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shashi kanth
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Cell Boot is blocked

RP7420. HP-UX 11iv3.

 

MP shows one of the cell boot is blocked.

 

HW status for Cell 1 : FAILURE DETECTED
Power status : OFF, no fault
Boot is blocked

 

How to make cell boot unblock from MP? 

 

I am not able to boot the OS because of this issue. Someone please tell me how to unblock boot on the cell from MP?

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Shashi Kanth

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Ivan_Sark
Occasional Advisor

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

Can you power the cabinet ok? and then the cell? Does the MP let you?

Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

How about the status (MP -> PS command)?

Hope this helps!
Regards
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shashi kanth
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Re: Cell Boot is blocked

 

Cabinet is powerd on, both cells are powerd on, but one cell boot is blocked and another cell boot is unblocked.

 

Enter cell number: 0
HW status for Cell 0 : FAILURE DETECTED
Power status : on, no fault
Boot is not blocked

 

HW status for Cell 1 : FAILURE DETECTED
Power status : on, no fault
Boot is blocked

 

HW status for rp7420 cabinet : NO FAILURE DETECTED

 

 

 

Torsten.
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Re: Cell Boot is blocked

And what do you get if you run the MP -> PS command for these cells and the cabinet?

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Ivan_Sark
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Re: Cell Boot is blocked

Check sysrev also to see if the values are ok and are not zero.

 

I had a very similar situation with the cell like this where I had to change the backplane. 

shashi kanth
Super Advisor

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

 

MP-> PS.

 

Cabinet

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

HW status for rp7420 cabinet : NO FAILURE DETECTED

Power switch is on
Right Door is closed
Top Door is closed
Left Door is closed

Total Power Available 7200 VA
Total Power Needed 2177 VA
Power Redundancy : redundant
Power Viability : viable


 Power Status
---------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+
               |     |     |       |     |
               | Sys |     |  IO   |     |
               |Bkpln|Cells|Chassis| BPS |
               |     | 0 1 | 0   1 | 0 1 |
---------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+
 Populated     |  *  | * * | *   * | * * |
 Enabled       |  *  | * * | *   * | * * |
 Power OK      |  *  | * * | *   * | * * |
 Warning/Fault |     |     |       |     |
 Attention LED |     |     |       |     |


 AC Line status:
  Line A0 Present
  Line A1 Present
  Line B0 Present
  Line B1 Present

               -- Press <CR> to continue, or 'Q' to Quit --

Front Fan Speed   : normal
Rear Fan speed    : normal
I/O Bay Fan Speed : normal
Temperature state : normal
Main Fan Redundancy   : redundant
I/O Fan Redundancy    : redundant
Overtemp Shutdown Enabled


            | BPS |     PCI     |
            | Fans|     Fans    |
            | 0 1 | 0 1 2 3 4 5 |
+-----------+-----+-------------+
  Populated | * * | * * * * * * |
  Failing   |     |             |
  Failed    |     |             |

            | Standby/Main Fans |
            |                   |
            | 0 1 2 3           |
+-----------+-------------------+
  Populated | * * * *           |
  Failing   |                   |
  Failed    |                   |

            |  Cell Fans |
            |   CPU    C |
            | 0 1 2 3  C |
+-----------+------------+
 Cell 0     |            |
  Populated | * * * *  * |
  Failing   |            |
  Failed    |            |
 Cell 1     |            |
  Populated | * * * *  * |
  Failing   |            |
  Failed    |            |

 

 

Cell 0

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

HW status for Cell 0 : NO FAILURE DETECTED

Power status : on, no fault
Boot is not blocked
PDH memory is shared
Processor Compatibility : OK
RIO cable status : connected
RIO cable connection physical location : PCI Domain 0
Core cell is cell 0
Attention Led is off

PDHC status Leds :  ****

CPU Module Slot    0 1 2 3
 Populated         P P P P
 Local 48V Good    * * * *
 Power Enabled     * * * *
 Power Good        * * * *

   (* - True, P - Processor, T - Terminator)



DIMMs populated:
0 . . . 4 . . . 8 . . .12 . . .
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

                                  1 1 1 1 1 1
VRM's           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 Present      : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 Enabled      : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 Pwr Good     : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Front Side Bus Freq.    : 200 MHz
CPU Core Freq.          : 1100 MHz
CPU Part Number         : PA8900

System Boot Rom (SFW) firmware rev  24.001
PDH controller (PDHC) firmware rev 3.030, built THU JUL 27 21:18:14 2006
MICE revision is 1.0

 

Cell 1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

HW status for Cell 1 : FAILURE DETECTED

Power status : on, no fault
Boot is blocked
PDH memory is shared
Processor Compatibility : OK
RIO cable status : connected
RIO cable connection physical location : PCI Domain 1
Core cell is INVALID
Attention Led is off

PDHC status Leds :  -**-

CPU Module Slot    0 1 2 3
 Populated         P P P P
 Local 48V Good    * * * *
 Power Enabled     * * * *
 Power Good        * * * *

   (* - True, P - Processor, T - Terminator)



DIMMs populated:
0 . . . 4 . . . 8 . . .12 . . .
*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   

                                  1 1 1 1 1 1
VRM's           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 Present      : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 Enabled      : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 Pwr Good     : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Front Side Bus Freq.    : 200 MHz
CPU Core Freq.          : 1100 MHz
CPU Part Number         : PA8900

System Boot Rom (SFW) firmware rev  24.004
PDH controller (PDHC) firmware rev 3.031, built THU NOV 09 21:37:37 2006
MICE revision is 1.0

 

 

 

shashi kanth
Super Advisor

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

MP:CM> sysrev

    Cabinet firmware revision report

PROGRAMMABLE HARDWARE :

System Backplane :   GPM          FM        OSP
                   -------     -------    -------
                     1.004       1.002      1.002

PCI-X Backplane  :   LPM          HS
                   -------     -------
                     2.000       1.000

Core IO          :  Master       Slave
                   --------     -------
                      2.011       2.011

                     LPM        PDHC
                   -------    -------
Cell 0 :             1.002      1.010
Cell 1 :             1.002      1.010


FIRMWARE:

Core IO
  Master        :  A.008.008
  Event Dict.   :          1.021
  Slave         :  A.008.008
  Event Dict.   :          1.021

Cell 0
  PDHC          :  A.003.030
  Pri SFW       :     24.001 (PA)
  Sec SFW       :      3.096 (IA)

Cell 1
  PDHC          :  A.003.031
  Pri SFW       :     24.001 (PA)
  Sec SFW       :     24.004 (PA)

Ivan_Sark
Occasional Advisor

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

Cell 1 shows invalid, almost the same symptoms I had.

 

Have you reseated cell 1? if yes 

Have you powered off the system, pulled the 4 power cables off waited 2 minutes and repowered the box?

Holger G
HPE Pro
Solution

Re: Cell Boot is blocked

Hi Shashi Kanth,

 

you can boot a cell which just stopped at BIB (Boot is Blocked) with the MP:CM> BO command.

However, there might be a reason / issue which caused to stop the cell.
E.g. in your case the two cells have different firmware. - They will not work in the same partition.

 

 

Kind Regards

Holger

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