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EMC Block SP Boot Issue Checklist

The document provides a checklist for troubleshooting SP boot issues, including steps to open the RA via management and service LAN ports, gather SPCollect logs, check the RAID group status in FLARECONS, capture the boot log, setup a PPP connection, check the fault LED color and blinking rate, reboot into the utility partition, and determine if the SP can handle I/O. It includes questions to determine if there is a hardware fault, rolling reboot, or degraded mode issue and provides troubleshooting steps for an SPA rolling reboot issue.

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EMC Block SP Boot Issue Checklist

The document provides a checklist for troubleshooting SP boot issues, including steps to open the RA via management and service LAN ports, gather SPCollect logs, check the RAID group status in FLARECONS, capture the boot log, setup a PPP connection, check the fault LED color and blinking rate, reboot into the utility partition, and determine if the SP can handle I/O. It includes questions to determine if there is a hardware fault, rolling reboot, or degraded mode issue and provides troubleshooting steps for an SPA rolling reboot issue.

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Block SP Boot Issue Checklist

In order to handle typical SP Boot issue, TSE should know the following basic skills beforehand.
Open RA via Management port
Open RA via Service LAN port.
Open EMC remote to SP.(For legacy CX box)
Gather SPCollect via RA.
Restart K10governor via RA.
Enter FLARECONS and check status of any RAID Group.
Capture boot log (see coach share 44)
Setup PPP connection (see coach share 44)
Know the meaning of the fault LED color and blinking rate.
Reboot SP into utility partition
Can this SP handle I/O?
No >
Fault LED color

Amber Blue

Fault LED blink rate

Hz 1Hz 4Hz Solid

Boot Log

available and reviewed

Peer SP Collect

available and reviewed


unavailable

Peer SP Remotely Anywhere output review

spstate
speclcli mpb
speclcli mps

Conclusion

Hardware Fault
Rolling reboot
Degraded mode

Yes> FLARE is running fine. SP unmanaged, fill in the table


Port
open Unisphere setup page &
CLI via RA
RA
Mgmt Port
Service LAN
Port
PPP connection

CLI from NAS


CLI

ping

If the answer is No, go to the right.


If the answer is Yes, stop.

Appendix:
SPA rolling reboot troubleshooting steps:
1. Mini configure the backend (only connect DAE 0_0 on A side)
2. Reboot SP into utility partition
3. Choose force degraded mode to start the SP into degraded mode.
4. Remoteanywhere access the SPA.
5. CMD > HFOFF
6. Reboot SPA again.
7. Start KTRACE log capture
a. CMD > ktcons il
b. !load fdb
c. .logopen c:\spa_flarestart_ktracelog.txt
d. .logto both
e. !ktail T all
8. Manually start the flare by running FlareandLayeredStart.bat
9. If started successfully >>> add DAE one by one back.
10. If started failed >>> in ktrace log window, press Ctrl+C >>> .logclose >>>contact l2 the case with
ktrace log ,if required open an AR request

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