PowerPath: "Abort command Issued" messages appear in /var/log/messages file
Summary: Linux server messages file full of kernel: qla2xxx 0000:46:00.0: scsi(1:0:105): Abort command issued messages
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Symptoms
- We are noticing SAN errors across all our different system (SuSE, Solaris, even Windows).
- Performance on our database servers is degraded and applications are slow responding.
- Some systems are crashing after these errors.
Cause
- Multiple underlying issues can cause abort messages and a slow SAN.
- Initial areas to investigate include SAN related components, such as the switches or storage targets.
- Command aborts are almost always caused by command timeouts. The first course of action is to abort it to make sure that any references to it are erased. Command timeout could be caused by many different things: SAN congestion, a flaky target, bad hardware somewhere, or an overloaded target that might be dropping commands.
Resolution
- These errors indicate an error condition being returned from the SAN.
- Try to verify if there are any issues present from the FC switch, FC cabling, zoning or Storage array.
- It would also be advised to engage the storage vendor to review the switch logs to verify if there are any error counters, CRC errors in FC switch logs.
Affected Products
PowerPath for LinuxProducts
PowerPath for LinuxArticle Properties
Article Number: 000050316
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2025
Version: 3
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