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Re: VAAI ScsiDeviceIO H:0x7 failure with HP FC HBA / Fujitsu storage

 
tm_6
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VAAI ScsiDeviceIO H:0x7 failure with HP FC HBA / Fujitsu storage

It appears that only with Firmware Version V10L47-0000, a Fujitsu

Eternus DX90 S2 will fully utilize VAAI (Details available in Fujitsu

Support document SB-STO-13023).

 

After upgrading to that firmware version we are observing enjoyable

high throughput with VAAI operations (up to 900 MB/s).

 

We are only somewhat bothered that vmkernel.log on the ESXi 5.1 server

reports about 2500 lines of Warnings, some even Errors, e.g.

 

...NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2319: Cmd 0x83 (0x4124801cbe80, 17670) to dev "naa.6000000d10e100000112105c00000000" on path "vmhba4:C0:T0:L1" Failed: H:0x7 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0. Act:EVAL

...WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237:NMP device "naa.6000000d10e100000112105c00000000" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...

...ScsiDeviceIO: 2331: Cmd(0x4124801cbe80) 0x83, CmdSN 0x7bd from world 17670 to dev "naa.6000000d10e100000112105c00000000" failed H:0x7 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0.

...<3>lpfc820 0000:0c:00.1: 1:(0):0717 FCP command x83 residual underrun converted to error Data&colon; x6c x6c x6c

 

Can we savely errors like H:0x7 ()

 

Now VMWare support says this is a HBA issue:

 

  ...

  We can see here from the analysis of one of the error codes (this one

  came direct from storage, as it was a D:0x2):

 

  H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data&colon; 0xa 0xd 0x1

 

  This means, basically:

 

  Indicates an EXTENDED COPY command was aborted due to an error

  condition on the source device. the destination device. or both.

 

  However, there are H:0x7 failures, which usually definitely indicate a

  host adapter issue.

  ...

 

HP support says they do not check HP adapter / Fujitsu storage

interoperability, and Fujitsu should be asked.

 

Fujitsu support says it is not an issue with their storage.

 

betwixed and between ...

 

Has someone made similar observations?

 

Regards, Thomas

 

Here is an abstract of the environment:

 

ESXi Server

HP DL385 G7

System ROM A18 12/08/2012

 

FC2242SR HBA

Firmware 2012.02.01a

 

ESXi Version

VMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-1065491

driver: scsi-lpfc820 8.2.4.151.65-1OEM.500.0.0.472560, Emulex (VMwareCertified)

 

Storage: Fujitsu Eternus DX90 S2

Firmware Version V10L47-0000

 

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srinip
Occasional Advisor

Re: VAAI ScsiDeviceIO H:0x7 failure with HP FC HBA / Fujitsu storage

Hi Thomas,

 

 FCP command x83 residual underrun converted to error Data&colon; x6c x6c x6c

 

The above error message is reported by HBA and is documented as follows.

 


printk "%sFCP command x%x residual underrun converted to error Data&colon; x%x x%x x%x"; 
Probable Causes:

  • "The driver convert this underrun condition to an error based on the underflow field in the SCSI cmnd."


Actions:

  • "No action needed, informational."

Following known issue is documented in Eternus VAAI guide,

 

Following message may appear many times to /var/log/vmkernel* log files while “Full Copy”. This

message can be safely ignored because it simply indicates that the submission queue for the

ETERNUS copy engine is full and therefore it cannot accept any more copy jobs. The copy jobs

are resubmitted automatically though retry mechanism so no action is required by the user.

NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2318: Cmd 0xe9 (0x412440c414c0) to dev

"naa.600000e00d1000000010011000210000" on path "vmhba4:C0:T0:L0" Failed: H:0x0 D:0x2

P:0x0 Valid sense data&colon; 0x5 0x26 0x92.Act:NONE

 

Looks like there is an underrun condition caused by Array which is converted to error message by HBA.

I WORK FOR HP
Jason_L
Valued Contributor

Re: VAAI ScsiDeviceIO H:0x7 failure with HP FC HBA / Fujitsu storage

Supplemental link to Fujitsu document - refer to page 5:

 

http://www.fujitsu.com/downloads/STRSYS/system/evaai5_user_en.pdf

 

 

 

 

I work for HPE.