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MF58611 - LIC-DISK-UNPRED Internal disk drives may fail during IPL

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Abstract

LIC-DISK-UNPRED Internal disk drives may fail during IPL


Pre/Co-Requisite PTF / Fix List

REQ  LICENSED           PTF/FIX  LEVEL

TYPE PROGRAM  RELEASE   NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
---- -------- --------- -------  -------  ------
NONE



NOTICE:
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Application of this PTF may disable or render ineffective programs that
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including programs that circumvent control technology designed to limit
interactive capacity to purchased levels.  This PTF may be a prerequisite
for future PTFs.  By applying this PTF you authorize and agree to the
foregoing.

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delivered with the machine.

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REGARDING THE PTF.


APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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Disk drives in disk towers with feature code 5786 or 5787 may
fail at IPL time. The PAL contains numerous entries for the
failing drives with a reference code of XXXXFFF4 where XXXX is
the disk device type. Another symptom of the problem is the
failing disk drives have DPHxxx resource names.

Feature code 5787: TotalStorage EXP24 Disk Tower; Feature code
5786: TotalStorage EXP24 Disk Tower FC 5786 drawer.

CORRECTION FOR APAR 'MA43780' :
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A PTF will be created to correct the problem. Disk drives in
disk towers with feature code 5786 or 5787 cannot be used as a
load source unless the install media contains this PTF.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR 'MA43780' :
----------------------------------
None.


Activation Instructions


None.




Special Instructions

This PTF will be automatically permanently applied. This PTF is
required to use disk drives in disk towers with feature code 5786 or
5787. In addition, these disk drives cannot be used as a load source
unless the install media contains this PTF. If you have a disk tower
with feature code 5786 or 5787 and your system IPLs to DST, then apply
this PTF before completing the install.


Default Instructions

THIS IS A DELAYED PTF TO BE APPLIED AT IPL TIME.



Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
--------------  ------------------------------------------------------------
   MF58474      LIC-INCORROUT Base Function to Enable Future Extentions
   MF58468      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT MISSING DISK PATHS
   MF58392      LIC-OTHER-SRCB6000103-INCORROUT FAILURE DURING ADD OF MULTI
   MF58320      LIC-DISK-UNPRED System with internal disk drives hangs.
   MF58277      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Missing Disk unit after ending replication.
   MF58222      LIC-DISK-UNPRED System hang after DS8000 failure
   MF58216      LIC-DISK-UNPRED STRNETINS *NORMAL hangs
   MF58104      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Incorrect number of disk paths indicated
   MF58104      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Display Disk Path status panel not correct
   MF58054      LIC-DISK-UNPRED System does not recover after DS8000 outage
   MF58054      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Disk drive fails to report in
   MF58054      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Main Storage Dump copy to ASP fails to compl
   MF58022      LIC-DISK-OTHER-UNPRED FFF4 logged unexpectedly for external
   MF58022      LIC-DISK-UNPRED 2107 FFF4 errors logged in PAL
   MF57996      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK-D/T6B22 model 055 devices may
   MF57973      LIC-DISK-OTHER-UNPRED reset/reload of adapter during error r
   MF57911      LIC-DISK-UNPRED System hang with DS8000 DASD attached.
   MF57911      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Disk unit missing at IPL
   MF57911      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Errors logged when resuming DS8000 replicati
   MF57874      LIC-DISK Partition hangs after fiber channel error
   MF57874      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror state change not handled
   MF57803      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror state not correct.
   MF57803      LIC-DISK-UNPRED Disk path error not handled correctly
   MF57803      LIC-DISK-UNPRED New resource names for DS8000 disk
   MF57772      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT Sector I/O may not read/write the c
   MF57764      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror state not recognized aft
   MF57669      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror relationship not detecte
   MF57669      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT Unable to initialize/format disk un
   MF57628      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK V7K 8Gb Link Failure causes I/
   MF57629      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK Disks report improperly after
   MF57629      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK Path to a disk has a status of

Summary Information

System..............................i
Models..............................
Release.............................V7R2M0
Licensed Program...............5770999
APAR Fixed..........................View details for APAR MA43780
Superseded by:......................View fix details for PTF MF99109
Recompile...........................N
Library.............................QSYS
MRI Feature ........................NONE
Cum Level...........................C4276720


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Modified date:
30 May 2014