HSCL02xx error codes

These error codes can be displayed in a window that is displayed on the HMC screen during system configuration and operations.
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HSCL02xx error codes Message Recovery action
HSCL0201 Service processor command failed after {0} attempts: Invalid response. Wait several minutes and try the task again.
HSCL0203 Command sent to service processor failed. Error response {0}.
  1. Try the task again.
  2. Check the state of the managed system. Refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0204 Command failed. Unknown error.
  1. Shut down and restart the HMC. For details, see Shutting down, rebooting, and logging of the HMC.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0205 The managed system is in the error state and is unable to continue with the task. The recovery partition data task cannot be run until the managed system is no longer in error state.
  1. Record the error message.
  2. Check the state of the managed system. Refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
HSCL0206 Unable to power on the managed system. Unable to continue with the power on task.
  1. Check the Operator panel value column for the managed system to verify that it is in the No power state and that the managed system is not in the Error state.
  2. If the managed system is in the error state, refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
  3. Verify that no other task is being performed, and then retry the task.
  4. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0208 Unable to power on the managed system. Unable to continue with the power on task.
  1. Check the Operator panel value column of the managed system to verify that it is in the No power state and that the managed system is not in the Error state.
  2. If the managed system is in the error state, refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
  3. Verify that no other task is being performed while processing this task, and then retry the task.
  4. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0209 Remote virtual terminal sessions are not allowed. Check the remote virtual terminal settings. Virtual terminal cannot open remotely at this time. If this feature is needed, use the Enable/Disable Remote Virtual Terminal task in the HMC Configuration menu to enable remote connections.
HSCL020A The power on system profile operation timed out. Activate the system profile manually after the managed system is powered on. Activate the system profile manually after the managed system is powered on.
HSCL020D The command you issued contained incorrect data. Contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0211 The requested function is currently disabled. Shut down the managed system, and start it again.
HSCL0212 The managed system is not capable of Capacity on Demand (CoD) at the present time.
  1. Ensure that the managed system is powered on.
  2. If it is powered on, check the managed system's properties window to verify that the system is not CoD capable.
  3. Contact your local representative for more information about this feature.
HSCL0213 The managed system does not support Capacity on Demand upgrades for processors. Contact your local representative for more information about this feature.
HSCL0214 The managed system does not support Capacity on Demand upgrades for memory. Contact your local representative for more information about this feature.
HSCL0215 There was an error trying to save processor order information to a diskette. Verify that the diskette is writable, and retry the operation again. If the error persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0222 The operation cannot be done because the managed system is not capable of LPAR.
  1. If you believe that the managed system should be capable of logical partitioning, restart the HMC and retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0223 Firmware is not ready to accept the specified command. Try again later.
  1. Retry the task.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0224 There was an error dumping the LPAR configuration. Check the console event log.
  1. Retry the task.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0225 There was an error clearing the LPAR configuration. Check the console event log.
  1. Retry the task.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0226 The firmware power off policy returned from the service processor is not valid. Unable to determine whether the firmware should power off or stay running after last partition powers off.
  1. Check that the inputs are correct.
  2. Retry the task.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0228 The managed system could not be found in the database. Rebuild the managed system, and try again.
  1. Shut down and restart the HMC.
  2. Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0229 Memory specified, {0}, is not a multiple of the system memory region size, {1}. Modify the value to be a multiple of the memory region size and try again.
  1. Modify the value of the memory specified to be a multiple of the memory region size and try the operation again.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL022A

i5/OS® partitions are not supported on the managed system.
  1. The managed system is not capable of creating or managing i5/OS partitions.
  2. If you believe that the managed system should be i5/OS capable, restart the HMC and retry the operation.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL022C The managed system is not in a valid state to perform the operation. Check the state of the managed system and retry the operation.
  1. Try the task again.
  2. Refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL022D Unable to perform a get or a set operation on the managed system's platform IPL parameters.
  1. Try the task again.
  2. Perform the appropriate actions to put the managed system in the correct state. For details, see Correcting the managed system operating state.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL022E Unable to restore the profile data when the managed system is not in the Operating or Standby state.
  1. Verify that the managed system is in the Operating or Standby state, and retry the operation.
  2. If the managed system is not in the correct state, refer to Correcting the managed system operating state and perform the appropriate procedure to put the managed system in the correct state.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL022F Unable to delete the profile data backup file, {0}.
  1. Try the task again.
  2. Rebuild the managed system and try the task again. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0230 Unable to get managed system credential information.
  1. Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information. Then try the task again.
  2. Restart the HMC and then retry the operation.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0231 Unable to set managed system credential information.
  1. Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information. Then try the task again.
  2. Restart the HMC and then retry the operation.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0233 Unable to change the service partition to the partition with ID of {0}. Check your current setting(s) and ensure this change is allowed. The service partition cannot be changed.
  1. Check current settings and verify that this change is allowed.
  2. Rebuild the managed system and try the operation again. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0234 Failed to transition out of standby state. Rebuild the managed system and try again.

Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information. Then try the task again.

