You can enable the system to support multipathing for Linux hosts.
Before you begin
The system supports the Linux
device-mapper multipathing driver for the iSCSI host attachment. After the iSCSI devices are
discovered, you can enable multipathing.
About this task
To enable multipathing for a Linux
host, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- If the daemon is already running, stop the multipathing daemon with the service
multipathd stop command.
- Add the entry for the system by editing the multipath configuration file,
/etc/multipath.conf. In the DMMP configuration file,
/etc/multipath.conf, ensure that the default settings include the values that
are described in Settings for Linux hosts
Note: Prevent blacklisting of the IBM
2145 devices by either disabling blacklisting of devices entirely or by adding an
appropriate entry in the blacklist_exceptions section.
- Save the file.
- Restart the multipathing daemon with the service
multipathd start command.
If you are using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service
Pack 2 or later, replace the line prio "/sbin/mpath_prio/alua /dev/%n"
with prio "alua" to disable the Using deprecated
prio message.
Note: Linux usually enables multipathing
automatically. However, in some cases such as the RH 6.3 SAN boot installation, the multipathing is
not configured properly. If this situation occurs, you must manually edit the
/etc/multipath.conf file. For information about DM-multipath, see the Linux
Storage Administration Guide or
DM-Multipathing Installation and Configuration
Guide for your kernel from the Linux provider. For
more information about Linux system configuration, see the
following website:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/linuxonibm/liaab/ic-homepage.htm