Environment
Servers that experience this issue have the following configuration:
- Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5
- HP ProLiant servers configured with HP 8 Internal Port SAS HBA with RAID adapter
- This issue is observed with LSIMPTNW.HAM driver v4.01.05, May 26, 2006
Situation
The server abends with a Page Fault Processor Exception with
additional information showing the following:
"The CPU encountered a problem executing code in
NWPA.NLM."
A coredump of the problem shows the abend happens in NWPA.NLM
| Send_Adapter_Failed_Notification.
The cause of the problem is that NWPA.NLM references an
invalid memory location while processing an adapter failure event
notification for a HAM driver request completing with an internal
adapter error.
Resolution
Apply and use an updated NWPA.NLM (available shortly in Novell
NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 6) with a date of September 26, 2006 or
later.