IJ46804: CRASH AT STARTUP IF NUMBER OF RDMA DEVICES EXCEEDS 128

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Storage Scale will crash at startup if RDMA is enabled and
  the number of RDMA devices on a node exceeds 128.
  

Local fix

• Disable RDMA or reduce the number RDMA devices to 128 or less.
  

Problem summary

• IBM Storage Scale will crash at startup if RDMA is enabled and
  the number of RDMA devices on a node exceeds 128.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.2.12 
  To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and their respective
  Fix solutions refer to page:
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale_
  apars.html
  
  Benefits of the solution:
  IBM Storage Scale will no longer crash at startup when then
  number of RDMA devices on a node exceeds 128.
  
  Work Around:
  Disable RDMA or reduce the number RDMA devices to 128 or less.
  
  Problem trigger:
  RDMA is enabled and the number of RDMA devices on a node exceeds
  128.
  
  Symptom
  Abend/Crash
  
  Platforms affected:
  ALL Linux OS environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
  RDMA
  
  Customer Impact:
  Critical
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels