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Failure effectFault stimulus

If the LUN is not shared, I/O is suspended or process is terminated across this HBA

until path is restored.

If running OpenVMS 7.3-1 and the LUN is shared, another cluster node having

direct access will take over serving the device, resulting in no loss of service.

In either case, no data is lost or corrupted.

The operating system will report the volume in a Mount Verify state until the

MVTIMEOUT limit is exceeded, when it then marks the volume as Mount Verify

Timeout.

Server path failure

I/O is suspended or process is terminated across this HBA until path is restored. No

data is lost or corrupted.

The operating system will report the volume in a Mount Verify state until the

MVTIMEOUT limit is exceeded, when it then marks the volume as Mount Verify

Timeout.

Storage path failure

NetWare

Failure effectFault stimulus

OS reboots. When mounting volumes, volume repair or NSS rebuild

executes to cleanup volumes. Data loss, data that finished writing

survived.

Server failure (host power-cycled)

I/O to device stops with I/O errors indicated on server console.

Applications using lost connection halts. Server restart recommended