Server is showing 'SCSI error: return code = 0x06050000' in the logs and presenting disk issues

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • One of our clustered servers started having disk issues.
  • When checking the logs, we found the following messages constantly repeated themselves:
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Result: hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT,SUGGEST_OK
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-17, logical block 17696630
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-17
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-17, logical block 17696631
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-17
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-17, logical block 17696632
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on dm-17
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 360s
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Unhandled error code
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x06050000
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Result: hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT,SUGGEST_OK
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 360s
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Unhandled error code
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x06050000
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: Result: hostbyte=DID_ABORT driverbyte=DRIVER_TIMEOUT,SUGGEST_OK
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: timing out command, waited 360s
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: Unhandled error code
Jul 27 04:57:21 host kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x06050000
  • As a consequence, the server stopped responding and was eventually fenced by the other node.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • External storage in use, such as iSCSI or SAN

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase of over 48,000 articles and solutions.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.