All FCS error messages are logged with sense data captured at the time
AIX notes an error has occured.
AIX has expanded the error sense data template for version 6.1 and the
additional fields take into account new
feature and functionality of the HBA and from data returned from the SAN
and end devices.
To fully understand the error message, the information in the sense data
must be decoded.
A description of the pertainent fields in the sense data is given below.
Sense Data Field descriptions
hhhh hhhh EEEE EEEE TTCC OOOO NNNN NNNN IIII IIII MMMM MMMM LLLL LLLL AAAA AAAA
BBBB BBBB DDDD DDDD FFFF FFFF GGGG GGGG HHHH HHHH JJJJ JJJJ KKKK KKKK PPPP PPPP SSSS SSSS UUUU UUUU VVVV VVVV WWWW WWWW XXXX XXXX YYYY YYYY ZZZZ ZZZZ 2222 2222
3333 3333 4444 4444 5555 5555 6666 6666 7777 7777 8888 8888 9999 9999 aaaa aaaa
bbbb cccc dddd eeff gggg gggg gggg gggg hhhh hhhh hhhh hhhh iiii iiii iiii iiii
jjjj jjjj jjjj jjjj kkkk kkkk kkkk kkkk mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm nnnn nnnn RRRR RRqq
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ
| Value | Description |
| h | 1 - Qlogic Keaton 2G (2312) Adapter's driver 2 - Qlogic Keaton 4G (2422) Adapter's driver 10 - Emulex FC adapter |
| Value | Description |
| EEEE | This value is the error number. A list of error numbers and there descriptions can be found ERROR Code |
| TT Value | Description: This value is the type of data in the QQQQ ... field with the following possible values: |
| 0 | Neither mailbox nor IOCB included |
| 1 | Mailbox included in data field |
| 2 | IOCB included in data field |
| 3 | Adapter register contents included. |
| 4 | Adapter driver data |
| 5 | Command structure data. |
| CC Value | Description: his value is how this adapter is connected with the possible values |
| 0 | Unknown how it is connected |
| 1 | This adapter is connected point to point |
| 2 | This adapter is connected to switch |
| 3 | This adapter is connected to an arbitrated loop |
| Value | Description |
| NNNN | This is the N_Port ID of the adapter |
| OOOO | This is the io_tag/iocb->handle of the next IOCB |
| IIII | Number of IOCB's issued by the adapter driver, since it was configured |
| MMMM | Number of mailboxes issued by the adapter driver, since it was configured |
| LLLL | This indicates how often (in seconds) the adapter driver issues a READ_LNK_STAT mailbox (opcode 0x12) |
| AAAA | This indicates the number of times the link has failed |
| BBBB | The number of times the loss of synchronization has occurred |
| DDDD | The number of times the loss of signal has occurred |
| FFFF | The number of times a primitive sequence error has occurred |
| GGGG | The number of times an invalid transmission character has been seen |
| HHHH | The number of times a CRC error occurred from a receive frame |
| JJJJ | The number of times a Primitive Sequence Event Time-out has occurred |
| KKKK | The number of times an Elastic Buffer overrun has occurred |
| PPPP | The number of times a time-out has occurred during and FC-AL arbitration |
| %% Value | Description: Link speedy for the LP900X Adapter |
| 0x0 | No sync |
| 0x4 | 1Gb/s (1.0625 Gb/s) |
| 0x8 | 2 Gb/s (2.125 Gb/s) |
| 0x10 | 4 Gb/ s (4250 Mb/ s) |
| 0x20 | 8 Gb/ s (8500 Mb/ s ) |
| 0x40 | 10 Gb/ s (10518.75 Mb/ s ) |
| Value | Description |
| SS | Adapter driver's current init_link_flags setting. 6 is old port mode, 0is arbitrated loop mode |
| UUUU | Start sequence status |
| VVVV | Adapter driver state |
| WWWW | Abort IOCB retries without success |
| XXXX | link retries, The number of tries the adapter driver has tried to get link up, without success |
| YYYY | R_A_TOV (Resource Allocation time-out Delay) currently used by the
adapter driver. This value is in milliseconds |
| ZZZZ | E_D_TOV (FC Error Detect Time-out) currently used by the adapter driver. This value is in milliseconds |
| 2222 | ARB_TOV (FC-AL Arbitration Time-out) currently used by the adapter
driver. This value is in milliseconds |
| 3333 | R_T_TOV (FC Receiver Transmitter Time-out Value) currently used by the I
adapter driver. This value is in milliseconds |
| 4444 | AL_TOV (FC-AL Time-out value) currently used by the adapter driver. This value is in milliseconds |
| 5555 | Destination N_Port ID if applicable. |
| 6666 | Size of efc_cmd structure |
| 7777 | Destination Port Name if applicable |
| 8888 | First 32-bytes of the payload buffer for efc_cmds (Command Data Structures) are logged. This was added in AIX 6.1B (AIX 6.1.TL1) |
| 9999 | If this error log is associated with an NPIV (vport_entry), Then this field
contains the NPIV/vport's port name. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| aaaa | If this error log is associated with an NPIV (vport_entry), Then this field
contains the NPIV/vport's node name. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| bbbb | If this error log is associated with an NPIV (vport_entry), Then this field
contains the NPIV/vport's N_Port ID. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| cccc | If this error log is associated with an NPIV (vport_entry), Then this field
contains the NPIV/vport's VPI. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| dddd | If this error log is associated with an NPIV (vport_entry), Then this field
contains the vport's flag field. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| eeee | This indicates how many vports/NPIVs are currently in use on this adapter. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| ffff | This indicates the number of NPIVs this adapter supports. This was added in AIX61D (AIX 6.1.TL2) |
| RRRR | Reserved |
| QQQQ Value | Type Field | Description |
| 0 | Error | Contains error messages specific data - AIX 5 and below only. |
| 1 | Mailbox included | Contains the failing mailbox - AIX 5 and 6. |
| 2 | IOCB | Contains the failing IOCB - AIX 5 and 6. |
| 3 | Adapter regs contents | First four bytes are the adapters's status registers followed by four bytes
which is the PCI command status register. AIX 5 and below only. |
| 4 | Data | Contains adapter driver data. AIX 5 and below only. |
| 5 | Command included | Contains the efc_cmd structure starting from the opcode, as defined in
the efc.h. AIX 5 and 6. |