701   A Fibre Channel adapter has failed.

Explanation

A Fibre Channel adapter has failed.

This node error does not, in itself, stop the node becoming active in the system. However, the Fibre Channel network might be being used to communicate between the nodes in a clustered system. Therefore, it is possible that this node error indicates the reason why the critical node error 550 A cluster cannot be formed because of a lack of cluster resources is reported on the node.

Data:

  • A number indicating the adapter location. The location indicates an adapter slot. See the node description for the definition of the adapter slot locations.

User response

  1. If possible, use the management GUI to run the recommended actions for the associated service error code.
  2. Use the remove and replace procedures to replace the adapter. If this does not fix the problem, replace the system board.

Possible Cause-FRUs or other cause:

  • Fibre Channel adapter
  • System board
Parent topic: Error event IDs and error codes