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Sun StorEdge A5000 : Archived FINs and FCOs

Implementation (Impl.):
M = Mandatory (Fully Pro-Active)

C = Controlled Pro-Active (per Sun Geo Plan)

U = Upon Failure
R = Reactive (As Required)

FAB Implementation Synopsis Last Modified Date
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
I0777-1 R In some configurations, after a FC loop disruption the SOC+ HBA intermittently takes the FC loop down 2002-02-25
I0712-1 R Finisar GBIC problems on the storage array products 2001-08-29
I0711-1 R The problem with Incorrectly mounted brackets on the switch 2001-10-10
I0701-1 R FWC 2.0 & II 2.0 require correct version of Java for proper operation 2001-07-30
I0630-1 R Problem with mishandling a fiber optical device 2001-03-30
I0575-1 R When used on a heavily loaded system to monitor multiple enclosures, Component Manager response time can be longer than expected. 2000-04-27
I0554-1 R Support of hubs with A5x00 and Veritas Volume Manager version 2000-02-18
I0541-2 R Restrictions on multi-initiator config using FC100/P card on A5x00 2001-08-02
I0506-1 R Confusion in the field over the requirement of a 2" gap between 72" Expansion Cabinets containing A5x00 Storage Arrays. 1999-06-29
I0503-1 C Disk firmware rev. 17xx for A5000(s) with Seagate ST19171 9GB FC-AL disk drives. 2004-01-07
I0502-1 R Visual identification of -02 and -03 GBICs without physically removing from system. 1999-06-18
I0501-1 R The backplane part# revision for A5X00 arrays may differ from the rev. level that is dynamically reported by the array. 1999-06-17
I0465-1 C A5000: Excessive Recoverable Soft errors: (OFFLINEs, CRC Errors, SCSI parity errors, timeouts) on FC-AL loops 1998-12-24
I0421-1 R abbrev. Recovering from a root filesystem disk failure-on an internal FCAL boot disk in a E3500 Server 1998-09-12
I0418-1 n/a Sun Enterprise Volume Manager vxinstall script fails to detect an A5000 and create license. 1998-09-10
I0400-2 R UPDATED FIN. Empty Backplane/incorrect configuration on StorEdge A5x00 can Cause Errors. 1999-11-19
I0373-1 n/a EMI Clip on the A5000 Vertical Interconnect Board can short the fibre Channel signal traces. 1998-03-06
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
A0222-1 U Seagate Cheetah 4 FCAL and SCSI disk drives may experience higher than expected failure rate. Jan 04 2006
A0164-1 C Systems with FC100/P cards (QL2100 PCI FC-AL HBA) having Molex optical transceivers, may cause increasing numbers of loop errors, excessive LIPs, and SCSI parity errors as they age. May 12 2000
A0147-1 U Rare but recoverable "write faults" may occur when adding or upgrading 18.2GB 7200 RPM FC-AL drives into the Sun StorEdge A5000. Aug 12 1999
A0144-3 M Vixel GBIC may experience excessive CRC or scsi parity errors, offline and/or timeout messages on the StorEdge A5x00 and the Ultra Enterprise 3500. Oct 06 1999
A0138-1 C SBus/FC SOC+ Host Adapters may experience recoverable data transfer read errors. May 14 1999
A0131-1 U A5000 Network Arrays with only one Interface Board may encounter excessive "soft scsi resets" and "timeouts" when running disk firmware revision 117x. Jun 23 1998
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