What do "invalid words" errors mean and how are they resolved?

Last updated
Save as PDF
Share
1. Share
2. Tweet
3. Share

Views:: 348

Visibility:: Public

Votes:: 0

Category:: data-ontap-8

Specialty:: core

Last Updated:

Applies to

Any version of Data OnTap

Issue

"Invalid words" errors is seen in fibre channel stats for NetApp controller. This article discusses what these errors mean.

From the filer side "invalid words" errors are seen when running commands to view FCP adapter stats.

In 7mode

Filer>fcp stats

Statistics for adapter 0c:

Read Ops: 607021523 Write Ops: 1779814007 Other Ops: 11872337 KBytes In: 13499116753 KBytes Out: 17610629171 --Truncated--
Invalid Transmit Words: 1977
--Truncated--

In Clustered OnTap

Cluster::*> network fcp adapter stats -node <node> -adapter <adapter>

node: node1

Adapter: 0c Number of adapter resets: 0 Number of frames overrun: - Number of frames underrun: -
--Truncated--
Invalid words transmitted: 1983
--Truncated--