Events and Messages

This topic lists the MegaRAID Storage Manager events that can appear in the event log.

The MegaRAID Storage Manager software monitors the activity and the performance of all controllers in the server and the devices attached to them. When an event occurs, such as the removal of a drive or the creation of a new drive group, an event message appears in the log at the bottom of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu. The messages are also logged in the Windows Application log (Event Viewer).

Each message that appears in the event log has a severity level that indicates the category of the event, as the following table shows.

Table 3. Event Error Levels

Severity Level	Meaning
Information	Informational message. No user action is necessary.
Warning	Some component might be close to a failure point.
Critical	A component has failed, but the system has not lost data.
Fatal	A component has failed, and data loss has occurred or will occur.

The following table lists all of the MegaRAID Storage Manager event messages. The event message descriptions include placeholders for specific values that are determined when the event is generated. For example, in message No. 1 (0x0001) in the Event Messages table, %s is replaced by the firmware version, which is read from the firmware when the event is generated.

Table 4. Event Messages

Number	Type	Event Text
0x0000	Information	MegaRAID firmware initialization started (PCI ID %04x/%04x/%04x/%04x)
0x0001	Information	MegaRAID firmware version %s
0x0002	Fatal	Unable to recover cache data from TBBU
0x0003	Information	Cache data recovered from TBBU successfully
0x0004	Information	Configuration cleared
0x0005	Warning	Cluster down; communication with peer lost
0x0006	Information	Virtual drive %s ownership changed from %02x to %02x
0x0009	Information	Background initialization rate changed to %d%%
0x000a	Fatal	Controller cache discarded due to memory/battery problems
0x000b	Fatal	Unable to recover cache data due to configuration mismatch
0x000c	Information	Cache data recovered successfully
0x000d	Fatal	Controller cache discarded due to firmware version incompatibility
0x000e	Information	Consistency Check rate changed to %d%%
0x000f	Fatal	Fatal firmware error: %s
0x0010	Information	Factory defaults restored
0x0011	Information	Flash downloaded image corrupt
0x0012	Critical	Flash erase error
0x0013	Critical	Flash timeout during erase
0x0014	Critical	Flash error
0x0015	Information	Flashing image: %s
0x0016	Information	Flash of new firmware image(s) complete
0x0017	Critical	Flash programming error
0x0018	Critical	Flash timeout during programming
0x0019	Critical	Flash chip type unknown
0x001a	Critical	Flash command set unknown
0x001b	Critical	Flash verify failure
0x001c	Information	Flush rate changed to %d seconds
0x001d	Information	Hibernate command received from host
0x001e	Information	Event log cleared
0x001f	Information	Event log wrapped
0x0020	Fatal	Multi-bit ECC error: ECAR=%x, ELOG=%x, (%s)
0x0021	Warning	Single-bit ECC error: ECAR=%x, ELOG=%x, (%s)
0x0022	Fatal	Not enough controller memory
0x002a	Information	Shutdown command received from host
0x002b	Information	Test event: %s
0x002c	Information	Time established as %s; (%d seconds since power on)
0x002d	Information	User entered firmware debugger
0x002e	Warning	Background Initialization aborted on %s
0x002f	Warning	Background Initialization corrected medium error (%s at %lx
0x0030	Information	Background Initialization completed on %s
0x0031	Fatal	Background Initialization completed with uncorrectable errors on %s
0x0032	Fatal	Background Initialization detected uncorrectable double medium errors (%s at %lx on %s)
0x0033	Critical	Background Initialization failed on %s
0x0034	Progress	Background Initialization progress on %s is %s
0x0035	Information	Background Initialization started on %s
0x0036	Information	Policy change on %s from %s to %s
0x0038	Warning	Consistency Check aborted on %s
0x0039	Warning	Consistency Check corrected medium error on %s at %lx
0x003a	Information	Consistency Check done on %s
0x003b	Information	Consistency Check done with corrections on %s
0x003c	Fatal	Consistency Check detected uncorrectable double medium errors (%s at %lx on %s)
0x003d	Critical	Consistency Check failed on %s
0x003e	Fatal	Consistency Check completed with uncorrectable data on %s
0x003f	Warning	Consistency Check found inconsistent parity on %s at strip %lx
0x0040	Warning	Consistency Check inconsistency logging disabled on %s (too many inconsistencies)
0x0041	Progress	Consistency Check progress on %s is %s
0x0042	Information	Consistency Check started on %s
0x0043	Warning	Initialization aborted on %s
0x0044	Critical	Initialization failed on %s
0x0045	Progress	Initialization progress on %s is %s
0x0046	Information	Fast initialization started on %s
0x0047	Information	Full initialization started on %s
0x0048	Information	Initialization complete on %s
0x0049	Information	LD Properties updated to %s (from %s)
0x0050	Information	Modifying drive group started on %s
0x0051	Information	State change on %s from %s to %s
0x0052	Information	Drive Clear aborted on %s
0x0053	Critical	Drive Clear failed on %s (Error %02x)
0x0054	Progress	Drive Clear progress on %s is %s
0x0055	Information	Drive Clear started on %s
0x0056	Information	Drive Clear completed on %s
0x0057	Warning	Error on %s (Error %02x)
0x0058	Information	Format complete on %s
0x0059	Information	Format started on %s
0x005a	Critical	Hot Spare SMART polling failed on %s (Error %02x)
0x005b	Information	Drive inserted: %s
0x005c	Warning	Drive %s is not supported
0x0060	Critical	Predictive failure: CDB: %s
0x0063	Information	Rebuild complete on %s
0x0064	Information	Rebuild complete on %s
0x0065	Critical	Rebuild failed on %s due to source drive error
0x0066	Critical	Rebuild failed on %s due to target drive error
0x0067	Progress	Rebuild progress on %s is %s
0x0069	Information	Rebuild started on %s
0x006a	Information	Rebuild automatically started on %s
0x006b	Critical	Rebuild stopped on %s due to loss of cluster ownership
0x006c	Fatal	Reassign write operation failed on %s at %lx
0x006d	Fatal	Unrecoverable medium error during rebuild on %s at %lx
0x006e	Information	Corrected medium error during recovery on %s at %lx
0x006f	Fatal	Unrecoverable medium error during recovery on %s at %lx
0x0070	Information	Drive removed: %s
0x0071	Warning	Unexpected sense: %s, CDB%s, Sense: %s
0x0072	Information	State change on %s from %s to %s
0x0073	Information	State change by user on %s from %s to %s
0x0074	Warning	Redundant path to %s broken
0x0075	Information	Redundant path to %s restored
0x0077	Critical	SAS topology error: Loop detected
0x0078	Critical	SAS topology error: Unaddressable device
0x0079	Critical	SAS topology error: Multiple ports to the same SAS address
0x007a	Critical	SAS topology error: Expander error
0x007b	Critical	SAS topology error: SMP timeout
0x007c	Critical	SAS topology error: Out of route entries
0x007d	Critical	SAS topology error: Index not found
0x007e	Critical	SAS topology error: SMP function failed
0x007f	Critical	SAS topology error: SMP CRC error
0x0080	Critical	SAS topology error: Multiple subtractive
0x0081	Critical	SAS topology error: Table to table
0x0082	Critical	SAS topology error: Multiple paths
0x0083	Fatal	Unable to access device %s
0x0087	Information	Global Hot Spare created on %s (%s)
0x0088	Information	Global Hot Spare %s disabled
0x0089	Critical	Global Hot Spare does not cover all drive groups
0x008a	Information	Created %s
0x008b	Information	Deleted %s
0x008c	Information	Marking LD %s inconsistent due to active writes at shutdown
0x00a4	Information	Enclosure (SES) discovered on %s
0x00a5	Information	Enclosure (SAFTE) discovered on %s
0x00a6	Critical	Enclosure %s communication lost
0x00a7	Information	Enclosure %s communication restored
0x00a8	Critical	Enclosure %s fan %d failed
0x00a9	Information	Enclosure %s fan %d inserted
0x00aa	Critical	Enclosure %s fan %d removed
0x00ab	Critical	Enclosure %s power supply %d failed
