After an update from RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.5 the output of the command "lsscsi" contains additional/duplicate entries for a SAS tape library and tape drives serviced by HPE Smart Adapter.

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Issue

  • After an update from RHEL 8.4 to RHEL 8.5 the output of the command lsscsi contains additional/duplicate entries for a SAS tape library and tape drives

    • RHEL 8.4 :

      # lsscsi
[1:0:0:0]    tape    HPE      Ultrium 8-SCSI   N4Q1  /dev/st0 << no duplicate(s)
[1:0:1:0]    tape    HPE      Ultrium 8-SCSI   N4Q1  /dev/st1
[1:0:2:0]    mediumx HPE      MSL3040          3290  /dev/sch0

    • RHEL 8.5 :

      # lsscsi
[1:0:0:0]    tape    HPE      Ultrium 8-SCSI   N4Q1  /dev/st0 
[1:0:1:0]    tape    HPE      Ultrium 8-SCSI   N4Q1  /dev/st1  --+--- duplicates
[1:0:1:1]    tape    HPE      Ultrium 8-SCSI   N4Q1  /dev/st2  <-+
[1:0:2:0]    mediumx HPE      MSL3040          3290  /dev/sch0 ----+
[1:0:2:1]    mediumx HPE      MSL3040          3290  /dev/sch1 <---+

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • HPE Smart Adapter (smartpqi)

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