Server crashed with repeated errors "The lpfcdfc driver detected that no HBA ports are available"
Issue
- HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server crashed. Vmcore or /var/log/messages shows following errors repeated many times:
The lpfcdfc driver detected that no HBA ports are available
- Messages from vmcore:
CPU 2: Machine Check Exception: 5 Bank 5: b200000084200e0f
----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] ---------
Kernel BUG at spinlock:76
invalid operand: 0000 [1] SMP
CPU 8
Modules
linked in: mptctl sg ipmi_devintf ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler autofs4
i2c_dev i2c_core nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc ide_dump cciss_dump scsi_dump
diskdump zlib_deflate lpfcdfc lpfc scsi_transport_fc vxspec(U) vxio(U)
vxdmp(U) fdd(U) vxportal(U) vxfs(U) dm_mod button battery ac bnx2 e1000
bonding(U) ext3 jbd ata_piix sata_nv libata mptsas cciss mptspi mptscsi
mptbase usb_storage uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd sd_mod scsi_mod
Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: PF M 2.6.9-67.0.22.ELlargesmp
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8030fda5>] You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4.6
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HP ProLiant DL580 G5
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