0x00ac	Information	Enclosure %s power supply %d inserted
0x00ad	Critical	Enclosure %s power supply %d removed
0x00ae	Critical	Enclosure %s SIM %d failed
0x00af	Information	Enclosure %s SIM %d inserted
0x00b0	Critical	Enclosure %s SIM %d removed
0x00b1	Warning	Enclosure %s temperature sensor %d below warning threshold
0x00b2	Critical	Enclosure %s temperature sensor %d below error threshold
0x00b3	Warning	Enclosure %s temperature sensor %d above warning threshold
0x00b4	Critical	Enclosure %s temperature sensor %d above error threshold
0x00b5	Critical	Enclosure %s shutdown
0x00b6	Warning	Enclosure %s not supported; too many enclosures connected to port
0x00b7	Critical	Enclosure %s firmware mismatch
0x00b8	Warning	Enclosure %s sensor %d bad
0x00b9	Critical	Enclosure %s phy %d bad
0x00ba	Critical	Enclosure %s is unstable
0x00bb	Critical	Enclosure %s hardware error
0x00bc	Critical	Enclosure %s not responding
0x00bd	Information	SAS/SATA mixing not supported in enclosure; Drive %s disabled
0x00be	Information	Enclosure (SES) hotplug on %s was detected, but is not supported
0x00bf	Information	Clustering enabled
0x00c0	Information	Clustering disabled
0x00c1	Information	Drive too small to be used for auto-rebuild on %s
0x00c4	Warning	Bad block table on drive %s is 80% full
0x00c5	Fatal	Bad block table on drive %s is full; unable to log block %lx
0x00c6	Information	Consistency Check Aborted due to ownership loss on %s
0x00c7	Information	Background Initialization (BGI) Aborted Due to Ownership Loss on %s
0x00c9	Warning	Single-bit ECC error: ECAR=%x, ELOG=%x, (%s); warning threshold exceeded
0x00ca	Critical	Single-bit ECC error: ECAR=%x, ELOG=%x, (%s); critical threshold exceeded
0x00cb	Critical	Single-bit ECC error: ECAR=%x, ELOG=%x, (%s); further reporting disabled
0x00cc	Critical	Enclosure %s Power supply %d switched off
0x00cd	Information	Enclosure %s Power supply %d switched on
0x00ce	Critical	Enclosure %s Power supply %d cable removed
0x00cf	Information	Enclosure %s Power supply %d cable inserted
0x00d0	Information	Enclosure %s Fan %d returned to normal
0x00d4	Information	NVRAM Retention test was initiated on previous boot
0x00d5	Information	NVRAM Retention test passed
0x00d6	Critical	NVRAM Retention test failed!
0x00d7	Information	%s test completed %d passes successfully
0x00d8	Critical	%s test FAILED on %d pass. Fail data: errorOffset=%x goodData=%x badData=%x
0x00d9	Information	Self check diagnostics completed
0x00da	Information	Foreign Configuration detected
0x00db	Information	Foreign Configuration imported
0x00dc	Information	Foreign Configuration cleared
0x00dd	Warning	NVRAM is corrupt; reinitializing
0x00de	Warning	NVRAM mismatch occurred
0x00df	Warning	SAS wide port %d lost link on PHY %d
0x00e0	Information	SAS wide port %d restored link on PHY %d
0x00e1	Warning	SAS port %d, PHY %d has exceeded the allowed error rate
0x00e2	Warning	Bad block reassigned on %s at %lx to %lx
0x00e3	Information	Controller Hot Plug detected
0x00e4	Warning	Enclosure %s temperature sensor %d differential detected
0x00e5	Information	Drive test cannot start. No qualifying drives found
0x00e6	Information	Time duration provided by host is not sufficient for self check
0x00e9	Information	Enclosure %s Temperature %d returned to normal
0x00ea	Information	Enclosure %s Firmware download in progress
0x00eb	Warning	Enclosure %s Firmware download failed
0x00ec	Warning	%s is not a certified drive
0x00ed	Information	Dirty cache data discarded by user
0x00ee	Information	Drives missing from configuration at boot
0x00ef	Information	Virtual drives (VDs) missing drives and will go offline at boot: %s
0x00f0	Information	VDs missing at boot: %s
0x00f1	Information	Previous configuration completely missing at boot
0x00f3	Information	Enclosure %s fan %d speed changed
0x00f5	Information	%s rebuild not possible as SAS/SATA is not supported in an array
0x00f6	Information	SEP %s has been rebooted as a part of enclosure firmware download. SEP will be unavailable until this process completes.
