VxRail: Node Health-check Fails for test 'mem_status' or 'dimm'
Summary: The "mem_status" check parses the node Life-Cycle (LC) logs for memory faults and checks iDRAC for any faulted memory modules (DIMM)
Symptoms
The "dimm" check parses the System Event Log (SEL) for memory faults.
This check only applies to VxRail releases prior to 8.0.300.
This health-check can produce any of the following results:
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Test Result
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Result code
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Result Interpretation |
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Pass
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0
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Log entries checked |
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Warning
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1
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A fault status has been found in a memory module. Check the vxtii.txt report for details. |
| Failure | 2 | Uncorrectable Memory faults found in the logs |
| Critical | 3 | This test has no critical result. |
Each test that passes is not listed in the summary report, for ease of reading.
An example of the health-check output is shown below:
#========================#======#=========#====================================================================#==============# | Hostname / Category |Status Dell_KB | Warnings or Failures, unless tests Passed ; Product S.N. | #========================#======#=========#====================================================================#==============# | node03 | Failure 43206 | dimm: Uncorrectable Memory faults detected .|
Cause
The "mem_status" check parses the node Life-Cycle (LC) logs for memory faults and checks iDRAC for any faulted memory modules (DIMM).
The VxTii report (vxtii.txt), will have more details for the status of each memory module and any "MEM" errors in the LC Logs.
Resolution
For any nodes that report a failure, run the following command and examine the output:
# /usr/bin/ipmitool sel list
Details of any logged memory errors can be found in the VxTii report. This lists actions for any recent memory errors,
See article: Dell VxRail: Hardware Troubleshooting using VxRail Triage Reports (VxTii) | Dell UK