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VAXSYSL11_U1055 VAX V5.5 - V5.5-1 SYSLOA ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994, 1995. All rights
reserved.
Modification Date: 12-NOV-2001
Modification Type: Note added regarding this kit is no longer
available through SSB.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX
COMPONENTS: SYSLOA and Error Formatter - ERFSHR.EXE
ERFV14.EXE
ERFXRP.EXE
SYSLOA440.EXE
SYSLOA46.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VAXSYSL11_U1055
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VAXSYSL10_U1055
SYSLOA$06_U1055
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 600 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1
System Reboot Necessary: Yes
NOTE: The following SYSLOA*.EXEs are included in this
ECO kit and are used with the CPU types shown:
SYSLOA440 VAXstation 4000-VLC
MicroVAX 3100-30, 40
SYSLOA46 VAXstation 4000-60
MicroVAX 3100-80
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ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for SYSLOA and Error Formatter on OpenVMS
VAX 5.5 through V5.5-1. This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in the VAXSYSL11_U1055 kit:
o After installing VAXSYSL10_U1055, the DCL command
"ANALYZE/ERROR" produces useless information about
parity errors for the VAXstation 4000-VLC,
MicroVAX 3100-30, and MicroVAX 3100-40.
o The "ANALYZE/ERROR" report does not label the VAXstation 4000-VLC,
MicroVAX 3100-30, and the MicroVAX 3100-40 as KA45 as it should.
In addition, VAXstation 4000-60, and MicroVAX 3100-80 are labeled
as a KA460 in the errorlogs. The VAXstation 4000-60 should be
labeled as a KA46. The MicroVAX 3100-80 should be labeled KA47.
Problems addressed in the VAXSYSL10_U1055 kit:
o If the console port is put into the XOFFed state too long,
the following time out error message will be displayed on
the console:
%TYPE-F-WRITEERR, error writing SYS$OUTPUT
-RMS-F-WER
-SYSTEM-F-TIMEOUT
%DCL-W-SKPDAT
The error count for device OPA0 will also be incremented.
Problems addressed in the SYSLOA$06_U1055 kit:
o VAXstation 4000 Model 60 workstations and MicroVAX 3100 Model
30/40/80 servers crash every 11 minutes after encountering
memory errors. The combination of a hardware problem and
a software problem in the machine error routine invalidates
the error log and makes it impossible to find the bad
memory component.
o SYSLOA440 corresponds to the VAXstation 4000-VLC and MicroVAX
Model 3100 Models 30 and 40. The error handler problems for
these systems are addressed as follows:
- All machine check and polled errors are assumed to be
cache/bus errors but they are usually memory parity
errors.
- No memory error states are saved and logged.
- The MSER register bits are defined incorrectly.
- Polled errors always cause system crashes even though
the errors are always recoverable.
- Cache data parity errors are not checked properly
in the READ_ERRORS routine.
- Crash dumps trip across memory locations when a
parity error occurs and cause the system to hang.
- Network parity checking is set twice in the EXE$INIPROCREG
routine of ERRSUB440 resulting in no SCSI parity checking.
o SYSLOA46 corresponds to the VAXstation 4000 Model 60 and the
MicroVAX 3100 Model 80. The error handler problems for these
systems are addressed as follows:
- TRAP2 is set in PCSTS causing a fatal bugcheck under
RE_HANDLER since PCSTS flags are not cleared prior to
exiting the error handler.
- Memory FRU ID is not calculated correctly in FIND_BAD_SIMM
and MEM_CONFIG if the address is greater than 2800000 hex.
- CRD buffer is defined to be twice as large as it should be.
- Cache data parity errors are not checked properly in the
CE_HANDLER routine.
- Crash dumps trip across memory locations when a parity error
occurs and cause the system to hang.
- In order to isolate to a single SIMM under RE_HANDLER,
MEMERR <2> needs to be set if VA <2> is set in the machine
check stack frame.
- When threshold is exceeded for soft (INT54) memory
parity errors, a message is output indicating that the
2nd level cache is being disabled.
o On VAXstation 4000-VLC and MicroVAX 3100 Models 30/40,
memory configuration and memory error status information
is not displayed.
o The errorlog entries for uncorrectable memory errors do not
contain the failing memory's physical address in the MEMERR
register. This problem occurs on VAXstation 4000 Model 60
workstations and MicroVAX 3100 Model 30/40/80 servers.
This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-1.
o The file LOGGER.B32 contains translations which print the
proper name of the system at the top of the entry
For example, KA45, KA46, KA47, KA48.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database(s). To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'VAXSYSL11_U1055', 'VAXSYSL', or 'SYSLOA'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VAXcluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| ERFSHR.EXE |%X782E9DAB| V05-X01 | 13-MAR-1995 |
| | | 17:48:10.67 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| ERFV14.EXE |%XB4236DF7| V05-I01 | 13-MAR-1995 |
| | | 17:48:38.51 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| ERFXRP.EXE |%X2E91E6CE| V05-401 | 13-MAR-1995 |
| | | 17:49:13.00 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSLOA440.EXE |%X58E63F9B| X-35 | 21-JAN-1994 |
| | | 18:58:18.13 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSLOA46.EXE |%X1E060AF7| X-35 | 21-JAN-1994 |
| | | 18:58:25.77 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
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