topic Is &quot;rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_alua&quot; needed on kernel command line for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16 (E5700) in EF & E-Series, SANtricity, and Related Plug-ins https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140351#M565 <P>It's mentioned in&nbsp;<A href="http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-fc-rhel-cg/GUID-A46327AC-5A5E-459F-87E0-B25B0D83F52B.html?cp=12_1_1_6&nbsp;but" target="_blank">http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-fc-rhel-cg/GUID-A46327AC-5A5E-459F-87E0-B25B0D83F52B.html?cp=12_1_1_6&nbsp;but</A> it doesn't say what OS and version should be used.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>E-Series docs don't mention this as far as I can tell.</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:42:03 GMT elementx 2025-06-04T13:42:03Z Is "rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_alua" needed on kernel command line for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16 (E5700) https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140351#M565 <P>It's mentioned in&nbsp;<A href="http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-fc-rhel-cg/GUID-A46327AC-5A5E-459F-87E0-B25B0D83F52B.html?cp=12_1_1_6&nbsp;but" target="_blank">http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-fc-rhel-cg/GUID-A46327AC-5A5E-459F-87E0-B25B0D83F52B.html?cp=12_1_1_6&nbsp;but</A> it doesn't say what OS and version should be used.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>E-Series docs don't mention this as far as I can tell.</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:42:03 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140351#M565 elementx 2025-06-04T13:42:03Z Re: Is "rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_alua" needed on kernel command line for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 1 https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140409#M569 <P>This is not required for E-Series arrays.</P> Mon, 21 May 2018 18:18:43 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140409#M569 MitchBlackburn 2018-05-21T18:18:43Z Re: Is "rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_alua" needed on kernel command line for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 1 https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140502#M579 <P>Ok, maybe that should be documented (or corrected in teh document I referred to)</P> Thu, 24 May 2018 15:01:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/EF-E-Series-SANtricity-and-Related-Plug-ins/Is-quot-rdloaddriver-scsi-dh-alua-quot-needed-on-kernel-command-line-for-CentOS/m-p/140502#M579 elementx 2018-05-24T15:01:18Z