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04-25-2013 04:25 AM
04-25-2013 04:25 AM
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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04-25-2013 04:30 AM
04-25-2013 04:30 AM
Re: Cell Boot is blocked
Can you power the cabinet ok? and then the cell? Does the MP let you?
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04-25-2013 04:32 AM
04-25-2013 04:32 AM
Re: Cell Boot is blocked
Hope this helps!
Regards
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04-25-2013 04:55 AM
04-25-2013 04:55 AM
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
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04-25-2013 04:59 AM
04-25-2013 04:59 AM
Re: Cell Boot is blocked
Hope this helps!
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04-25-2013 05:21 AM
04-25-2013 05:21 AM
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.
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04-25-2013 05:21 AM
04-25-2013 05:21 AM
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
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04-25-2013 05:23 AM
04-25-2013 05:23 AM
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)
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04-25-2013 05:28 AM - edited 04-25-2013 05:30 AM
04-25-2013 05:28 AM - edited 04-25-2013 05:30 AM
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?
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04-25-2013 05:32 AM
04-25-2013 05:32 AM
SolutionHi 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
I am an HP employee.
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