Proliant Support Pack (PSP) 8.31 causes cciss kernel logs

[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

Since I upgraded PSP to 8.31 (from 8.25) on two of my servers, I get loads of log entries like this in /var/log/messages:

Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 286611840 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 35124
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 286611840 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 35124
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 429925920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 52687
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 429925920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 52687
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 07:58:31 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 08:08:29 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 286611840 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 35124
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 286611840 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 35124
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 429925920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 52687
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 429925920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 52687
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel:
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: blocks= 143305920 block_size= 512
Mar 9 08:08:30 ati-bdprod-1 kernel: heads= 255, sectors= 32, cylinders= 17562


Could it be firmware-related? How can I find the firmware version of the SmartArray controller?

Thanks,

[marcus1234]

hmm you are supposed to use firmware maintenance cd 7.6 then install proliant support packs and reboot



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[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

Is there a mapping for PSPs <-> Firmwares?

[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

8.70 is the latest version of the firmware CD, why would we use the version you stated?

[marcus1234]

just something i came across before
provide


which OS and how many bits

and server model and generation too

[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

RHEL 5 (update 4)
DL360 G5

Also on a DL380G5

[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

64-bit

[Ugo Bellavance (ATQ)]

I found it.

It coincides exactly with the execution of this cronjob:

/etc/cron.d/hp-health

Here are the comments of the script called:

# #####################################################################
# ## This routine will restart the hpasm system management stack. ##
# ## This is called when we get a serious error during the ##
# ## initialization of the hpasmxld daemon uses with iLO 2 (ONLY). ##
# #####################################################################

What should I do to get that fixed?