Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 2-23-2010 Administration Manual page 48

"Tested Storage Arrays for Multipathing Support" on page 49
"Storage Arrays that Require Specific Hardware Handlers" on page 49
Storage Arrays That Are Automatically Detected for Multipathing
The
multipath-tools
3PARdata VV
Compaq* HSV110
Compaq MSA1000
DDN SAN MultiDirector
DEC* HSG80
EMC* CLARiiON* CX
EMC Symmetrix*
FSC CentricStor*
Hewlett Packard* (HP*) A6189A
HP HSV110
HP HSV210
HP Open
Hitachi* DF400
Hitachi DF500
Hitachi DF600
IBM* 3542
IBM ProFibre 4000R
NetApp*
SGI* TP9100
SGI TP9300
SGI TP9400
SGI TP9500
STK OPENstorage DS280
Sun* StorEdge 3510
Sun T4
In general, most other storage arrays should work. When storage arrays are automatically detected,
the default settings for multipathing apply. If you want non-default settings, you must manually
create and configure the
and Configuring the /etc/multipath.conf File," on page
Testing of the IBM zSeries* device with multipathing has shown that the dev_loss_tmo parameter
should be set to 90 seconds, and the fast_io_fail_tmo parameter should be set to 5 seconds. If you
are using zSeries devices, you must manually create and configure the
to specify the values. For information, see
multipath.conf" on page
Hardware that is not automatically detected requires an appropriate entry for configuration in the
section of the
DEVICES
configure the configuration file. For information, see
etc/multipath.conf File," on page
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package automatically detects the following storage arrays:
/etc/multipath.conf
"Configuring Default Settings for zSeries in /etc/
59.
/etc/multipath.conf
56.
file. For information, see
56.
/etc/multipath.conf
file. In this case, you must manually create and
Section 7.4.5, "Creating and Configuring the /
Section 7.4.5, "Creating
file