SCSI error: "Sense Key : Hardware Error"

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Issue

  • Storage is offline
  • Seeing SCSI error: return code = 0x08000002 in logs
  • Seeing sense key: Hardware error in logs
kernel: sd 35:0:0:1: [sdf] tag#75 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s
kernel: sd 35:0:0:1: [sdf] tag#75 Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
kernel: sd 35:0:0:1: [sdf] tag#75 Add. Sense: No additional sense information
kernel: sd 35:0:0:1: [sdf] tag#75 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 07 d9 99 97 80 00 00 00 08 00 00
kernel: critical target error, dev sdf, sector 33715493333 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4
  • SAN

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