E-Series write back caching forcibly disabled alert on EF300 and EF600 platforms
Applies to
- NetApp E-Series
- Platforms: EF300 and EF600
- NTB (Non-Transparent PCIe Bridging)
Issu,e
- Write back caching forcibly disabled alert reported in SANtricity System Manager and
recovery-guru-procedures
file in AutoSupport or Support Bundle. - Controller exception log (
excLogShow
) found instate-capture-data
file shows the following PCI exception with a recovered NTB link:- No controller reboot is expected from this exception
PCI SERR Exception
SERR Summary: 0x00000010
SERR Return Status: 0x00000000
SERR Collection Count: 0x2
CB3 DMA/XOR (Unit 4)
VID 0x8086 DID 0x2021 B0:D4:F4
PCI Status = 0x2010
SERR Summary Flags = 0x80000011
PCI-E Root to PLX9797-0 (Unit 0)
VID 0x8086 DID 0x2030 B22:D0:F0
PCI Status = 0x4010
PCI-E Device Status = 0x0004
PCI-E AER Uncorrectable Status = 0x00004000
Header Log 0 = 0x00000000
Header Log 1 = 0x00000000
Header Log 2 = 0x00000000
Header Log 3 = 0x00000000
PCI-E AER Root Error Status = 0x00000054
PCI-E XP Global Status = 0x00000001
SERR Summary Flags = 0x80000090
NOTE: Recovered from NTB Link-Down Errors