RHEL 6 server with qlge driver experiences link failures, "LOOP DOWN" messages, path failures, I/O errors, and/or crashes when running sosreport or 'ethtool'
Issue
- Running
ethtool -Son a QLogic NIC using theqlgemodule causes the system to crash. - Attempting to generate an SOS Report with the
sosreport command causes the system to crash. - I ran sosreport and my system was fenced after all of its paths failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Using the
qlgedriver- See this solution for a similar issue when using
qlcnic
- See this solution for a similar issue when using
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