If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0235 Cannot change service partition from one partition to another if either one of them is not in the Not Activated state.
  1. Ensure that the current service partition is not activated.
  2. Ensure that the partition user who tried to assign the server authority is not activated.
  3. Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information. Then try the task again.
  4. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0236 The name specified contains unprintable or invalid characters listed: {0}. Remove the invalid characters and try again.
  1. Ensure that all the characters specified in the name are valid.
  2. Retry the task.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0240 The {0} password is locked and cannot be changed while it is locked. The password has been locked. Contact your next level of support or your hardware service provider to unlock the password.
HSCL0241 The {0} password is locked. The password has been locked. Contact your next level of support or your hardware service provider to unlock the password.
HSCL0242 Failed to set i5/OS partition {0} as the service partition for this managed system. Only an AIX® or Linux® logical partition can be designated as the service partition on IBM® System p5® or IBM eServer™ p5 servers. Choose an AIX or Linux logical partition as the service partition for your managed system.
HSCL0243 The Machine Code on your managed system does not support viewing the Virtualization Engine™ systems technologies activation history log. In order to view the history log on your managed system, you need to update your managed system's Machine Code (Licensed Internal Code).
  1. Contact your service provider to determine which level of HMC Machine Code supports viewing the Virtualization Engine systems technologies activation history log.
  2. Update your managed system's Machine Code to that level or greater. For details, see Obtaining updates.
  3. Try the task again.
HSCL0250 The managed system machine type, model, and serial number (MTMS) is empty.  
HSCL0251 Service processor command {0} failed. The connection to the hardware server is broken. Ensure that the network connection is working. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0252 Service processor command {0} failed. The connection to service processor is not available. Ensure that the network connection is working. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0253 Service processor command {0} failed. The managed system has been deleted. Ensure that the network connection is working. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0254 Hardware server command {0} failed. No response package.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0255 Hardware server command {0} failed. The request ID has been deleted from the ID table.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0256 Issuing a service processor pass-through failed. HMC server is trying to reconnect to the hardware server.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0257 Issuing a service processor pass-through failed. HMC server re-established a connection to the hardware server after this command was issued.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0258 Issuing a service processor pass through failed. An expected exception with message {0} was thrown.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0259 Service processor lock failed. The lock manager is not active. Restart the HMC. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL025A Service processor lock failed. The conflict lock is owned by HMC: {0}. Its request ID is {1}. Try again later.
  1. Another HMC might be performing this operation.
  2. Try again later.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL025B Query service processor data failed. The error code is {0}.  
HSCL025C Service processor command {0} failed. Service processor authentication needs to be done first.
  1. Ensure that the managed system is authenticated first.
  2. Retry the task.
  3. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL025D Service processor command {0} failed. The Hypervisor is not ready to accept commands.
  1. Rebuild the managed system. For details, see Updating managed system or frame information
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL025E The lock table in the managed system is full. Try again. Wait and then try the operation again.
HSCL025F There is a managed system lock. Wait and then try the operation again.
HSCL0260 Unexpected error happened when trying to acquire a managed system lock. The command return status is {0}. Wait and then try the operation again.
HSCL0261 Unexpected error happened when trying to acquire a managed system lock.

Report the problem to your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0262 Supplement lock operation failed. Check the input and permission and try the task again.
HSCL0263 Service processor does not support more than one HMC connection. No service processor lock is needed.

contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0264 The console command manager is not active.
  1. Try the operation again.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0265 No destination was specified for command {0}. The command cannot be sent.
  1. Try the operation again.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0266 The request to query data on the managed system failed with error code {0}.
  1. Try the operation again.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0267 The connection to the service processor has been lost. A long-running task was stopped. Verify the completion of the long-running task. If the task did not complete successfully, try the task again
HSCL0268 An unexpected error occurred in a long-running task. Verify the completion of the long-running task. If the task did not complete successfully, try the task again.
HSCL0269 Managed system with IP address {0} cannot be found. Verify the specified IP address. Specify a valid IP address and try the request again.
HSCL026A The specified managed system name {0} is not valid with the specified IP address {1}. The managed system cannot be removed. Specify a valid managed system name and a valid IP address. Then try the request again.
HSCL026B Cannot find a managed system with the specified name {0}. Verify the specified system name. Specify a valid managed system name and try the request again.
HSCL026C The request to add a new managed system with IP address {0} failed. Verify the specified IP address. Specify a valid IP address and try the request again.
HSCL026D Lock type {0} is not valid for the managed system.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL026E The lock manager for managed system {0} is not active. Try the request again later. If the problem persists, contact your service provider.
HSCL026F Either the managed system name or the IP address is not specified in the request to remove the managed system. Specify both the managed system name and the IP address. Then try the request again.
HSCL0270 The specified command destination {0} cannot be found. The command {1} cannot be sent.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0271 The connection state of the specified command destination {0} is not valid. The command {1} cannot be sent. The connection to the managed system has been lost. Try the request again later.
HSCL0280 The service processor managed system state is not valid. The power state is {0}. The run state is {1}.
  1. Retry the task.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL0281 The operation cannot be done because the managed system is not shared processor capable. No recovery action is required.
HSCL0282 The virtual Ethernet adapter in virtual I/O slot {0} cannot be defined because the partition with ID {1} already defines a trunk adapter in its virtual I/O slot {2}. Modify the profile accordingly and reactivate the partition. Modify the profile accordingly and reactivate the partition.
HSCL0285 The managed system does not support SNI message passing. No recovery action.
HSCL0288 The managed system is not ready for service processor failover.
  1. Retry the operation.
  2. If the problem persists, contact your next level of support or your service provider.
HSCL023A This operation is allowed only when the managed system is powered off. No recovery action.
HSCL023B This operation is allowed only after the managed system has been powered on at least once, and then powered off. No recovery action.