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| Title: | CSGUK_SYSTEMS |
| Notice: | No restrictions on keyword creation |
| Moderator: | KERNEL::ADAMS |
|
| Created: | Wed Mar 01 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Nov 28 1996 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 242 |
| Total number of notes: | 1855 |
88.0. "DIAGNOSTIC BUGS" by KERNEL::JAMES (Alan James CSC Basingstoke) Mon Jan 22 1990 22:33
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Here's what I got in the mail.
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT
RELEASE 37
by
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENGINEERING
(SIE)
December 1, 1989
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 2
INTERNAL DIGITAL USE ONLY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION
II GENERAL INFORMATION
III NEW DIAGNOSTICS INFORMATION
IV OPERATING ENVIRONMENT CODES
V PATCHES AND NOTES
I INTRODUCTION
The Vax Diagnostic Report is published by the Systems Integration
Engineering Group. It is intended for use as a vehicle to alert
the diagnostic users of problems and solutions. The information
in this report is intended for INTERNAL DIGITAL USE ONLY.
If other problems or patches develop please feel free to
contact the person below, so that an accurate and updated
problem report be can kept.
Molly Bacon DTN: 261-2718 VICKI::BACON
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 3
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II GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Starting with Release 34, we have added a numbering system to the
Patches and Notes section of this report.
These are numbered by: XX.N
Where XX = Number of the SSB (formerly known as the SDC) Release in
which the problem was first discovered.
and N = A sequential numbering of the problems found within the
same release.
(Note: Since this information is not available for all the problems
previously listed in this report - these problems will have
"x" listed as the Release number.)
| 2. The following items are summarized from the VAX DIAGNOSTIC NEWS memo
| produced by the Diagnostic Release Engineering Group in TWO.
|
| I. Release 37 is a milestone for all of our Level 2, 2R, and 3 diagnostic
| programs. All of these have been updated to full compliance with
| DEC STD 178-6 and are being released in Release 37.
|
| II. VAX 11/780-family CPU Diagnostics Have Been Retired :
| ---------------------------------------------
| All our ES*, ET*, and EV* diags that "solely" supported the VAX 11/780,782,
| and 785 have been removed from all our large media in Release 37. Also,
| all the RX01s (and kits) which supported these systems have been retired,
| and fiche has been frozen at the last released rev. for each program. So,
| Release 36 was the last distribution of diags, media, kits, and fiche which
| supported these systems.
|
| III. Nautilus News :
| -------------
| In Release 37, there are a couple of new things to support Nautilus.
|
| MEMCHECK - MEMCHECK is a new tool primarily for Digital Sales Reps. to use.
| It may also be helpful to Field Service reps. This tool will check Nautilus
| and Skipjack (and eventually Polarstar) systems to determine how thoroughly
| memory is interleaved, and thus help prevent the sale of memory upgrades
| which diminish performance.
|
| Distribution to Field Service and internal Mfg. personnel - Look for the
| saveset MEMCHECK001.A on BB-T988R-YE FLD SVC UPD TAPE #37 PRT 2-3 in kits:
| 00-ZE950-CW.37 or 00-ZE999-HM.37 NOTE: This saveset is restricted to
| INTERNAL USE ONLY. It should never be given to a customer or left at a
| customer site.
|
| Sales Reps. will be supported via an upcoming SALES UPDATE article and the
| placement of the saveset in their toolshed (Ken Valcourt, the Submitting
| Engineer, is working with the appropriate Sales contacts to accomplish this).
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 4
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| SAIP INFORMATION PKG - Microdiagnostic .TXT files will be released on RX50s
| (like getting fiche on an RX50). The seven RX50s below house these .TXT
| files (which are also restricted to INTERNAL USE ONLY).
|
| P/N Title Kits Included
| --- ----- -------------
| BL-FL17A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #1 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL18A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #2 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL19A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #3 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL20A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #4 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL21A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #5 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL22A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #6 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
| BL-FL23A-AE VAX 8800 UDIAG DOC #7 00-ZM920-C3.37,00-ZM920-H3.37
|
|
|3. There was an error in the last report regarding which transportable
| diagnostics are supported on which CPU's. The following list corrects that
| error, and can help you determine which diagnostics to run on which CPU's.
|
|
| Diagnostic EVKAB, VAX Basic Instructions Exerciser.
| Diagnostic EVKAC, VAX Floating Point Exerciser.
| Diagnostic EVKAE, VAX Privileged Instruction Exerciser.
|
| SUPPORTED SYSTEMS: SUPPORTED DEVICES:
| 11/730 KA730
| 11/750 KA750
| 11/780 KA780
| 11/785 KA785
| 8200 KA820
| 8300 KA830
| 8500 KA850
| 8530 "
| 8550 "
| 8600 KA860
| 8800 KA880
| Aurora MicroVAX KA800
|
|
|
| Diagnostic EVKAQ, VAX Instruction Exerciser Part I
| Diagnostic EVKAR, VAX Instruction Exerciser Part II
| Diagnostic EVKAS, VAX Floating Point Exerciser part I
| Diagnostic EVKAT, VAX Floating Point Exerciser part II
| Diagnostic EVKAU, VAX Privileged Instruction Exerciser Part I
| Diagnostic EVKAV, VAX Privileged Instruction Exerciser Part II
|
| SUPPORTED SYSTEMS: SUPPORTED DEVICES:
| 8810 KA884
| 8820 "
| 8830 "
| 8840 "
| 6200 Series. KA62A
| 6300 Series. KA62B
| 6400 Series. KA64A
| 5800 KN58A
|
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 5
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IV NEW DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION
We are pleased to announce the arrival of some new additions to the
happy family of VAX diagnostics. Please welcome:
| Release 35:
| EVRVC RV60/20 LEVEL 2R DUP DIAGNOSTIC
| EVRVG RV64 LEVEL 3 JUKEBOX DIAGNOSTIC
| Release 36:
| EVDYF DEBNI LEVEL 3 NI FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
| Release 37:
| ELSRA DUP CONTROL PROGRAM
| ERKAX KA64A MANUAL TESTS
| EVMEA TM32 LEVEL 2R RELIABILITY DIAGNOSTIC
| EVMEB TM32 LEVEL 3 FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
| MEMCHECK NAUTILUS/SKIPJACK MEMORY CHECKING TOOL
II OPERATING ENVIRONMENT CODES
LEVEL - This indicates what environment the diagnostic is
designed to run in:
level 5 - Console-based diagnostic programs that can be run in
the standalone mode only.
- Microdiagnostics
- Microdiagnostics Monitor
- Console Diagnostics
level 4 - Stand-alone Macrodiagnostics programs that run
without the Diagnostic Supervisor.
level 3 - Supervisor-based diagnostics programs that run only
in stand-alone mode (using direct I/O).
- Functional-level peripheral diagnostics programs
- Repair-level peripheral diagnostics programs
- CPU Cluster diagnostics programs
level 2 - Supervisor-based diagnostic programs that run
either under VAX/VMS (on-line) or in stand-alone
mode (using physical QIO).
- Formatter and Reliability-level peripherals
diagnostics programs
level 2R - Supervisor-based diagnostic programs (restricted) that
run only under VAX/VMS (using physical QIO).
- certain peripheral diagnostics programs
level 1 - Operating system (VAX/VMS) based diagnostic
programs using logical or virtual queue I/O (QIO).
- Vax system diagnostic (exerciser)
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 6
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V PATCHES AND NOTES
*********************************************************************
* THE FOLLOWING IS THE RESULT OF AN EVALUATION DONE ON DIAGNOSTIC *
* PACKAGE RELEASE. THE EVALUATION WAS DONE BY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION *
* ENGINEERING (NI0) AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. *
* THIS LIST CONTAINS A RUNNING TOTAL OF PATCHES AND NOTES KNOWN *
* TO US. *
* *
* THESE PATCHES MAY BE SUPPLIED WITHOUT EVALUATION FROM *
* DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEERING AND ARE SUPPLIED TO CORRECT THE *
* DESCRIBED PROBLEM. ONLY LIMITED TESTING IS DONE TO ENSURE *
* DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONALITY ONCE THE PATCH IS UTILIZED. *
* *
*********************************************************************
| 37.2 EVRAE GENERIC MSCP DISK EXERCISER and
| 3.2
|
| EVRLJ VAX UDA50/KDB50 SUBSYSTEM EXERCISER.
| 2.1
| These diagnostics have a problem when testing a KDM70.
