PowerPath for Linux 7.0 Displaying the same LUN nice name for different LUNs

Summary: PowerPath for Linux 7.0 Displaying the same LUN nice name for different LUNs

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Symptoms

Installation or upgrade to PowerPath for Linux 7.0.

OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
Dell EMC SW: PowerPath for Linux 7.0

Pseudo name=emcpowera
VNX ID=CETVXXXXXXXXXX [SG_SDTWLNX00210_211]
Logical device ID=6006016012D036004CXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [LUN 131]
state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; queued-IOs=0
Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B    Array failover mode: 4
==============================================================================
--------------- Host ---------------   - Stor -  -- I/O Path --   -- Stats ---
###  HW Path               I/O Paths    Interf.  Mode     State   Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
  18 qla2xxx                sde        SP B7     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdd        SP B6     active   alive      0      0
  18 qla2xxx                sdc        SP A6     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdb        SP A7     active   alive      0      0

Pseudo name=emcpowerb
VNX ID=CETVXXXXXXXXXX [SG_SDTWLNX00210_211]
Logical device ID=6006016012D03600AFXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [LUN 131]
state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; queued-IOs=0
Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B    Array failover mode: 4
==============================================================================
--------------- Host ---------------   - Stor -  -- I/O Path --   -- Stats ---
###  HW Path               I/O Paths    Interf.  Mode     State   Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
  18 qla2xxx                sdi        SP B7     active   alive      0      0
  18 qla2xxx                sdh        SP A6     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdg        SP B6     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdf        SP A7     active   alive      0      0

Pseudo name=emcpowerc
VNX ID=CETVXXXXXXXXXX [SG_SDTWLNX00210_211]
Logical device ID=6006016012D03600ADXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [LUN 131]
state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; queued-IOs=0
Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B    Array failover mode: 4
==============================================================================
--------------- Host ---------------   - Stor -  -- I/O Path --   -- Stats ---
###  HW Path               I/O Paths    Interf.  Mode     State   Q-IOs Errors
==============================================================================
  18 qla2xxx                sdm        SP B7     active   alive      0      0
  18 qla2xxx                sdl        SP A6     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdk        SP B6     active   alive      0      0
  16 qla2xxx                sdj        SP A7     active   alive      0      0


Cause

PowerPath for Linux 7.0 bug.

Resolution

For RHEL 7.x and RHEL 8.x this is fixed in PowerPath for Linux 7.0 P01 and later releases.
PowerPath for Linux 7.0 P01 is available for download at the support site.

Additional Information

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This fix is only applicable for RHEL 7.x and RHEL 8.x.
This bug is specific to PowerPath for Linux 7.0 Only.
This bug is limited to the LUN nice name and is cosmetic in nature. 
There is no impact to other PowerPath functionality such as path failover and I/O load balancing.

For other Linux OS distributions this fix is scheduled to be released in the next major release of PowerPath for Linux.
Article Properties
Article Number: 000168483
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2025
Version:  4
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