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PC Server 320 - Hangs running OS/2 SMP or OS/2 Warp

Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom:
The Server 320 hangs during periods of intense disk activity. The SCSI Activity light stops (indicating no disk activity), but the system does respond to I/O interrupts, such as mouse commands.

Problem Isolations Aids:
All of the following must apply.

1. The system is a PC Server 320. Both the PCI/Micro Channel and the PCI/EISA systems are affected.
2. The operating system is either:
OS/2 Version 2.11 SMP (Symmetrical Multi-Processing), or
OS/2 Version 3.0 0 (WARP).
3. The failures occur only during periods of heavy fixed disk activity.
4. All diagnostics run error free.

Fix:
This is not a hardware failure. No FRU's should be replaced.
The following OS/2 APAR's have been released to correct these problems:
APAR PJ19712 OS/2 kernal fix for WARP 3.0.
APAR PJ19722. This is a new version of PMWIN.DLL.
APAR PJ20015 OS/2 SMP 2.11 kernel fix.
Customers may obtain the referenced APAR fixes from the OS/2 Software Support Center by calling 1-800-992-4777 (US only). In EMEA use normal OS/2 software support channel.

SAS Keywords:
PSY2 SERVER 320 8640
SMP OS2 PSY2PROG PSY2ERR

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Hint Category

Lock-up/Hang, Retain

Date Created

06-10-95

Last Updated

15-07-98

Revision Date

14-07-99

Brand

IBM PC Server

Product Family

PC Server 320

Machine Type

8640

Model

TypeModel

Retain Tip (if applicable)

H046544

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