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IC61650: FAN SPEED REPORTED INCORRECTLY BY IBM WEBSPHERE DATAPOWER SOA APPLIANCE

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance.
    -
    Fan Speed is incorrectly reported on the 9235/9004 appliances by
    the firmware.
    -
    Note: Always check the temperature LED to insure the appliance
    is operating correctly, along with the output of these commands:
    
    
    -
    show sensors-fans
    show sensors-temperature
    show sensors-other
    test hardware
    --
    This APAR reports the problem where fan 3 and fan 4 in tray 1
    or 2 report the problem as follows:
    Model: (config)# show sensors-fans
    
     Fan ID                Speed  Minimum      Status
     ------                -----  -------      ------
     fan-tray-1-fan-1      4320   2000         ok
     fan-tray-1-fan-2      5200   2000         ok
     fan-tray-1-fan-3      4160   2000         ok
     fan-tray-1-fan-4      5280   2000         ok
     fan-tray-2-fan-1      4560   2000         ok
     fan-tray-2-fan-2      4880   2000         ok
    fan-tray-2-fan-3      0      2000         lowerCritical
    fan-tray-2-fan-4      0      2000         lowerCritical
     hard-disk-tray-fan-1  4640   2000         ok
     hard-disk-tray-fan-2  5200   2000         ok
    

Local fix

  • You can try the following to reduce the messages until the
    firmware can be installed.
    1. Reload the firmare
    or
    2. Safely power off an power on the appliance per the product
    publications.
    

Problem summary

  • Periodicaly the CPU cooling fans would report zero RPM for a
    complete bank of 4 fans.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The fix will be in 3.7.1.9, 3.7.2.5, 3.7.3.4 & 3.8.0.0
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IC61650

  • Reported component name

    DATAPOWER

  • Reported component ID

    DP1234567

  • Reported release

    372

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2009-06-22

  • Closed date

    2009-07-20

  • Last modified date

    2009-07-20

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    DATAPOWER

  • Fixed component ID

    DP1234567

Applicable component levels

  • R371 PSY

       UP

  • R372 PSY

       UP

  • R373 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 February 2022