[zfcp] SCSI paths to IBM 2145 LUNs failing repeatedly
Issue
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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
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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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