Figure 3 - Coraid Parallel Path Utilization W/O Mpio - Avaya VSP 9000 Technical Configuration Manual

6) Each PC should mount a different RAID array:
mount -t ext3 /dev/<device> /mnt/coraid
7) Confirm that the RAID is reachable to the drive and write a file to it with the following command:
cd /mnt/coraid;touch foo
The Coraid HBAs have two ports and utilize every available port between the server initiator and target
(see Figure 3). The HBAs have Coraid firmware to manage the Ethernet SAN and cannot be configured
as a regular network card.
Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series storage appliances do not support MLT or LACP. Coraid HBAs
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load balance and provide high performance link redundancy without the need for port
aggregation, bonding, or traditional SAN MPIO software.
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For Coraid HBA support information, go to Coraid EtherDrive: Ethernet SAN for Virtualization,
Cloud, and Enterprise Storage at http://www.coraid.com/support/customer_support.
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Write #2c
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Figure 3 – Coraid parallel path utilization w/o MPIO
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