Service
processor
logs
system
complex
powered
up
and
down
messages
during
a
system
reset
Description:
During
POST,
the
xSeries
455
System
Abstraction
Layer
(SAL)
code
can
reset
the
system
if
it
detects
a
potential
initialization
problem.
If
this
occurs,
the
service
processor
might
identify
the
reset
as
a
power-off
and
power-on
event,
and
then
log
messages
similar
to
the
following
messages
might
appear
in
the
event
log:
1
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:38:53
System
Complex
Powered
Up
2
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:37:34
System
Complex
Powered
Down
3
SAL/EFI
03/21/03
18:18:20
System
initialization
4
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:08:53
System
Complex
Powered
Up
5
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:07:34
System
Complex
Powered
Down
The
logged
messages
are
normal
and
will
vary,
depending
on
the
operating
system
in
use.
Windows
®
Server
2003
normally
logs
the
following
messages
when
you
restart
the
server
using
the
Start
→
Shutdown
procedure.
1
SAL/EFI
03/21/03
18:18:20
System
initialization
2
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:08:53
System
Complex
Powered
Up
3
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:07:34
System
Complex
Powered
Down
4
SAL/EFI
03/21/03
18:18:20
Cold
reset
request
SuSE
normally
logs
the
following
messages
after
you
log
off
and
restart
the
server:
1
SAL/EFI
03/21/03
18:18:20
System
initialization
2
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:08:53
System
Complex
Powered
Up
3
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:07:34
System
Complex
Powered
Down
4
SAL/EFI
03/21/03
18:18:20
Warm
reset
request
When
you
press
the
reset
button
on
the
front
of
the
server
to
reset
the
server,
the
following
messages
are
logged:
1
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:08:53
System
Complex
Powered
Up
2
SERVPROC
03/21/03
18:07:34
System
Complex
Powered
Down
When
ac
power
is
removed
from
the
server,
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
can
no
longer
function.
When
this
occurs,
an
entry
might
not
appear
in
the
event
log
indicating
the
loss
of
ac
power.
Solution:
No
action
is
required.
These
messages
are
informational
only
and
do
not
affect
server
operation.
Microprocessors
report
soft
corrected
errors
Description:
Unlike
IA-32
microprocessors,
Itanium
2
microprocessors
using
the
Intel
Machine
Check
Abort
architecture
might
report
soft
corrected
errors
to
the
operating
system,
such
as
microprocessor
cache
soft
errors.
v
Linux
users
might
find
occasional
reports
of
corrected
errors
when
they
view
the
Linux
error
log.
v
Windows
users
might
see
that
a
machine
check
event
LED
on
the
remote
console
device
is
lit,
indicating
that
an
error
condition
was
reported
to
the
Windows
error
log.
Upon
examination,
you
might
find
occasional
entries
in
the
event
log
of
corrected
errors
reported
by
microprocessors.
Solution:
Occasional
soft
correctable
microprocessor
errors
are
normal
and
can
occur
at
any
time
with
any
operating
system.
These
errors
are
handled
with
error
correcting
codes
and
other
mechanisms,
and
server
operation
is
not
affected.
Chapter
2.
Hints
and
tips
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