Why do SCSI timeout values differ on Red Hat Enterprise Linux guests on VMWare ESX4 and ESX3.5?
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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Problem
SCSI Timeout values on RHEL 5.4 guests running on VMWare ESX4 are set to 180 seconds, where RHEL 5.4 guests running on VMWare ESX 3.5 report a 60 second timeout.
Resolution
This timeout change is due to change in the default values set at boot by VMWare. The values are set on boot via udev ...
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