No, configchange on the dmx fixed that. All seems fine now on the 
rhel5-box.

Read-slowness actually shows up on rhel4.5, but only after multipathing a 
device with dm. Using Powerpath on the same server shows no performance 
degradation.

--

   Jussi

> Hi Jussi.
> 
>       Are you still seeing the links going up and down? The present
> default DM-MPIO policy for the Symmetrix is to fail immediately. If
> you're having link issues then you'll continue to bounce back and forth
> between paths and this will affect the performance. 
>       You've stated that the performance was degraded when DM-MPIO is
> used. Was the performance better without the use of DM-MPIO and the
> setting of the D bit on the FA?
> 
> Regards,
> Wayne.
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jussi Silvennoinen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:31 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [rhelv5-list] Re: rhel5 + qlogic + DMX3 (Was: nothing)
> 
> > Jussi,
> > 
> > Sounds like a simple configuration issue.
> > 
> > Try checking that the D bit has been set on the FA per the EMC Host 
> > Connectivity Guide for Linux on PowerLink:
> > 
> >
> https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/live1
> /en_US/Offering_Technical/Technical_Documentation/300-003-865_a04_elccnt
> _0.pdf?mtcs=ZXZlbnRUeXBlPUttQ2xpY2tDb250ZW50RXZlbnQsZG9jdW1lbnRJZD0wOTAx
> NDA2NjgwMjU3MzhhLG5hdmVOb2RlPVNvZndhcmVEb3dubG9hZHMtMg__
> > 
> > Regards,
> 
> Thanks, got it sorted.
> 
> Still a bit puzzled why I'm seeing very slow reads from the array after
> I 
> multipath it.

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