Curious Security Output

[Darren Myers]

Code:

> ses0: pass0,da0: Element descriptor: 'Slot 01'
> ses0: pass0,da0: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 0
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fcc
> ses0: pass1,da1: Element descriptor: 'Slot 02'
> ses0: pass1,da1: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 1
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fcd
> ses0: pass2,da2: Element descriptor: 'Slot 03'
> ses0: pass2,da2: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 2
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fce
> ses0: pass3,da3: Element descriptor: 'Slot 04'
> ses0: pass3,da3: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 3
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fcf
> ses0: pass4,da4: Element descriptor: 'Slot 05'
> ses0: pass4,da4: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 4
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd0
> ses0: pass5,da5: Element descriptor: 'Slot 06'
> ses0: pass5,da5: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 5
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd1
> ses0: pass6,da6: Element descriptor: 'Slot 07'
> ses0: pass6,da6: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 6
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd2
> ses0: pass7,da7: Element descriptor: 'Slot 08'
> ses0: pass7,da7: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 7
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd3
> ses0: pass8,da8: Element descriptor: 'Slot 09'
> ses0: pass8,da8: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 8
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd4
> ses0: pass9,da9: Element descriptor: 'Slot 10'
> ses0: pass9,da9: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 9
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd5
> ses0: pass10,da10: Element descriptor: 'Slot 11'
> ses0: pass10,da10: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 10
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd6
> ses0: pass11,da11: Element descriptor: 'Slot 12'
> ses0: pass11,da11: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 11
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd7
> ses0: pass12,da12: Element descriptor: 'Slot 13'
> ses0: pass12,da12: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 12
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd8
> ses0: pass13,da13: Element descriptor: 'Slot 14'
> ses0: pass13,da13: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 13
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fd9
> ses0: pass14,da14: Element descriptor: 'Slot 15'
> ses0: pass14,da14: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 14
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fda
> ses0: pass15,da15: Element descriptor: 'Slot 16'
> ses0: pass15,da15: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 15
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fdb
> ses0: pass16,da16: Element descriptor: 'Slot 17'
> ses0: pass16,da16: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 16
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fdc
> ses0: pass17,da17: Element descriptor: 'Slot 18'
> ses0: pass17,da17: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 17
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fdd
> ses0: pass18,da18: Element descriptor: 'Slot 22'
> ses0: pass18,da18: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 21
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fe1
> ses0: pass19,da19: Element descriptor: 'Slot 23'
> ses0: pass19,da19: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 22
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fe2
> ses0: pass20,da20: Element descriptor: 'Slot 24'
> ses0: pass20,da20: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 23
> ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
> ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ee4fff addr 5003048000ee4fe3

-- End of security output --

Recently received that as a security output, I upgraded from 9.3 to 9.3.1 last Friday, and this is the first I am seeing this message, not sure if it indicates a problem or not.

 

[Ericloewe]

Sounds like the enclosure management controller on your backplane was rebooted for some reason. At least that's my first guess. ses is the SCSI Enclosure Services driver, which has also shown up in some USB-Attached SCSI-capable USB drives, mysteriously.

 

[cyberjock]

What @Ericloewe said. This happens for some backplanes and there's no rhyme or reason for why it happens. It's not a problem and you can just ignore them.

 

[SweetAndLow]

pulling an older thread from the grave a little bit but wanted to point out that I have these same messages after upgrading from 9.3.1 to 9.10.1(d989edd). This could also be from a motherboard bios update or reboot. I have no clue what their purpose is and they don't seem to cause problems.

I have a Supermicro 846E16 with the normal sas2 backplane that comes with it, not sure of the part number.

Code:

Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da6,pass6: Element descriptor: 'Slot 01'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da6,pass6: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 0
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73cc
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da5,pass5: Element descriptor: 'Slot 03'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da5,pass5: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 2
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73ce
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da2,pass2: Element descriptor: 'Slot 05'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da2,pass2: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 4
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d0
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da9,pass9: Element descriptor: 'Slot 08'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da9,pass9: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 7
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d3
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da10,pass11: Element descriptor: 'Slot 09'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da10,pass11: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 8
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d4
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da1,pass1: Element descriptor: 'Slot 10'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da1,pass1: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 9
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d5
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da11,pass12: Element descriptor: 'Slot 11'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da11,pass12: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 10
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d6
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da8,pass8: Element descriptor: 'Slot 12'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da8,pass8: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 11
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d7
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da0,pass0: Element descriptor: 'Slot 13'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da0,pass0: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 12
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d8
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da12,pass13: Element descriptor: 'Slot 14'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da12,pass13: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 13
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73d9
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da7,pass7: Element descriptor: 'Slot 15'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da7,pass7: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 14
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73da
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da13,pass14: Element descriptor: 'Slot 16'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da13,pass14: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 15
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73db
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da4,pass4: Element descriptor: 'Slot 17'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da4,pass4: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 16
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73dc
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da14,pass15: Element descriptor: 'Slot 20'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da14,pass15: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 19
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73df
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da15,pass16: Element descriptor: 'Slot 22'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da15,pass16: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 21
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73e1
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da3,pass3: Element descriptor: 'Slot 24'
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0: da3,pass3: SAS Device Slot Element: 1 Phys at Slot 23
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: SATA device
Sep 25 19:39:46 tubby ses0:  phy 0: parent 5003048000ec73ff addr 5003048000ec73e3

 

[mensch90]

Found this threat due same problem sporadic filling the syslog on three identical machines with avago sas hba 9207...
Any news on that?

 

[Darren Myers]

Found this threat due same problem sporadic filling the syslog on three identical machines with avago sas hba 9207...
Any news on that?

I have not received one since Sept 4th when I rebooted my chassis and received the same security output. It does seem related to the backplane reboots, so far theres no corrupted data that scrubs have found or any other issues. I have only received 4 of those emails since my original post in May 2016.

 

[Ericloewe]

You could try looking for firmware updates for the backplane. They might attenuate the issue.