| Both diagnostics will incorrectly report compare errors.
| This problem has been fixed in Release 38. (Avail. 15-JAN-90)
| (EVRAE version 3.3 and EVRLJ version 2.2)
|
| 37.1 EVDWB UNA VAX/VMS ONLINE FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
| 2.5
|
| EVDWC UNA NI EXERCISER
| 3.1
|
| EVDYB DELUA VAX/VMS ONLINE FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
| 1.4
|
| These diagnostics all need a new version of XEDRIVER to run.
| This driver is included in VMS. EVDWC will need VMS V5.2 or
| above to run. EVDWB and EVDYB will need VMS V5.2-1 or above.
|
| 36.2 EVRLF UDA50/KDB50 BASIC SUBSYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC
| 9.3
| EVRLF shows inaccurate KDB50 module revisions.
| This is not a problem with the diagnostic. The problem is
| in the modules, and is being addressed by the CXO facility.
|
| 36.1 EJSAA VAX 8840 DIAGNOSTIC SUPERVISOR
| 11.7
| Cannot boot the Polarstar supervisor under Ultrix-32
| This is not a problem with the diagnostic supervisor.
| This is a problem with Ultrixboot, and has been fixed by
| the Ultrix group.
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34.1 EVDAPMIC.EXE file is corrupted on Release 34 Media. The CSSE
organization will be sending out a Field Service Blitz with
information on where to obtain an un-corrupted version of this file.
Due to this problem, EVDAP.EXE, EVDAP.HLP, EVDAPTST.EXE, AND EVDAPMIC.EXE
had to be removed from the 6200/6300 TK50's. The release notes for
each of these state that these files are included. It was too late
to change the release notes when this problem was found. These files
are included on other Release 34 pieces of media.
x.36 The following list of VAX diagnostics may fail on a VAX 8600 if start
or run with the /QA switch:
EVCBA, EVDXA, EVRBA, EVRCA, EVRDA, EVRDB, EVREF, RVREG, EVRFA
x.35 ECCAA VAX 11750 RH750 DIAG
1.8 1. Fails with multiple unit selected.
(select one unit at a time)
x.34 ECCBA VAX 11750 UBI/DW750 DIAGNOSTIC
1.4 1. Will fail test 29 when a TUK50 is on the second UNIBUS.
NOTE: The work around is to SET TRACE prior to running this
diagnostic on systems with a TUK50 on the second UNIBUS
x.33 ECKAC VAX 11/750 MICRO MIC
8.0 1. May fail the following microdiagnostic tests if L0003-YA
is present: 1B and 5F
NOTE: See Speed Bulletin #463 - TECH Tips
x.32 ESKAH VAX 11/780 (KA780) MICRODIAG VOLUME #1
13.2 1. Section 3A, Test 155, Sub 1, Error 1088 gives
illegal fail chain code.
No patch available
x.31 ESTGC VS70 MEMORY & MICRO PROCESS DIAG
1.3 1. Diagnostic prints out Rev. 1.2 it should be Rev 1.3.
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 8
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x.30 EVALA LPA11-K SYSTEM
1.2 NOTE: If using the test module M5036, with the KW11-K cable
plugged in, the Y jumper in for KW to AD and the event
flag set, Test 20 will fail. Not a software problem.
Removing the jumper or cable (BC08R-8) will allow
the diagnostic to run.
NOTE: Section:DACAL will not loop, to perform
adjustments. It is not supposed to loop.
1. Fails Test 31 if less than 5 DR11-Ks are configured for
the LPA11-K with IOSB status error of 34C(x),
SYS-F-IVBUFLEN. It also fails version 4 or 5 of the ucode
No patch available
x.29 EVALB AA11-K D/A CONV REPAIR
1.1 1. In the micro fiche, event flags 8 & 9 have
their meanings switched.
x.28 EVALC AD11-K A/D CONV REPAIR
1.3 NOTE: Failures on tests 11,19 and 20 when the KW11-K cable
is connected to the KW11-K and the mux panel along
with the Y-jumper installed. This is not a diagnostic
problem.
x.27 EVALE KW11 DUAL PROG CLOCK
1.1 NOTE: Failure on Test 2 when the KW11-K cable is connected
to the KW11-K and the mux panel, and the Y-jumper is
installed. This is not a diagnostic problem.
