Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4100 User Manual

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Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Service Manual • June 2006

Link Error Settings

• Invalid DWORDs: The number of invalid DWORDs that have

been received, outside of PHY reset sequences, since the last PHY
Link Error Reset. The count stops when it reaches the maximum
value.

• Loss of DWORD Sync: The number of times, since the last PHY

Link Error Reset, that DWORD synchronization was lost and the
link reset sequence occurred. The count stops when it reaches the
maximum value.

• Running Disparity Errors: The number of DWORDs with running

disparity errors that have been received, outside of PHY reset
sequences, since the last PHY Link Error Reset. The count stops
when it reaches the maximum value.

• PHY Reset Errors: The number of times the PHY reset sequence

has failed, since the last PHY Link Error Reset. The count stops
when it reaches the maximum value.

Link Error Count

Actual link error count values since the last PHY Link Error Reset.
The counts stop when they reach their maximum value.

Threshold Count

Link error count threshold values. When a Link Error Count exceeds
a Threshold Count within the Threshold Time (secs), the Fusion-
MPT FW may reduce the link rate.

Threshold Time
(secs)

Time, in seconds, over which to apply Threshold Count. When a
Link Error Count exceeds a Threshold Count within the Threshold
Time (secs), the Fusion-MPT FW may reduce the link rate.

Reset Link Error
Counts

Press Enter to reset the Link Error Counts for this PHY or all PHYs.
This operation issues a PHY Link Error Reset - SAS IO Unit Control
Request Message.0
Note:

When you press Enter, the following prompt appears:

Are you sure you want to reset Phy error counts?

Reset error counts for this Phy only

Reset error counts for all Phys

Cancel

TABLE E-10

(Continued)PHY Properties Screen Field Descriptions

Field

Description

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