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VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201203211-UG: Updates the VMware ESXi 5.0 scsi-aacraid driver (2011436)

Details

Release Date: March 15, 2012
 
Patch Category Bugfix
Patch Severity Important
Build For build information, see KB 2010823.
Host Reboot Required Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required Yes
Affected Hardware N/A
Affected Software N/A
VIBs Included VMware:scsi-aacraid:1.1.5.1-9vmw.500.1.11.623860
PRs Fixed 816074
Related CVE numbers N/A

 

 For information on patch and update classification, see KB 2014447.

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch updates the scsi-aacraid VIB to resolve the following issue:
 
ESXi host might become unresponsive due to an issue with the aacraid driver in handling SCSI abort requests. Error messages similar to the following are displayed on the console:

0:00:25:03.275 cpu0:4204)WARNING: SCSILinuxAbortCommands Failed, Driver AAC, for vmhba0 0:00:25:03.407 cpu0:4204)<3>aacraid: Host adapter abort request (2,0,0,0) - cmd 0x41000a023fc0 (0x28) 0:00:25:03.415 cpu0:4204)<3>aacraid: Host adapter abort request (2,0,0,0) - cmd 0x41000a023fc0 (0x28) - FAILED 0:00:25:03.425 cpu0:4204)WARNING: SCSILinuxAbortCommands Failed, Driver AAC, for vmhba0 0:00:25:03.461 cpu2:4203)<3>aacraid: Host adapter abort request (2,3,0,0) - cmd 0x41000a02bdc0 (0x0) 0:00:25:03.469 cpu2:4203)<3>aacraid: Host adapter abort request (2,3,0,0) - cmd 0x41000a02bdc0 (0x0) - SUCCESS 0:00:25:03.479 cpu2:4203)WARNING: SCSILinuxAbortCommand - The driver failed to call scsi_done from itsabort handler and yet it returned SUCCESS

Deployment Considerations
 
None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table above.
 
Patch Download and Installation

An ESXi system can be updated using the image profile, by using the esxcli software profile command. For details, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples and the vSphere Upgrade Guide.For information about image profiles and how it applies to ESXi 5.0 hosts, see Image Profiles of ESXi 5.0 Hosts (KB 2009231). ESXi hosts can also be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command.

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