## This is the /etc/multipath.conf file recommended for ## EMC storage devices. ## ## OS : RHEL 4 U3 ## Arrays : CLARiiON and Symmetrix ## ## The blacklist is the enumeration of all devices that are to be ## excluded from multipath control devnode_blacklist { ## Replace the wwid with the output of the command ## 'scsi_id -g -u -s /block/[internal scsi disk name]' ## Enumerate the wwid for all internal scsi disks. ## Optionally, the wwid of VCM database may also be listed here. ## 3-4 Native Multipath Failover, DM-MPIO for v2.6.x Linux Kernel ## and EMC Storage Arrays Configuration Guide ## Native Multipath Failover on RHEL 4 ##wwid 35005076718 d4224d ##or just do this: devnode "^sda" devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" devnode "^hd[a-z][0-9]*" devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*[p[0-9]*]" } ## Use user friendly names, instead of using WWIDs as names. defaults { ## Use user friendly names, instead of using WWIDs as names. user_friendly_names yes } devices { ## Device attributes requirements for EMC Symmetrix ## are part of the default definitions and do not require separate ## definition. ## Device attributes for EMC CLARiiON device { vendor "DGC " product "*" path_grouping_policy group_by_prio getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" prio_callout "/sbin/mpath_prio_emc /dev/%n" path_checker emc_clariion path_selector "round-robin 0" features "1 queue_if_no_path" no_path_retry 300 hardware_handler "1 emc" failback immediate } }