HP 3000 Series Installation And Service Manual page 62

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The INP Dump facility is used only by factory-level s uppor,t
personnel. It dumps the contents of the INP memory for analyzing
the exact state of an !NP in use. Invoked by either an !NP hard-
ware problem or an INP software problem, the dump data can be
returned to the factory either on magnetic tape or in the form of
a listing.
Dumping the INP and saving the data is done automatically by the
system software. As dumps are completed, the data is stored into
files named "INPLOGnn", where nn is a number not greater than the
maximum number of dump files for the system. This limit assures
that multiple !NP dumps cannot adversely affect system storage.
Messages regarding !NP dumps are directed to the system console.
The initial message announces the dump and specifies which INP is
dumping:
!NP BOARD FAILURE - LDEV xx
where xx is the logical device number. Notification that the
data has been saved and identification of the dump file appears
next:
!NP
RAM
DUMPED IN INPLOGnn
If the creation of this new INP dump file attains the maximum
number allowed, another message is generated:
STORE AND PURGE ALL INPLOGnn FILES
Any further !NP dumps will not be saved until the previous dump
files are processed.
As
previously mentioned, either of two media can be used for re-
turning the INP dump data to the factory: magnetic tape or
listing. The more obvious method is to store the INPLOG files
onto a tape and send the tape to the factory. The other alterna-
tive is to run the INP Dump Analyzer against each INPLOG file.
Each file then generates a listing of approximately 50 pages.
These listings can be sent to the factory, thus eliminating the
need for shipping magnetic tapes.
The latter method requires only a few simple MPE commands. The
first step is to define the list file for the Analyzer.
By
default, the Analyzer will output to $STDLIST for job execution
or to a device class of LP for session execution. If another
output device is desired, a file or device equation to INPLIST
will assign the proper file/device.
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