SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) has a problem with the 2.6.18-308.el5 kernel and smartmontools-5.38-2.el5.<br />
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The errors in the error log are:<br />
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Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: sda: Current [descriptor]: sense key: Recovered Error<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: Add. Sense: ATA pass through information available<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: <br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: 72 01 00 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: 00 4f 00 c2 40 50<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost smartd[5005]: Device: /dev/sda, is SMART capable. Adding to "monitor" list.<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost smartd[5005]: Monitoring 0 ATA and 1 SCSI devices<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: sda: Current [descriptor]: sense key: Recovered Error<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: Add. Sense: ATA pass through information available<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: <br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: 72 01 00 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00<br />
Mar 5 09:18:46 localhost kernel: 00 4f 00 c2 40 50<br />
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Seems to be similar to upstream bug:<br />
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<a href="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512613">http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512613</a> [<a href="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512613" target="_blank">^</a>]<br />
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There seems to be no issues if smartd is turned off (I also uninstalled smartmontools.)<br />
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If left alone, this can cause Raid Array degradation.
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