'drive faulted' error message

[karron at MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU]

>In article <9009221751.AA01139 at mcirps2.med.nyu.edu>, karron at MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU
    writes:
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>> What does this error message mean on my console (not in syslog):
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>> command 82 try 1 ips0d1s7: bn=65873 IOPB
>>  word1=821E unrecovered 'drive faulted'
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>> Is this a real problem ? Or is this noise ?
>>

Is data being corrupted, or is it being correctly read ?
My real concern is that is the error such that the ecc (error
correction code) in the drive is unable to correct the error.

If the error is unrecovered, is it retried and correctly recovered later ?

dan.
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