anaconda takes a very long time to examine multipath devices

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • anaconda keeps examining the devices for a long time at "Examining Devices" screen when lots of multipath devices are attached.
  • There was a case that it took over an hour at the environment with 256 multipath LUNs and 4 paths for each.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

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