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AutoSupport message: ARS Partial Path Transition

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Applies to

  • Data ONTAP 7 and earlier
  • Sysconfig -a with single-path or multi-path under System Storage Configuration

Issue

Risk Level: Low
Potential Impact: Low
Mitigation Difficulty: Medium

Exposure Conditions:

Storage with a single path left undiagnosed can cause unexpected outages if the remaining path fails. Additionally, there is a potential performance impact when some drives are single-pathed while other members of the raid group are multi-pathed.

  • A combination of drives reporting Primary Port and Secondary Port
  • Some drives reporting Primary Port only in storage show

 

 

 

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