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Re: Power supply problem

 
csreenivas
Frequent Advisor

Power supply problem

We have total 3 power supplies on HP 9000 L2000 model.
It is showing 2 power supplies failed when we checked on stm/xstm. But when Engineer checked physically, he is saying all are fine and he can see the power lights on.
Even in syslog.log it is showing error /opt/resmon/bin/resdata -R 177668106 -r /system/events/core_hw/core_hw -n 177668099 -a. We work from offshore.
can anyone help me in this?
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Andrew Rutter
Honored Contributor

Re: Power supply problem

hi,

login to the gsp and check the status of the power supplies there first

once logged onto the gsp issue the ps command

GSP>ps

this should show you the current status of the power on the system.

also check the event log

/var/opt/resmon/log/event.log

it could be that the power just got interupted for a short period? what is the time stamp on the errors?

Andy
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Power supply problem

I have seen a failed power supply with the green light on in the past.

You should check from GSP:

GSP> ps


PS

Power Monitor Status:
Firmware Revision : A
System Power state: On Power Switch : On
Temperature : Normal Selected fan state: Normal

Power supplies | Fan
# State Type | States
-----------------------------------------------------------
0 Normal Type 0 | Normal
1 Normal Type 0 | Normal
2 Not Installed - | Normal

and from hp-ux:

# echo "sel dev 1;info;wait;il"|cstm

...

Cabinet 0

Cabinet 0 Hardware Inventory:
Component Present Failure State
--------- ------- ------- -------
Cabinet Fans (blowers) 8 0 unknown
Cabinet Power Supplies 3 0 unknown
I/O Power Supplies 0
BackPlane Power Supplies 0
...



What is this telling you:

/opt/resmon/bin/resdata -R 177668106 -r /system/events/core_hw/core_hw -n 177668099 -a

Timestamp?

Maybe the power source was off and is now on again.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Torsten.
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Re: Power supply problem

I have seen a failed power supply with the green light on in the past.

You should check from GSP:

GSP> ps


PS

Power Monitor Status:
Firmware Revision : A
System Power state: On Power Switch : On
Temperature : Normal Selected fan state: Normal

Power supplies | Fan
# State Type | States
-----------------------------------------------------------
0 Normal Type 0 | Normal
1 Normal Type 0 | Normal
2 Not Installed - | Normal

and from hp-ux:

# echo "sel dev 1;info;wait;il"|cstm

...

Cabinet 0

Cabinet 0 Hardware Inventory:
Component Present Failure State
--------- ------- ------- -------
Cabinet Fans (blowers) 8 0 unknown
Cabinet Power Supplies 3 0 unknown
I/O Power Supplies 0
BackPlane Power Supplies 0
...



What is this telling you:

/opt/resmon/bin/resdata -R 177668106 -r /system/events/core_hw/core_hw -n 177668099 -a

Timestamp?

Maybe the power source was off and is now on again.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Eduardo Crespo
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Re: Power supply problem

Try checking under the GSP command PS. Also check that power cables are correctly installed. Something very common is that they release the PDU

Good Luck
Greetings
csreenivas
Frequent Advisor

Re: Power supply problem

GSP is not working on my machine, may not be installed.

# echo "sel dev 1;info;wait;il"|cstm
with above command i got below information.

Hardware Inventory:
Cabinet Fans = 8 (No Failures)
Cabinet Power Supplies = 3 (1 Failure; Power Supply 2)
Cabinet I/O Bay Fans = 0
I/O Bay Power Supplies = 0

time stamp for the error log : Mar 3 11:07:22
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Power supply problem

According to this 1 PS is failed.

The GSP is always installed!

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Andrew Rutter
Honored Contributor

Re: Power supply problem

hi,

server wont run if no gsp card installed.

I guess you just dont know how to use it, or it hasnt been set up for remote login?

your output shows a failed PSU though

Cabinet Power Supplies = 3 (1 Failure; Power Supply 2)


Andy