[Info-vax] Main cabinet fault indicator on an MSA1000

[Rich Jordan]

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 3:20:27 PM UTC-5, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 08/22/2018 12:41 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> > Given the vintage of this gear, power-cycling the chassis might also 
> > trigger new problems with the chassis or with the HDDs.  Have spare 
> > parts available, etc.
> 
> I share your concern.
> 
> Silly question:  Have you tried inducing a fault, waiting for the MSA1k 
> to alert, and then clearing the fault?  Something relatively simple like 
> unplugging a power supply or something else that you trust the redundant 
> component?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die

Grant
     we just did, I think, assuming swapping a SAN switch is sufficient to generate a fault.  If not, we can try the power supply check tomorrow when they close.

     We have spares for the SAN switch, and disks right now.  Outside of one blower years ago that is all that has failed.  We're shopping ablower now.

The site gets power downs about every 12-18 months that outlast the UPS; so far the losses have been the above components.  I'm not eager to test a full power down either but we'll see what happens with lesser testing.

Thanks

Rich