Sun Fire V880 FATAL Sys Hardware

Generally speaking, whenever you notice a fatal reset, as represented by the three magic words "<i>fatal error FATAL</i>", you'll have virtually no information in the messages file.

Your system had such an abrupt event that Solaris had no opportunity to log anything before the reboot.You could `maybe` get a hint if there were many DIMM errors or file-system-full errors in the minutes before the reboot, but those would only be hints and not the actual cause of the event.

A fatal reset gives you information through only one method.Your console.

... and of course you have your console logged and saved?

[probably not.very few people do that.]

If the V880 is up and sems to be functional, you have only one recourse for the near future: establish a dedicated logging console output and hope the system breaks again.

at 2007-7-5 17:01:57 >

See my response above:

" Your system had such an abrupt event that Solaris had no opportunity to log anything before the reboot.You could `maybe` get a hint if there were many errors in the minutes before the reboot, but those would only be hints and not the actual cause of the event.

A fatal reset gives you information through only one methodYour console.

... and of course you have your console logged and saved?

( probably not.very few people do that. ) "

Use your service contract and open a support case with your local Sun Support Center.

http://www.sun.com/contact/index.jsp?tab=3

Let techsupport try to analyze the event.That is why they are on the payroll.

These forums are only user-to-user discussions.

rukbat at 2007-7-5 17:01:57 >