Error message in syslog

[Tore_1]

On hpux 11.0 I get this error message:

vmunix: GOT INVALID CASE

Does anyone know what this means?

[T G Manikandan]

Just attach the syslog file or just post the exact error messages.

Thanks

[harry d brown jr]

Tore,

Never seen that one! Could you post the five lines before and after that message? It could be related to something else.

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[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,
did you try to mount any CDROM recently ?.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[harry d brown jr]

I just did a

strings -a /stand/vmunix | grep -i "got invalid case"

and It is in vmunix. Very interesting. Too bad it's not open source!

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[David Burgess]

What were you doing when it happened?
Can you post the syslog entries surrounding the error, or better still the syslog?

Regards,

Dave.

[melvyn burnard]

I am going to presume you have Fibre Channel installed and in use on your system, as this is where this message appears to come from.
It is something that can be ignored, unless it becomes an issue filing up syslog, or you have system failures.
This could be caused by an application using the FC, or you may have a piece of FC hardware that is just about heading towards a failure.
I would suggest a check up on the health of the FC cards/cables etc, just to be on the side of caution.

If this continues to worry you, log a call with your local HP RC.

[harry d brown jr]

I agree with Melvyn that it appears to be fibre channel related. What was the last patch bundle you installed, and have you used the custom patch manager to determine if you need any other patches related to fibre IO?

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[Tore_1]

Thanks for the help, I will assign points later.. How do you know its related to fiber channel? Do you know what the error message indicate? Too bad the kernel error messages is not documented.

[harry d brown jr]

Tore,

using strings -a on /stand/vmunix, this was returned:

!!TO (%d) L%d @%x=%d flags=%x BIT=%x func=%x parm=%x ticks=%d
%h Resetting Tachyon from %l
/ux/core/kern/common/wsio/fcT1_ctrl.c
test it
GOT INVALID CASE
Card Reset request received.
rwsp
dev_rele: ddt = 0x%08p
dev_rele: ddt not in table
vnode sema
fifo_ioctl: vnode not VFIFO


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[Tore_1]

Great. thanks for the help. I dont need any more help.

[harry d brown jr]

Heres a potential patch for FC on 11.00:

Patch Name: PHKL_23939

Patch Description: s700_800 11.00 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Patch



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