VxRail Software

On December 10, 2021, a critical remote code vulnerability was published concerning the Apache Log4j library. Later, CVE-2021-45046 was reported. VxRail is impacted by these vulnerabilities. Fixes and workarounds for CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 are documented in the tables included in this article.

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Event code: VXR500PCI2002 This event code indicates "A fatal IO error detected on a component at slot <number>."

Event code: VXR500FAN0003 This event code indicates "Fan <number> RPM is greater than the upper critical threshold."

Event code: VXR500PCI1320 This event code indicates "A bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus <bus> device <device> function <func>."

Event code: VXR500CTL59 This event code indicates "<Controller name> SAS expander error: <args>"

Event code: VXR500PCI1358 This event code indicates "A fatal error was detected on a component at slot <number>."

Event code: VXR500PCI3006 This event code indicates "Failed to get Link Tuning or FlexAddress data from iDRAC."

Event code: VXR500CTL90 This event code indicates "<controller name> is not operating in Fault Tolerant Mode because of an incompatible peer controller."

Event code: VXR500PCI1354 This event code indicates "A bus correctable error was detected on a component at slot <number>."

Event code: VXR500PCI3004 This event code indicates "Device option ROM on mezzanine card <number> failed to support Link Tuning or FlexAddress."

Event code: VXR500PCI3000 This event code indicates "Device option ROM on embedded NIC failed to support Link Tuning or FlexAddress."

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Event code: VXR500FAN1000 This event code indicates "<Fan Sensor Name> was removed."

Event code: VXR500CTL44 This event code indicates "Diagnostic message <message> from <Controller name>"

Event code: VXR500PCI3002 This event code indicates "Failed to program virtual MAC address on a component at bus <bus> device <device> function <func>."

Event code: VXR500PDR63 This event code indicates "A bad disk block on <physical disk> cannot be reassigned during a write operation."

Event code: VXR500PDR12 This event code indicates "<PD Name> initialization has failed."

Event code: VXR500PST0254 This event code indicates "General failure after video."

Event code: VXR500PDR85 This event code indicates "Security subsystem errors detected for <physical disk>."

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