[zfcp] SCSI paths to IBM 2145 LUNs failing repeatedly

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • SCSI paths to IBM 2145 LUNs connected through zfcp are failing repeatedly:

    multipathd: mpatha: sdad - tur checker reports path is down
    multipathd: mpatha: sdaj - tur checker reports path is down
    multipathd: sdaj: couldn't get asymmetric access state
    multipathd: mpathb: sdck - tur checker reports path is down
    multipathd: mpathb: sdcl - tur checker reports path is down
    [...]
    
    mpatha (3600517181110111c10101010101016121) dm-3 IBM,2145
    size=500G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
    `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=30 status=active
      |- 0:0:1:5 sdl  8:176  active ready running
      |- 0:0:2:5 sdf  8:80   active ready running
      |- 1:0:2:5 sdr  65:16  active ready running
      |- 1:0:1:5 sdx  65:112 active ready running
      |- 2:0:0:5 sdad 65:208 failed faulty running  <---
      |- 2:0:1:5 sdaj 66:48  failed faulty running  <---
      |- 3:0:2:5 sdap 66:144 active ready running
      |- 3:0:1:5 sdav 66:240 active ready running
      |- 4:0:3:5 sdbb 67:80  active ready running
      |- 4:0:2:5 sdbh 67:176 active ready running
      |- 5:0:1:5 sdbn 68:16  active ready running
      `- 5:0:3:5 sdbt 68:112 active ready running
    
  • These repeated path failures also causes IO hang, and performance issues.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10
    kernel version < 2.6.32-754.27.1.el6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7
    kernel version < 3.10.0-1062.18.1.el7
  • IBM s390 with zfcp

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