0x00f7	Information	Inserted physical drive (PD): %s Info: %s
0x00f8	Information	Removed PD: %s Info: %s
0x00f9	Information	VD %s is now OPTIMAL
0x00fa	Warning	VD %s is now PARTIALLY DEGRADED
0x00fb	Critical	VD %s is now DEGRADED
0x00fc	Fatal	VD %s is now OFFLINE
0x00fe	Warning	VD %s disabled because RAID-5 is not supported by this RAID key
0x00ff	Warning	VD %s disabled because RAID-6 is not supported by this controller
0x0100	Warning	VD %s disabled because SAS drives are not supported by this RAID key
0x0101	Warning	PD missing: %s
0x0102	Warning	Puncturing of LBAs enabled
0x0103	Warning	Puncturing of LBAs disabled
0x0104	Critical	Enclosure %s EMM %d not installed
0x0105	Information	Package version %s
0x0106	Warning	Global affinity Hot Spare %s commissioned in a different enclosure
0x0107	Warning	Foreign configuration table overflow
0x0108	Warning	Partial foreign configuration imported, PDs not imported:%s
0x0109	Information	Connector %s is active
0x010a	Information	Board Revision %s
0x010b	Warning	Command timeout on PD %s, CDB:%s
0x010c	Warning	PD %s reset (Type %02x)
0x010d	Warning	VD bad block table on %s is 80% full
0x010e	Fatal	VD bad block table on %s is full; unable to log block %lx (on %s at %lx)
0x010f	Fatal	Uncorrectable medium error logged for %s at %lx (on %s at %lx)
0x0110	Information	VD medium error corrected on %s at %lx
0x0111	Warning	Bad block table on PD %s is 100% full
0x0112	Warning	VD bad block table on PD %s is 100% full
0x0113	Fatal	Controller needs replacement, IOP is faulty
0x011b	Warning	Early Power off warning was unsuccessful
0x011d	Information	%s FRU is %s
0x011e	Information	Controller hardware revision ID %s
0x011f	Warning	Foreign import shall result in a backward incompatible upgrade of configuration metadata
0x0120	Information	Redundant path restored for PD %s
0x0121	Warning	Redundant path broken for PD %s
0x0122	Information	Redundant enclosure EMM %s inserted for EMM %s
0x0123	Information	Redundant enclosure EMM %s removed for EMM %s
0x0128	Fatal	Controller cache discarded for missing or offline VD %s When a VD with cached data goes offline or missing during runtime, the cache for the VD is discarded. Because the VD is offline, the cache cannot be saved.
0x012b	Information	Microcode update started on PD %s
0x012c	Information	Microcode update completed on PD %s
0x012d	Warning	Microcode update timeout on PD %s
0x012e	Warning	Microcode update failed on PD %s
0x012f	Information	Controller properties changed
0x0131	Information	CC Schedule properties changed
0x0133	Warning	Periodic Battery Relearn is pending. Please initiate manual learn cycle as Automatic learn is not enabled
0x013c	Information	VD %s is now secured
0x013d	Warning	VD %s is partially secured
0x013e	Information	PD %s security activated
0x013f	Information	PD %s security disabled
0x0140	Information	PD %s is reprovisioned
0x0141	Information	PD %s security key changed
0x0142	Fatal	Security subsystem problems detected for PD %s
0x0143	Fatal	Controller cache pinned for missing or offline VD %s
0x0144	Fatal	Controller cache pinned for missing or offline VDs: %s
0x0145	Information	Controller cache discarded by user for VDs: %s
0x0146	Information	Controller cache destaged for VD %s
0x0147	Warning	Consistency Check started on an inconsistent VD %s
0x014a	Warning	Detected error with the remote battery connector cable
0x014b	Information	Power state change on PD %s from %s to %s
0x014c	Information	Enclosure %s element (SES code 0x%x) status changed
0x014d	Information	PD %s rebuild not possible as HDD/SSD mix is not supported in a drive group
0x014f	Information	VD bad block table on %s is cleared
0x0150	Information	SAS topology error: 0x%lx
0x0151	Information	VD cluster of medium errors corrected for %s at %lx (on %s at %lx)
0x0152	Information	Controller requests a host bus rescan
0x0153	Information	Controller repurposed and factory defaults restored
0x0157	Information	%s needs key to be %s %s
