When writing to EMC XtremIO array I get 'Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/emcpowerw: Input/output error'

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Issue

  • I have an EMC XtremIO flash array. When creating a device with 4k blocksize I get these messages when trying to write to it:
Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/emcpowerw: Input/output error
sd 3:0:1:0: [sdg] Bad block number requested
sd 3:0:1:0: [sdg] Bad block number requested

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • EMC PowerPath (c) Version 5.7 SP 5 (build 2)

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