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| Created: | Wed Oct 15 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
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	Hello,
	Our DECsafe system is sometime reported following errorlog. 
	What is the "verify sanity" command?
	Best regards.
	Yasuhide Nakamura
******************************** ENTRY   65 ********************************
Logging OS                        2. Digital UNIX
System Architecture               2. Alpha
Event sequence number           839.
Timestamp of occurrence              26-MAR-1997 09:20:06
Host name                            oske1
System type register      x0000000C  AlphaServer 8x00
Number of CPUs (mpnum)    x00000004
CPU logging event (mperr) x00000008
Event validity                    1. O/S claims event is valid
Event severity                    1. Severe Priority
Entry type                      199. CAM SCSI Event Type
------- Unit Info -------
Bus Number                        4.
Unit Number                   xFFFF  Target =   7.
                                     LUN =   7.
                                     Not Defined
------- CAM Data -------
Class                           x33  SIMport Adapter - KZxSA
Subsystem                       x33  SIMport Adapter - KZxSA
Number of Packets                 2.
------ Packet Type ------       258. Module Name String
Routine Name                         spo_verify_adap_sanity
------ Packet Type ------       256. Generic String
                                     Adapter didn't respond to 'verify sanity'
                                     command
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6519.1 | SMURF::KNIGHT | Fred Knight | Wed Mar 26 1997 15:01 | 9 | |
| The SIMport driver sends the adapter a "hey, how ya doing" command every 30 seconds or so. If it responds, we know that all is well. If not, we log the error you are seeing, and I think we reset the adapter and reissue any outstanding I/Os. The command we send is called "verify sanity". Fred | |||||
| 6519.2 | thanks! | TKTVFS::NAKAMURA_Y | Wed Mar 26 1997 18:04 | 4 | |
| Thank you for your quick response. Yasuhide | |||||