HWNPM4181W number of ports of the port statistics from the device agent were unrecognized and were not included in this sample interval.

Explanation

The port statistics data received from the device agent included data for a number of unknown ports. This could be due to one of the following conditions:

  • The subsystem contains some ports which are not fibre-channel ports. IBM Spectrum Control as well as some device agents (mostly SMI-S providers) currently only support fibre-channel ports, so other types of ports (parallel SCSI-3, or ESCON ports for example) will be treated as unrecognized. If this is the case, this warning message can be safely ignored.
  • The probe of the subsystem did not complete successfully, and failed to record information for all ports of the subsystem.
  • The subsystem was recently upgraded and more ports were added which were not yet discovered by IBM Spectrum Control.

Action

If your subsystem contains unsupported ports, this message is expected but you can safely ignore it. Otherwise, run a probe for the subsystem to ensure that any unrecognized ports are discovered and properly recorded in the IBM Spectrum Control database. If this message persists for subsequent performance data collection intervals, even after successful completion of a probe, contact your IBM service prepresentative.