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scanning process in the hope that the third-party MPIO software will

discover and manage the devices. If the process succeeds, Matrix Server

will continue to start as normal.

If the third-party software is unable to discover the target devices during

this process, Matrix Server causes the node to reboot a second time. The

goal of the second reboot is to allow the third-party MPIO software a

better change to discover devices before any other dependent software

starts. If this step is successful, Matrix Server will continue to start.

If the third-party MPIO software still cannot discover the disk targets,

Matrix Server will fail to start. The administrator must then determine

why the MPIO devices have not been discovered and resolve the issue.