Removing the jumper or cable (BC08R-8) will allow
the diagnostic to run.
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 9
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x.26 EVALF LPA11-K I/O BUS TEST
1.1 1. When trace is set, some tests are aborted. This is due
to the fact that the diagnostic attempts to run a
particular section on all selected devices. If the
tests in that section are not for the selected device
the tests in that section are aborted i.e. AA11
tests are aborted when the DR11's are under test.
No patch available
NOTE: Test 31 fails when the KW11-K cable is plugged
into the KW11-K. Not a diagnostic problem.
Removing the jumper or cable (BC08R-8) will allow
the diagnostic to run.
2. In order to run the DR11K the diagnostic requires a
device name of DRan. In order to do this a "CLEAR
ENFORCE" command must be given to the Diagnostic
Supervisor so it will recognize "DRan" as a legal device
name.
x.25 EVCBB VAX DWBUA-BI to UNIBUS
2.3 1. NAUTILUS family systems may experience an error on
test 20 of this diagnostic. This is NOT a hardware
failure.
NOTE: This problem is under investigation by Engineering
x.24 EVDAA VAX DZ11 8 LINE ASYNC MUX
3.1 1. This diagnostic will fail test 10 when run on a VAX 8650
x.23 EVDAI VAX DHU11 FUNCTIONAL VERIFY TEST
3.1 1. Random tests (9,13,15,19,25) may fail when run on a
VAX 8600/8650
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x.22 EVDAK DMB32 STANDALONE FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION
3.0 1. May intermittantly fail Test 11, Error 4, Async Port
Parameters Test while testing the DMB32. Install the
following patch after the DMB32 has been attached and
selected and after the EVDAK has been loaded.
PATCH: DEPOSIT/BYTE 8085 09
2. May fail Test 6, Error 7, ASYNC PORT TX Enable/Action/TX
FIFO test when run on an VAX 8700 or 8800 system.
PATCH: LOAD EVDAK
SET BASE 626C
EXAMINE/BYTE 290 01 ; 01 current contents
DEPOSIT/BYTE 290 02 ; change to 2
3. May fail Test 9, Error 6, ASYNC PORT DMA start and
abort test when run on a VAX 8700 or 8800 system.
PATCH: LOAD EVDAK
SET BASE 7300
EXAMINE/BYTE 166 01 ; 01 current contents
DEPOSIT/BYTE 166 02 ; change to 2
x.21 EVDBA VAX M8201/2 REPAIR LEVEL DIAG
2.3 1. Test 4 may fail (error 7). ignore the error if the
signal "modem ready" is jumpered in the "on" state.
x.20 EVDBB VAX DMC11 EXERCISER PROGRAM
6.0 1. May fail test 1 error 9 when running 56k baud
DMC11s (DMC11-md).
No patch available
x.19 EVDDA DR11-C REPAIR LEVEL
2.0 1. Diagnostic prints out rev 1.0 it should be rev 2.0.
No patch available
NOTE: Diagnostic must be loaded to attach the device.
x.18 EVDED DV11 FREE RUNNING ROM TEST PART 1
3.0 NOTE: Line cards must have the turnaround connectors
installed. Also you cannot pick out the line unit you
want to test. you must test them in order.
VAX DIAGNOSTIC REPORT Page 11
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x.17 EVDEF DV11 FREE RUNNING ROM TEST PART 2
4.0 1. Random machine checks may occur during initialization of
diagnostic when using ESSAA.EXE 6.5 or later.
Patch: Set Base 341C
D/B 677 8F
D 678 0
NOTE: "New sync" jumper on the H325 turnaround connector
must be cut out.
NOTE: Test section H861 tests the modem lines consecutively
starting from zero. i.e. If line 8 is to be tested,
0-7 must also be connected or the diagnostic will
will fail regardless of the event flags or selected
devices.
x.16 EVDHB VAX KMC11-B DIAGNOSTIC
3.1 1. Fails when run under diagnostic supervisor rev 9.0
NOTE: Set the BYTLM quota to at least 8364
x.15 EVDMA VAX M8203 REPAIR LEVEL
4.2 1. Will hang in test 25 when running a KMS11-P on a 11/750
2. Will fail test 29 when running a DMR11 on a 11/785
NOTE: Rev 4.1 of this diagnostic will run error free
x.14 EVDYC DEBNT LEVEL 3 FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
1.8 1. This Diagnostic will fail on a NAUTILUS family system with
the following error if both ETA and ETA0 are selected
while running either the Default section or test # 1 in
the ALL section with a loopback connector installed.
