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CONTAP-79893: Emulex FC adapters with certain firmware versions might lead to parity errors

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  • EMS reports fc ports getting reset and reinitialised, then coming online and then again resetting
  • FC port admin status was up and operational status was down for all FC ports:
  Mon Jul 08 23:32:57 +0530 [Node:1: fct_tpd_thread_1: fcp.io.status:debug]: STIO Adapter 1b resetting with 0 ITNs and 0 commands to drain
  Mon Jul 08 23:32:57 +0530 [Node:1: fct_tpd_thread_1: scsitarget.fct.reset:notice]: Resetting Fibre Channel target adapter 1b.
  Mon Jul 08 23:32:57 +0530 [Node:1: fct_tpd_thread_0: scsitarget.fct.reset:notice]: Resetting Fibre Channel target adapter 1a.
  Mon Jul 08 23:38:42 +0530 [Node:1: fct_tpd_thread_1: fcp.io.status:debug]: STIO Adapter 1b resetting with 0 ITNs and 0 commands to drain
  Mon Jul 08 23:38:42 +0530 [Node:1: fct_tpd_thread_1: scsitarget.fct.reset:notice]: Resetting Fibre Channel target adapter 1b.

  • Below events are observed too in EMS:
  Sun Oct 23 00:33:00 -0500 [node1: fct_tpd_thread_3: scsitarget.fcp.dump:debug]: FCP target SRAM dump generated for adapter 1d,fct_tpd_check_hung_commands: Command termination hung. cmd:0xfffff809b3bc5d10 (state=0xa, flags=0x2,ctio_sent=2/2, RecvExAddr=0x1d8d, OX_ID=0x756, RX_ID=0xffff, SID=0xd61cxx)   
  Sun Oct 23 00:33:19 -0500 [node1: fct_tpd_thread_0: scsitarget.fcp.dump:debug]: FCP target SRAM dump generated for adapter 1a, Hung Adapter Detected
  Sun Oct 23 00:34:00 -0500 [node1: fct_tpd_thread_2: scsitarget.hwpfct.errorReset:notice]: An error was encountered in the FC target driver on Fibre Channel target adapter 1c. The adapter will be automatically reset to clear the status:0x87800000, status1:0x1201, status2:0xe, DIP:1, RN:1, RDY:1, Dump owner:3 condition. 
  Sun Oct 23 00:34:00 -0500 [node1: fct_tpd_thread_3: scsitarget.hwpfct.errorReset:notice]: An error was encountered in the FC target driver on Fibre Channel target adapter 1d. The adapter will be automatically reset to clear the status:0x87800000, status1:0x1201, status2:0xe, DIP:1, RN:1, RDY:1, Dump owner:3 condition.

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