load average on my HP server using hpvsa module always shows '6' or higher.

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Issue

  • My HP server using hpvsa module , load average always shows 6 or higher.
  • When checking D state process/threads from ps command, following process always has state 'D'.
0.0 D [PAL_EVENT]
0.0 D [ERROR]
0.0 D [RETRY]
0.0 D [PARSE]
0.0 D [CMPLT]
0.0 D [IDLE]

What is the cause of this behaviour ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
  • hpvsa module provided by HP

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