Pass 0, Initialization section, error 1
Device not prepared error while testing ETA:
Device not attached to a DEBNX
NOTE: If only ETA0 is selected the diagnostic will run
sucessfully
2. This diagnostic may fail on a VAX 8530 with the following
error.
Pass 0, Initialization section, error 7
Device fatal error while testing ETA0: NODE under test
not responding
Node under test not resonding when expected
NOTE: If the diagnostic is restarted it will usually run
error free.
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x.13 EVMAD VAX TS11 SUBSYSTEM REPAIR
2.0 1. If M8964 is less than a Rev.C test 15, error 5, will
fail on the 11/780 & 11/750 and Test 28 may fail
without standard amplitude tape.
PATCH: D/B DCAC 88
x.12 EVMAE TM78/TU78 CONTROL LOGIC
1.4 NOTE: This diagnostic will run successfully if diagnostic
load device is on a different controller than that
of the TM78.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
When testing B port on a dual ported TM78 make sure that
that event flag 1 is set.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
x.11 EVMAF TSU05 LEVEL 2R FUNCTIONAL
1.1 NOTE: Tape must be mounted under VMS prior to
execution of Diagnostic Supervisor.
x.10 EVMBA VAX TU81 DATA RELIABILITY
5.0 1. This diagnostic will fail test 3 when run on a
VAX 8200 with a TU81 and VMS V4.6
NOTE: Diagnostic will run successfully with VMS V4.5
x.9 EVMDB TK50 FRONT END/HOST DIAG
1.0 1. The VDS's P_table will not accept this devices
CSR address, vector, or BR level when using the
VAX Autosizer or hand attaching. It is therefore
necessary to load the diagnostic and then hand
attach the TK50 before running this diagnostic.
This is a problem with the supervisor, not EVMDB.
x.8 EVRAD VAX DISK FUNCTIONAL DIAG
2.2 1. Will fail intermittently with INVALID DISK ADDRESS
ERRORS when run on an RM03/05 under VMS v4.x
Test 9 and 24 are the most common tests to fail.
x.7 EVRBA VAX RP0X FUNCTIONAL DIAG
5.0 1. When running in the configuration of one RP06 single
port and one RP06 dual port, with the single port
selected first the second time the test is started, a
failure in Test 11, Sub 0, Error 1, Massbus Init Failed
to Clear, and ATA1 will be set.
If the dual port is selected first the diagnostic will
run correctly.
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x.6 EVRFA RL02 SUBSYSTEM FCTNL DIAG
3.1 1. Test 17 fails intermittently on an 11750 if the
diagnostics are loaded from a disk.
x.5 EVRHA RP07 FRONT END DIAG
2.2 1. If a problem occurs where cylinder 630 seems to be
wiped out try this...
DS> LO EVRAC
DS> SET EV FL 18
DS> ST/SEC:SCANNER
x.4 EVRHB RP07 FUNCTIONAL DIAG
1.2 1. Fails test 9, sub 0, error 5; SEEK FUNCTION TIMED OUT
PATCH: D/W 4956 5AD7
2. Fails test 15 intermittently
No patch available
x.3 EVRMA VAX RC25 DISK EXERCISER
3.2 1. If control C is entered in init section then a continue
command is issued and the program comes back with
...continuing from 000286CE the program may hang.
x.2 EZCJA NAUTILUS NMI TO BI REPAIR LEVEL DIAG
1.4 1. This diagnostic may fail test #64, subtest 0, error 2
intermittently when running multiple passes on a VAX 8700
or 8800 system.
2. This diagnostic may fail test #42, subtest 0, error 1
intermittently when running multiple passes on a VAX 8530
system.
x.1 EZXCA NAUTILUS NMI EXERCISER
2.4 1. This diagnostic will fail if run on a VAX 8800 with
only one NBIA and 64 Meg of memory with a T1010
installed and a BA11 connected to it.
NOTE: The workaround is to DESELECT KA1 on systems with
only one NBIA
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