In Oracle Linux Server, LUNs show errors "Errors: kernel: [xxxxx.xxxxx] sd 1:0:0:7: [sdx] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] and kernel: [xxxxx.xxxxx] sd 1:0:0:7: [sdx] tag#0 Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range (Doc ID 2347970.1)

Last updated on MAY 05, 2020

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Symptoms

In Oracle Linux 6.9 the LUNs seem to 'time out' and go into an offline state, generate I/O errors, and cause volumes to drop offline.

System logs show the below error:

Nov 21 15:29:38 server kernel: [430145.704635] sd 1:0:1:7: [sdak] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Nov 21 15:29:38 server kernel: [430145.704644] sd 1:0:1:7: [sdak] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Nov 21 15:29:38 server kernel: [430145.704649] sd 1:0:1:7: [sdak] tag#0 Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
Nov 21 15:29:38 server kernel: [430145.704663] sd 1:0:1:7: [sdak] tag#0 CDB: Read(10) 28 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 40 00
Nov 21 15:29:38 server kernel: [430145.704666] blk_update_request: critical target error, dev sdak, sector 32

Cause

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