I/O errors from unknown storage device after installing a new SAN network

Issue

• Just installed EMC software, EMCpower, NAVICli, and NAVIHostAgent. When the system boots the system logs show repeated kernel I/O errors.

  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097096
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097096
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097112
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097112
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097128
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2097128
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096896
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096896
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096904
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096904
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096920
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096920
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096936
  Aug  2 03:40:24 host1 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 2096936
  

• The system is connected to the SAN but no disks have been assigned yet.  The only disks right now are local :

  [root@host1 tmp]# fdisk -l
  
  Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 293.5 GB, 293564211200 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 35690 cylinders
  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
  
             Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1          33      265041   83  Linux
  /dev/cciss/c0d0p2              34       35690   286414852+  8e  Linux LVM