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We have implemented in R5.3 which allows a RCL to continue in the event of a failed cache drive.
We also continue to review system components for future impreovements.
This has been considered and in some instances can be done, however not in most instances. Please continue reading.
Based on other dependencies in code load, the dev team does not recommend bypassing the health check for failed drive. The development team did provide a fix for remote code load on an event that has occured a few times and this is reflected below with the enhancements in VTD_EXEC 391. This enhancement is for a SAS adapter failure that is only detected after the system boots with the new code image. As a result RCL will stop and require hardware replacement before continuing the code load. With this enhancement the user can continue the code load and replace the hardware at a later date. There are still a number of other cases where RCL would not be able to continue due to hardware but those are detectable before we start.