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Receiving automatic technical support

Events that trigger autosupport messages

Event and log level descriptions  Top

The filer sends autosupport messages to Network Appliance Technical Support about your filer after any of several events. The autosupport message includes a log level that indicates the priority assignment from Network Appliance Technical Support:

Autosupport messages  Top

The following table lists autosupport message titles that are automatically sent, along with descriptions of the events that triggered each message and the case priority by which it will be handled by Network Appliance.

If you are using autosupport locally, you will see these log levels in the subject line of the autosupport e-mail that you receive.

The Note To column indicates whether a short form of the autosupport message is sent to the recipients listed in the Note To field.

Autosupport message title

Event

Log level

Note To field

Note
(x) is a variable indicating that portions of the message string will vary depending on the nature of the event.

BATTERY_LOW

NVRAM lithium battery is low.

WARNING

Yes

BMC_EVENT: BUS ERROR

A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) event has been detected.

WARNING

Yes

BMC_EVENT: POST ERROR

A BMC event has been detected.

WARNING

Yes

CHECK REMOTE MANAGEMENT 
CONTROLLER'S INTERNAL CABLE

The remote management controller's (RMC's) internal cable needs to be connected.

ERROR

Yes

CLUSTER DOWNREV BOOT 
FIRMWARE

Open firmware (OFW) version is outdated. You must upgrade to OFW version 3.2_i1 or later.

WARNING

Yes

CLUSTER ERROR: DISK/SHELF 
COUNT MISMATCH

Cluster takeover was incorrectly configured.

ERROR

Yes

CLUSTER GIVEBACK COMPLETE

Cluster giveback occurred.

INFO

No

CLUSTER TAKEOVER COMPLETE 
AUTOMATIC

Automatic cluster takeover of partner was successful.

ERROR

Yes

CLUSTER TAKEOVER COMPLETE 
MANUAL

Manual cluster takeover of partner was successful.

INFO

No

CLUSTER TAKEOVER FAILED

Cluster takeover of partner was unsuccessful.

CRITICAL

Yes

CONFIGURATION_ERROR

Fibre channel disk shelf configuration error occurred.

WARNING

Yes

CPU FAN WARNING - (x)

A CPU fan failed.

WARNING

Yes

DAFS-VI NIC HALTED-DAFS 
SERVICE MAY BE INACCESSIBLE

A DAFS NIC failed.

ERROR

Yes

DEVICE_QUALIFICATION_FAILED

Device qualification error occurred.

ERROR

Yes

DISK CONFIGURATION ERROR

A non-fatal disk configuration error was found.

WARNING

Yes

DISK FAILED

A disk failed.

WARNING

Yes

DISK_FAIL - Bypassed by ESH

A disk was bypassed.

WARNING

Yes

DISK_FAILURE_PREDICTED

Storage health monitor determined that disk failure is forthcoming.

WARNING

Yes

DISK_FIRMWARE_NEEDED_UPDATE

Out-of-date disk firmware detected.

ERROR

Yes

DISK INIT FAILED

Disk failed to initialize.

WARNING

Yes

DISK_IO_DEGRADED

Storage health monitor detected degraded disk I/O.

WARNING

Yes

DISK LABELED BROKEN

Disk was labeled broken.

WARNING

Yes

DISK_LOW_THRUPUT

Storage health monitor detected low disk throughput.

NOTICE

Yes

DISK MISSING

Disk is missing.

INFO

Yes

DISK NOT RESPONDING

Disk is not responding.

WARNING

Yes

DISK NOT SPINNING

Disk failed to start spinning.

CRITICAL

Yes

DISK RECONSTRUCTION FAILED

Disk failed reconstruction.

ERROR

Yes

DISK_RECOVERED_ERRORS

Storage health monitor detected a SCSI sense error.

WARNING

Yes

DISK SCRUB MEDIUM ERROR

Disk scrub reported media error.

INFO

Yes

DISK SCRUB PARITY 
INCONSISTENCY

Disk scrub detected parity inconsistencies.

ERROR

Yes

DISK SCRUB CHECKSUM ERROR

Disk scrub detected checksum errors.

ERROR

Yes

(x = EMS event data)

EMS event occurred.

INFO

Yes

Exceeded Maximum Raw 
Capacity

Maximum raw capacity of the file system has been reached.

CRITICAL

Yes

(x)FAN_FAIL

Fan failure occurred.

WARNING

Yes

FC-AL LINK_FAILURE

Fibre channel arbitrated loop has link failures.

ERROR

Yes

FC-AL RECOVERABLE ERRORS

Fibre channel arbitrated loop is unreliable.

ERROR

Yes

FILESYSTEM DISK ADMIN 
FAILED

A disk was failed by the administrator.

INFO

Yes

FILESYSTEM DISK FAILED

File system disk failed.

WARNING

Yes

FILESYSTEM DISK MISSING

File system disk is missing.

INFO

Yes

FILESYSTEM DISK NOT 
RESPONDING

A system disk is not responding.

WARNING

Yes

OUT OF INODES

File system has run out of inodes.

ERROR

Yes

OVER_TEMPERATURE_SHUTDOWN

Shutdown occurred because of overheating.

CRITICAL

Yes

OVER_TEMPERATURE_WARNING

System temperature is too high, but within operational limits of the system.

ERROR

Yes

PARTNER DOWN, TAKEOVER 
IMPOSSIBLE

Partner is down and takeover cannot begin.

