Issue

What does the following message mean? Is this a mpt2sas driver issue or a hardware issue?

Sep 16 01:15:45 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: fault_state(0x2651)!
Sep 16 01:15:45 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: sending diag reset !!
Sep 16 01:15:46 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: diag reset: SUCCESS
Sep 16 01:15:46 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: LSISAS2008: FWVersion(07.15.08.00), ChipRevision(0x03), BiosVersion(07.02.03.00)
Sep 16 01:15:46 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA: Vendor(0x1000), Device(0x0072), SSVID(0x1028), SSDID(0x1F1C)
Sep 16 01:15:46 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: Protocol=(Initiator,Target), Capabilities=(Raid,TLR,EEDP,Snapshot Buffer,Diag Trace Buffer,Task Set Full,NCQ)
Sep 16 01:15:46 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: sending port enable !!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: port enable: SUCCESS
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for end-devices: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for end-devices: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for raid volumes: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for responding raid volumes: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for expanders: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for expanders: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for end-devices: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for end-devices: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for raid volumes: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for responding raid volumes: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for expanders: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: search for expanders: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work: hard reset: success
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: removing unresponding devices: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: removing unresponding devices: complete
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: scan devices: start
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!
Sep 16 01:15:54 HOSTA kernel: mpt2sas0: failure at drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:5179/_scsih_add_device()!

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