Hi,

I got autoloader(tape drive) attached to server for offloading data to tape. All jobs initiated keeps failing.. dmesg output spews these messages:

Type: Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision: 05
scsi 1:0:4:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 8
mptbase: ioc1: LogInfo(0x110b0000): F/W: Invalid Phase Change
mptbase: ioc1: LogInfo(0x110b0000): F/W: Invalid Phase Change
mptbase: ioc1: LogInfo(0x110b0000): F/W: Invalid Phase Change
mptbase: ioc1: LogInfo(0x110b0000): F/W: Invalid Phase Change
mptscsih: ioc1: attempting task abort! (sc=eb765329)
scsi 1:0:4:0:
command: Write(6): 0a 00 01 00 00 00
mptbase: ioc1: Initiating recovery
scsi 1:0:4:0: mptscsih: ioc1: completing cmds: fw_channel 0, fw_id 4, sc=eb765329, mf = f70836a0, idx=27
mptscsih: ioc1: Issue of TaskMgmt failed!
mptscsih: ioc1: task abort: FAILED (sc=eb765329)
mptscsih: ioc1: attempting target reset! (sc=eb765329)
scsi 1:0:4:0:
command: Write(6): 0a 00 01 00 00 00
mptscsih: ioc1: target reset: SUCCESS (sc=eb765329)
scsi 1:0:4:0: timing out command, waited 300s
target1:0:4: Beginning Domain Validation
mptscsih: ioc1: attempting task abort! (sc=eb765329)
scsi 1:0:4:0:
what could be wrong here?googling found me this bug
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493093
mpt driver version on my redhat kernel is 3.04.07.
is this a driver issue or any hardware problem?

thanks in advance
david