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3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal.
4 On the Hard Disks page, select Configure > Configure iSCSI, then click Continue when
prompted to continue with initializing the iSCSI initiator configuration.

9.3 Enabling Multipath I/O Support at Install Time

If there are multiple I/O paths to the devices you want to use to create a software RAID device for
the root (/) partition, you must enable multipath support before you create the software RAID
device.
1 Proceed with the YaST install of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 until you reach the Installation
Settings page.
2 Click Partitioning to open the Preparing Hard Disk page, click Custom Partitioning (for
experts), then click Next.
3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal.
4 On the Hard Disks page, select Configure > Configure Multipath, then click Yes when
prompted to activate multipath.
This re-scans the devices and resolves the multiple paths so that each device is listed only once
in the list of hard disks.
9.4 Creating a Software RAID Device for the Root
(/) Partition
1 Proceed with the YaST install of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 until you reach the Installation
Settings page.
2 Click Partitioning to open the Preparing Hard Disk page, click Custom Partitioning (for
experts), then click Next.
3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal, select the proposed partitions, then click Delete.
4 Create a swap partition.
4a On the Expert Partitioner page under Hard Disks, select the device you want to use for the
swap partition, then click Add on the Hard Disk Partitions tab.
4b Under New Partition Type, select Primary Partition, then click Next.
4c Under New Partition Size, specify the size to use, then click Next.
4d Under Format Options, select Format partition, then select Swap from the drop-down list.
4e Under Mount Options, select Mount partition, then select swap from the drop-down list.
4f Click Finish.
5 Set up the 0xFD Linux RAID format for each of the devices you want to use for the software
RAID.
5a On the Expert Partitioner page under Hard Disks, select the device you want to use in the
RAID, then click Add on the Hard Disk Partitions tab.
5b Under New Partition Type, select Primary Partition, then click Next.
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