ERROR

Yes

POSSIBLE BAD RAM

Correctable ECC errors are masked off. Possible bad or poorly seated memory or faulty motherboard.

WARNING

Yes

POSSIBLE UNLINKED INODE

Upgrade of an earlier Data ONTAP release possibly caused an unlinked inode.

ERROR

Yes

(x) POWER_SUPPLY_DEGRADED

Partial RPS failure* occurred.

WARNING

Yes

REBOOT

System rebooted.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (after entering 
firmware)

System rebooted after loading firmware.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (after giveback)

System rebooted after a cluster giveback.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (after WAFL_check)

System rebooted after running a WAFL® check.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (CLUSTER TAKEOVER)

Cluster takeover of a failed filer occurred.

WARNING

Yes

REBOOT (halt command)

System was rebooted with the halt command.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (internal halt)

System reboot was caused by an internal halt.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (internal reboot)

System reboot was caused by an internal reboot.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (panic)

System was rebooted following a panic.

WARNING

Yes

REBOOT (power glitch)

System reboot was caused by problems with power.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (power on)

System reboot was caused by turning on power.

INFO

Yes

REBOOT (reboot command)

System was rebooted with the reboot command.

INFO

No

REBOOT (watchdog reset)

System reboot was caused by a watchdog timer reset.

ERROR

Yes

REPLACE REMOTE MANAGEMENT 
CONTROLLER

The RMC is bad and needs to be replaced.

ERROR

Yes

SHELF COOLING UNIT FAILED

Shelf fan is failing.

WARNING

Yes

SHELF COOLING UNIT FAILED

Shelf fan failed.

CRITICAL

Yes

SHELF_FAULT

Disk shelf error occurred.

WARNING

Yes

SHELF OVER TEMP 
(x)C (x)F

Disk shelf has a critical over-temperature condition.

WARNING

Yes

SNMP USER DEFINED TRAP

Messages were triggered by SNMP traps.

INFO

No

SPARE DISK ADMIN REMOVED

A spare disk was removed by the administrator.

INFO

Yes

SPARE DISK FAILED

Spare disk failure occurred.

WARNING

Yes

SPARE DISK MISSING

Spare disk is missing.

INFO

Yes

SPARE DISK NOT RESPONDING

A spare disk is not responding.

WARNING

Yes

SPARES_LOW

Getting low on spare disks; some RAID groups have no hot spares available.

WARNING

Yes

SYNCMIRROR FAULT ISOLATION

SyncMirror has non-fault-isolated plexes.

ERROR

Yes

SYNCMIRROR PLEX FAILED

A SyncMirror plex failed.

ERROR

Yes

SYNCMIRROR VERIFY FAILED

A SyncMirror verify failed.

ERROR

Yes

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ERROR

Incorrect system hardware configuration or internal error was detected. Used for critical errors only.

ERROR

Yes

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 
WARNING

Incorrect system hardware configuration or internal error was detected. Used for less critical errors.

WARNING

Yes

UNDER_TEMPERATURE_SHUTDOWN

System is shutting down because of very low temperature.

CRITICAL

Yes

UNDER_TEMPERATURE_WARNING

System temperature is too low but within operational limits of the system.

ERROR

Yes

UPS LINE POWER RESTORED

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) event was detected.

INFO

Yes

UPS PWR GOOD LOW BATTERY

The battery backup for a UPS system is low, but the system is still functioning normally.

NOTICE

Yes

UPS PWR GOOD CRITICAL 
BATTERY

The battery backup for a UPS system is critically low, but the system is still functioning.

NOTICE

Yes

UPS ON BATTERY

Line power for a UPS system has failed and the system is running on the battery.

CRITICAL

Yes

UPS LOW BATTERY

Battery power for a UPS system is running low.

CRITICAL

Yes

UPS SHUTTING DOWN

Battery power for a UPS system failed and the system is shutting down.

CRITICAL

Yes

USER_TRIGGERED (x - user 
supplied subject)

A user has manually issued an autosupport message using the option autosupport.doit command.

INFO

Yes

WAFL_check

The wack command was run.

CRITICAL

Yes

WAFL INCONSISTENT

A volume has been found to be in the WAFL inconsistent state.

ERROR

Yes

WEEKLY_LOG

Weekly backup of /etc/messages occurred.

INFO

No

Subject determined by 
autosupport

Mini-core was sent to Network Appliance.

ERROR

No

*This event occurs only in a filer that uses a redundant power supply (RPS). It means that one of the two power supplies has stopped functioning.

Autosupport messages in Windows clients  Top

The following table lists autosupport message titles that may be sent by autosupport from Network Appliance Windows clients. The (x) in the autosupport message title represents a client-specific string.

Autosupport message title

Event

Case priority

Note To field

CLIENT APP 
EMERGENCY (x)

Client application emergency

CRITICAL

Yes

CLIENT APP ALERT (x)

Client application alert

CRITICAL

Yes

CLIENT APP CRITICAL 
(x)

Client application critical

ERROR

Yes

CLIENT APP ERROR (x)

Client application error

WARNING

Yes

CLIENT APP WARNING 
(x)

Client application warning

WARNING

Yes

CLIENT APP NOTICE 
(x)

Client application notice

NOTICE

No

CLIENT APP INFO (x)

Client application info

INFO

No

CLIENT APP DEBUG (x)

Client application debug

DEBUG

No

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