[dm-devel] [PATCH 0/5] new devices + one fix

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

On 09/29/2017 09:10 PM, Martin Wilck wrote:

> On Sun, 2017-09-24 at 01:38 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

> I'd appreciate some information or references where you gathered the
> information about and tuning recommendations for the new devices. 

>>   multipath-tools: add XIOtech/Magnitude to hardware table

A +ten years old device without docs, just:
https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php/331730-Install-with-multi-pathing-qlogic-boards-to-Xiotech-SAN?p=1575165#post1575165
And also used as example in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SPx Storage Administration Guide:
https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/singlehtml/stor_admin/stor_admin.html

>>   multipath-tools: add XIV/NEXTRA to hardware table

XIV/NEXTRA is the previous VID/PID of IBM XIV Storage System
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247904.pdf
It's also generated by IBM/XIV Storage Host Attachment Kit.

>>   multipath-tools: add TMS/RamSan to hardware table

TMS/RamSan is the previous VID/PID of IBM FlashSystem
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7004385&aid=1

>>   multipath-tools: add AccelStor/NeoSapphire to hardware table

https://www.accelstor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Oracle-Database-Best-Practice-with-NeoSapphire-Series_20161118.pdf