1260 SAS cable fault type 2.

Explanation

The associated alert event contains more information about the error:
045014 SAS cable excluded due to internal errors
The cable was excluded because one or more phys (lanes of communication) are missing.
045015 SAS cable excluded due to causing too many change events
The connector port caused too many change events.
045017 SAS cable is operating at reduced speed
If the cable is not the last path to data, reduced speed causes it to be excluded.
045018 SAS cable excluded due to dropped frames
Frame errors occurred.
045019 SAS cable excluded due to enclosure discovery timing out
Enclosure discovery timed out before the cable could be identified.
045051 SAS cable excluded due to Single Port Active drives
The connector or the attached canister might be the cause of multiple single-ported drives.
045077 Attempts to exclude connector have failed
Multiple attempts to exclude the failing connector did not change the connector state.
045102 SAS cable is not working at full capacity
Some of the physical data paths in the cable are not working properly. This error is logged only if no other events are logged on the cable.

In all cases, the user response is the same.

User response

Complete the following steps:
Note: After each action, check to see whether the canister ports at both ends of the cable are excluded. If the ports are excluded, then enable them by issuing the following command:
chenclosurecanister -excludesasport no -port X
  1. Reset this canister and the upstream canister.

    The upstream canister is identified in sense data as enclosureid2, faultobjectlocation2...

  2. Reseat the cable between the two ports that are identified in the sense data.
  3. Replace the cable between the two ports that are identified in the sense data.
  4. Replace this canister.
  5. Replace the other canister (enclosureid2).

Possible Cause-FRUs or other:

  • SAS cable
  • Canister