Why these messages were logged to /var/log/messages file ?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Issue

• Below messages logged to messages file every 5 minutes.

kernel: 85 [RAIDarray.mpp]SS2540-M2:0:0:0 Illegal Request ASC/ASCQ 0x24/0x0, SKSBs 0xc0/0x0/0x2
kernel: 492 [RAIDarray.mpp]SS2540-M2:0:0:0 IO FAILURE. vcmnd SN 128171 pdev H7:C0:T0:L0 0x05/0x24
/0x00 0x08000002 mpp_status:1

Resolution

• These error messages indicate hardware failure. Please contact your hardware vendor for assistance.

Root Cause

• Hardware failure.

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