DCA V1/V2/V3: Non-Recoverable Disk error codes

Summary: This article explains Non-Recoverable Disk error codes.

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Symptoms

To understand Non-Recoverable disk errors.

The customer experiences performance problems and Data Unavailability with a drive that is in an unknown state.

Cause

All 0x4 sense key errors indicate that the disk drive detected an unrecoverable hardware failure while performing the command or during a self-test. It experienced an abnormal rotation of the motor spindle.

Error Codes:
KCQ(4:01:0) # Hardware Error - no index or sector
KCQ(4:02:0) # Hardware Error - no seek complete
KCQ(4:03:0) # Hardware Error - write fault
KCQ(4:09:0) # Hardware Error - track following error
KCQ(4:11:0) # Hardware Error - unrecovered read error in reserved area
KCQ(4:15:1) # Hardware Error - Mechanical positioning error
KCQ(4:16:0) # Hardware Error - Data Sync Mark error in reserved area
KCQ(4:19:0) # Hardware Error - defect list error
KCQ(4:19:2) # Hardware Error - defect list error in Primary List
KCQ(4:19:3) # Hardware Error - defect list error in Grown List
KCQ(4:31:0) # Hardware Error - reassign failed
KCQ(4:32:0) # Hardware Error - no defect spare available
KCQ(4:35:1) # Hardware Error - unsupported enclosure function
KCQ(4:35:2) # Hardware Error - enclosure services unavailable
KCQ(4:35:3) # Hardware Error - enclosure services transfer failure 
KCQ(4:35:4) # Hardware Error - enclosure services refused
KCQ(4:35:5) # Hardware Error - enclosure services checksum error
KCQ(4:3E:3) # Hardware Error - self-test failed
KCQ(4:3E:4) # Hardware Error - unable to update self-test
KCQ(4:44:0) # Hardware Error - internal target failure
 

 

Resolution

Dispatch a replacement drive on the first occurrence of this error.

Affected Products

Data Computing Appliance V3

Products

Data Computing Appliance V1, Data Computing Appliance V2, Data Computing Appliance V3
Article Properties
Article Number: 000024373
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 23 Apr 2021
Version:  3
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