Messages

Messages are informational only and do not imply a failure condition. Messages are sent to the console without any preface (such as WARNING or FATAL ERROR).

OFFLINE/ONLINE Message Sequences

Nov 12 14:46:53 kapila unix: ID[SUNWssa.socal.link.5010] socal1: port 1: Fibre Channel is OFFLINE

(Other messages or warnings)

Nov 12 14:48:53 kapila unix: ID[SUNWssa.socal.link.5010] socal1: port 1: Fibre Channel is ONLINE

The Fibre Channel loops may from time to time get re-initialized causing service to the loop to be momentarily suspended during this initialization.Common causes of OFFLINE/ONLINE (loop re-initialization)

• Soft or hard addition or removal of a device on the loop

• Power cycle of device on the loop

• Forced loop-init by driver recovery algorithms

• Disk array reset following a download

• Temporary loss of sync on the loop

  All outstanding commands on this particular loop are automatically retried as soon as the loop's initialization is complete and normal operation will resume.