0x0158	Warning	%s secure failed
0x0159	Critical	Controller encountered a fatal error and was reset
0x016e	Critical	Configuration command could not be committed to disk, please retry
0x016f	Information	COD on %s updated as it was stale
0x0170	Warning	Power state change failed on %s (from %s to %s)
0x0171	Warning	%s is not available
0x0172	Information	%s is available
0x0173	Information	%s is used for CacheCade with capacity 0x%lx logical blocks
0x0174	Information	%s is using CacheCade %s
0x0175	Information	%s is no longer using CacheCade %s
0x0176	Critical	Snapshot deleted due to resource constraints for %s in snapshot repository %s
0x0177	Warning	Auto Snapshot failed for %s in snapshot repository %s
0x0178	Warning	Controller reset on-board expander
0x0179	Warning	CacheCade (%s) capacity changed and is now 0x%lx logical blocks
0x017b	Information	Advanced Software Options %s key was applied for %s
0x017c	Information	Snapshot schedule properties changed on %s
0x017d	Information	Snapshot scheduled action is due on %s
0x017e	Information	Performance Metrics: collection command 0x%lx
0x017f	Information	Advanced Software Options %s key was transferred -%s
0x0180	Information	Advanced Software Options Serial number %s
0x0181	Warning	Advanced Software Options Serial number mismatched. Key Vault Serial number %s
0x0183	Information	%s power policy changed to %s (from %s)
0x0184	Warning	%s cannot transition to max power savings
0x0185	Information	Host driver is loaded and operational
0x0186	Information	%s mirror broken
0x0187	Information	%s mirror joined
0x0188	Warning	%s link %d failure in wide port
0x0189	Information	%s link %d restored in wide port
0x018a	Information	Memory module FRU is %s
0x018b	Warning	Cache-vault power pack is sub-optimal. Please replace the pack
0x018c	Warning	Foreign configuration auto-import did not import any drives
0x018d	Warning	Cache-vault microcode update required
0x018e	Warning	CacheCade(TM) (%s) capacity exceeds maximum allowed size, extra capacity is not used
0x018f	Warning	LD (%s) protection information lost
0x0190	Information	Diagnostics passed for %s
0x0191	Critical	Diagnostics failed for %s
0x0192	Information	Server Power capability Diagnostic Test Started
0x0193	Information	Drive Cache settings enabled during rebuild for %s
0x0194	Information	Drive Cache settings restored after rebuild for %s
0x0195	Information	Drive %s commissioned as Emergency spare
0x0196	Warning	Reminder: Potential non-optimal configuration due to drive %s commissioned as emergency spare
0x01ae	Warning	Potential leakage during erase on %s
0x01b0	Information	NVCache firmware update was successful
0x01b1	Warning	NVCache firmware update failed
0x01b2	Fatal	%s access blocked as cached data in CacheCade(TM) is unavailable
0x01b3	Information	CacheCade(TM) disassociate started on %s
0x01b4	Information	CacheCade(TM) disassociate completed on %s
0x01b5	Critical	CacheCade(TM) disassociate failed on %s
0x01b7	Information	CacheCade(TM) disassociate aborted by user on %s
0x01b8	Information	Link speed changed on SAS port %d and PHY %d
0x01b9	Warning	Advanced Software Options was deactivated for - %s
0x01ba	Information	%s is now accessible
0x01bb	Information	%s is using CacheCade(TM)
0x01bc	Information	%s is no longer using CacheCade(TM)
0xfff9	Critical	Temperature %04x on sensor %04x has exceeded critical temperature threshold %04x
0xfffa	Warning	Temperature %04x on sensor %04x has exceeded warning temperature threshold %04x
0xfffb	Critical	Backup Rail Monitor has failed on %s. Check %s
0xffc	Critical	SSD Life is exhausted Slot Number %04x (Cage %04x Location %s)
0xfffd	Warning	SSD Life is at warning level Slot Number %04x (Cage %04x Location %s) Drive Life %04x Warning Level %04x Error Level %04x" }
0xfffe	Information	SSD throttling is now removed Slot Number %04x (Cage %04x Location %s) Throttle %04x" }
0xffff	Information	SSD is being throttled Slot Number %04x (Cage %04x Location %s)