Dell PowerVault MD3200i Owner's Manual page 182

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Below are some examples of the general mapping formats:
On RHEL hosts a partition node has the format
/dev/mapper/mpath<x>p<y>, where <x> is the alphabetic number for the
multipathing device, <y> is the partition number for this device.
On SLES 11.x hosts a partition node has the format
/dev/mapper/mpath<x>-part<y>, where <x> is letter(s) assigned to the
multipathing device and <y> is the partition number.
On SLES 10.3 hosts a partition node has the format
/dev/mapper/mpath<x>_part<y>, where <x> is the letter(s) assigned to
the multipathing device and <y> is the partition number.
NOTE:
After creating a partition on a multipathing device, all I/O operations,
including file system creation, raw I/O and file system I/O, must be done through the
partition node, and not through the multipathing device nodes.
Create a file system on a Device Mapper Partition
Use the standard mkfs command to create the file system on the newly
created Device Mapper partition
For example:
# mkfs –t <filesystem type> /dev/mapper/<partition
node>
where <partition node> is the partition on which the file system is
created.
Mount a Device Mapper Partition
Use the standard mount command to mount the Device Mapper partition, as
shown below.
# mount /dev/mapper/<partition_node> <mounting_point>
Ready For Use
The newly created virtual disks created on the MD3200i Series array are now
setup and ready to be used. Future reboots automatically find multipathing
devices along with their partitions.
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Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux