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Date:      Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:05:41 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is this error as important as it looks: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:44,0
Message-ID:  <Marcel-1.46-1218210541-b49cjo5@longacre.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199812180438.VAA78249@panzer.plutotech.com>

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On Fri 18 Dec, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:

> 
> You might want to check and see if it is running too hot.  Here's a script
> that might do that, depending on whether your firmware supports it.  (I've
> tried it on the 18G version of that drive, with firmware version 03B0, and
> it works fine.)
> 
> ========================================
> #!/bin/ksh
> 
> TEMPC=`camcontrol cmd -n da -u 1 -c "4D 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 20 0" -i 32 "s9 i1"`
> 
> TEMPF=`echo " 2 k $TEMPC 9 * 5 / 32 + p" | dc`
> 
> echo "The temperature is: $TEMPF F"
> ========================================
> 
> I think the default temperature threshold (before it starts spewing errors)
> is 60C.  Ideally, though, you'll want to run a good bit cooler than that.
> 
> You'll need to change the '-u 1' above to '-u 0' for your drive.
> 
> Ken

Is this a general SCSI command that could be used on anything, or specific to
IBM drives / that model?

Mike

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