E-Series SAS Port Degraded following a hot add expansion
Applies to
- E-Series
 - SANtricity OS
 
Issue
- Following a hot add expansion, Recovery Guru reported the following:
 
Failure Entry 1: SAS_PORT_DEGRADED-Recovery Failure Type Code: 112
Port reporting problem:
Drive shelf 3, Drawer 4, Channel 3, Internal connection
Status: SAS PortDegraded
Failure Entry 2: SAS_PORT_DEGRADED-Recovery Failure Type Code: 112
Port reporting problem:
Drive shelf 3, IOM: B (Bottom), Channel 3, Internal connection
Status: SAS Port Degraded
- In 
STATE-CAPTURE-DATA>sasStateCapture>sasShowEnclsreports both Controllers missing connections to shelves. 
sasshowEncls: A SAS level of -1 indicates no connection
Tray :  SASLevel   :     View From Ctlr A      : Enclosure
   ID : CtlrA  CtlrB : ch#/expDevH  ch#/expDevH : Logical ID
 ---- : -----  ----- : ------------ ------------ :----------------
    0 :     2     4 : ch0 /0x11    ch0 /0x15f   : 500a09800ebc5da1
    0 :     5     5 : ch0 /0x26a   ch1 /0xd8    : 500a09800ecadd58
    1 :     3     4 : ch0 /0x2e    ch1 /0xbb    : 500a09800ec8939d
    2 :   -1      3 : ch1 /0       ch1 /0x1a2   : 500a09800ec9367e
    3 :   -1      2 : ch1 /0       ch1 /0x2ad   : 500a09800ecadd58
   99 :     1     1 : ch0 /0x9     ch1 /0xb3    : 0000000000000000
sasshowEncls: A SAS level of -1 indicates no connection
Tray :  SASLevel   :     View From Ctlr B      : Enclosure 
   ID : CtlrA  CtlrB : ch#/expDevH  ch#/expDevH : Logical ID
 ---- : -----  ----- : ------------ ------------ :----------------
    0 :     2     4 : ch0 /0x19    ch0 /0x15f   : 500a09800ebc5da1
    0 :     5     5 : ch0 /0x26a   ch1 /0x54    : 500a09800ecadd58
    1 :     3     4 : ch0 /0x53    ch1 /0x1a    : 500a09800ec8939d
    2 :   -1      3 : ch-1/0       ch1 /0x1a2   : 500a09800ec9367e
    3 :   -1      2 : ch-1/0       ch1 /0x2ad   : 500a09800ecadd58
   99 :     1     1 : ch0 /0x9     ch1 /0xa     : 0000000000000000
- All drawers and drives are listed as expected in 
sasStateCapture>sasShowAllExpanders 
