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EMC - Storage Array Error

Hi there,

We have a CX3-80 and we started getting this error last week and we continuously get it a few times every day. Any suggestions?

Time Stamp 02/12/14 14:52:36 (GMT) Event Number 71174001 Severity Warning Host CX3-PROC-A Storage Array APM00070904191 SP N/A Device N/A Description SFP Diagnostic condition "Transmit bias high warning" detected for physical port 2
00 00 04 00 03 00 56 00 d3 04 00 00 01 40 17 a1 01 40 17 a1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 71 17 40 01

Thanks,
- Christian

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Christian Palacios

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Hi Duncan,

Thank you. What is the SFP? If it fails, what can/could occur? When you mean unit, do you mean the entire CX3-80 unit, not a hot-swappable part of the CX3-80 unit??

Thanks,
- Christian

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Duncan Meyers

Sorry - missed this bit: if the SFP fails, the array will continue to operate normally and whatever path balancing/path fail-over software you have will route FC frames down other paths to the arrays, but you've lost a level of redundancy and if you're working the array hard, you've potentially lost some performance too.