la
PA-RISC. The caches to date have all be on-chip.

The rest of it is rather beyond my experience, but it sounds like you
have a very sick system. There may or may not be some helpful manuals
in docs.hp.com to further explain those alert messages.

rick jones
--
Wisdom Teeth are impacted, people are affected by the effects of events.
these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...

"John Burns" <john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:47D68ACD.4B16@unixnerd.demon.co.uk...
> I'm getting the following errors:
>
> Alert Level 3: Warning
> Keyword: MEM_CACHE_LINE_0_WR_RD_FAILED
> Memory ECC normal write/read test failed
>
> Alert Level 3: Warning
> Keyword: BOOT_CPU_LATE_TEST_FAIL
> CPU failed late selftest
>
> Alert Level 3: Warning
> Keyword: BOOT_CPU_CONFIG_FAIL
> CPU struct init failed
> Logged by: System Firmware 1
>
> When I then try to run a CO command from the monitor to start a console
> on the main processors it fails (no shock there!) and hangs until I
> press Ctrl-B to return to the monitor cpu.
>
> I've tried physically swapping the two 1.06GHz cpus over but it makes no
> difference, is this referring to an external cache I wonder?
>
> The machine beeps twice on power up, but I don't think that's related.
>
> Could this actually be a problem with the main (12Gb) ram? I've reseated
> all of it.
>

Hello,

have you tried to boot with minimal configuration? What is FW version, MP,
BMC? The most suspicious component would be systemboard, but sometimes
messages can be misleading.

BR,
Mario.

Did you also ask this in ITRC? If so, it turned-out to be a bad DIMM
yes?

rick jones
(wants the usenet archives to have a problem resolution
--
a wide gulf separates "what if" from "if only"
these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...
feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH...