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EMC PowerPath for Linux Version 4.5 and Point Releases Release Notes
Known Problems and Limitations
Limitations
PowerPath 4.5.x for Linux has the following limitations:
◆ PowerPath 4.5.x for Linux does not support:
• RHEL 3.0, SLES 8 or SLES 9 SP1, United Linux, Asianux Linux
1.0 (Red Flag or Miracle Linux).
• IA64 with 32-bit operating systems.
• Write throttling.
◆ PowerPath 4.5.x does not work correctly with any application
that uses SCSI-3 persistent register/reserve/preempt commands
(for example, VCS DB/AC).
◆ On IA64 host, PowerPath cannot start properly if the /usr file
system is mounted on a separate partition. EMC recommends
that
/usr be built as part of the root file system, as specified in the
default Linux installation.
◆ PowerPath SE (the unlicensed version of PowerPath) does not
support back-end failover for storage systems that are attached
through iSCSI on hosts that are running RHEL4 U2 and higher.
214659: Symmir will not establish a BCV mirror using the PowerPath pseudo
name of a Symmetrix metavolume.
4.4.0 Use the native volume name.
212513: After installing PowerPath 4.4 on a RHEL 4.0 with Emulex HBAs, the
following message is displayed during boot and no devices are visible:
Unknown IOCB command Data
4.4.0 1. Uninstall PowerPath 4.4.
2. Upgrade the HBA firmware to
3.92a2 (available on the Emulex
web site:
http://emulex.com/ts
/docoem/framemc.htm)
3. Re-install PowerPath.
211431: Manually editing the /etc/emc/mpaa.lams file (that is, for
generic LAM support) to change the status of a LAM that has configured
devices causes the powermt config command to return an error.
4.4.0 The error is benign; ignore it.
208594: On SLES 9 hosts, the Naviagent CLI (version 6.17, 6.18, and 6.19 for
the Linux 2.6 IA64 kernel) startup script fails when CLARiiON LUNs are
attached to the host.
4.4.0 None.
Table 1-7 Known Problems in PowerPath (continued)
Description
Found in
Version Workaround
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