SAN disks lost with error messages "kernel: lpfc Link Down/Up Event" in /var/log/messages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Log files shows following error message:
kernel: lpfc 0000:24:00.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x901f1 received Data: x901f1 x0 x20 x4
kernel: lpfc 0000:24:00.0: 0:1305 Link Down Event x901f2 received Data: x901f2 x20 x10
kernel: lpfc 0000:24:00.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x901f3 received Data: x901f3 x0 x20 x4
kernel: lpfc 0000:24:00.0: 0:1305 Link Down Event x901f4 received Data: x901f4 x20 x10
kernel: lpfc 0000:24:00.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x901f5 received Data: x901f5 x0 x20 x4
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Emulex Corporation LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter
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