<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6249.1"> <TITLE>device offlined</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">could you please let me known how to avoid device offlined on multipath environment.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I try to unplug primary fc channel for testing purpose but I receive a “scsi: device offlined” error. Even if I plug it back</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please let me known</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I’m using latest multipath release 4.7 on redhat ES4 U2</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Baesso Mirko - System Engineer</FONT></SPAN></A></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KSolutions.S.p.A.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Via Lenin 132/26</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">56017 S.Martino Ulmiano (PI) - Italy</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">tel.+ 39 0 50 898369 fax. + 39 0 50 861200</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-it"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">baesso@ksolutions.it http//www.ksolutions.it</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML>