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Linux® 2.6 Device Driver Issues with Levels Qlogic® 8.01.07 or Higher and Emulex® 8.16.34 or Higher

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IBM has seen issues with SVC, Storwize® V7000, and Storwize® V7000 Unified during activities that result in path failover. Paths are slandered by the Linux® operating system when running with Qlogic® 8.01.07 or higher and Emulex® 8.16.34 or higher.

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If this situation occurs with SVC, Storwize® V7000, and Storwize® V7000 Unified then manually resetting the paths to an online state resolves the issue.

To bring the paths back online manually, check the file named 'model' in all /sys/class/scsi_device/<device dir>/device directories. If 'model' contains 2145, then:

For SLES

Check the file named 'online' in the same directory:
(/sys/class/scsi_device/<device dir>/device/online)

If it contains "0" then the relative path has been slandered so change to "1" by running:

Echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/<device dir>/device/online


For Red Hat

Check the file named 'state' in the same directory:
(/sys/class/scsi_device/<device dir>/device/state)

If it contains "offline" then change to "running" by


Echo "running" > /sys/class/scsi_device/<device dir>/device/state


These issues have been resolved in later levels of Linux, SLES11SP1, and RHEL6.1, when running in combination with the latest drivers.

Related Information

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Modified date:
28 March 2023

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