Filesystem aborts with Dell PERC H700 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Filesystems went to read only mode after following error:
kernel: __ratelimit: 112 callbacks suppressed
kernel: sd 0:2:0:0: [sda] Unhandled error code
kernel: sd 0:2:0:0: [sda] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
kernel: sd 0:2:0:0: [sda] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 05 77 9b 20 00 01 00 00
kernel: __ratelimit: 112 callbacks suppressed
kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:0.
multipathd: 8:0: mark as failed
multipathd: mpathk: remaining active paths: 0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • Observed on kernel-2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.
    • Issue began to occur after upgrading from kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.
  • dm-multipath
  • Dell Poweredge R710 with Dell PERC H700 integrated storage controller:
    • Observed on storage controller firmware version 2.10.
    • PERC H700 controller is on the latest firmware.
      ~~~
      # dmesg | grep PERC H700
      scsi 0:2:0:0: Direct-Access DELL PERC H700 2.10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
      scsi 0:2:1:0: Direct-Access DELL PERC H700 2.10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
      ~~~

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