[dm-devel] [PATCH] multipath-tools: add info about HPE Alletra 6000 and 9000

[Martin Wilck]

On Do, 2021-06-03 at 23:24 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck at suse.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins at redhat.com>
> Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui at opensvc.com>
> Cc: DM-DEVEL ML <dm-devel at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com>
> ---
>  README.alua                | 2 +-
>  libmultipath/hwtable.c     | 4 ++--
>  multipath/multipath.conf.5 | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README.alua b/README.alua
> index b15eb487..5d2b1c64 100644
> --- a/README.alua
> +++ b/README.alua
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To enable ALUA, the following options should be
> changed:
>  - EMC CLARiiON/VNX:
>     "Failover Mode" should be changed to "4" or "Active-Active
> mode(ALUA)-failover mode 4"
>  
> -- HPE 3PAR:
> +- HPE 3PAR, Primera, and Alletra 9000:
>     "Host:" should be changed to "Generic-ALUA Persona 2 (UARepLun,
> SESLun, ALUA)".
>  
>  - Promise VTrak/Vess:
> diff --git a/libmultipath/hwtable.c b/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> index 58fa7387..e884d8c7 100644
> --- a/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> +++ b/libmultipath/hwtable.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static struct hwentry default_hw[] = {
>          * HPE
>          */
>         {
> -               /* 3PAR / Primera */
> +               /* 3PAR / Primera / Alletra 9000 */
>                 .vendor        = "3PARdata",
>                 .product       = "VV",
>                 .pgpolicy      = GROUP_BY_PRIO,
> @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static struct hwentry default_hw[] = {
>                 .prio_name     = PRIO_ALUA,
>         },
>         {
> -               /* Nimble Storage */
> +               /* Nimble Storage / HPE Alletra 6000 */
>                 .vendor        = "Nimble",
>                 .product       = "Server",
>                 .hwhandler     = "1 alua",
> diff --git a/multipath/multipath.conf.5 b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> index 064e4826..c2b642dc 100644
> --- a/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> +++ b/multipath/multipath.conf.5
> @@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ The vpd page abbreviation can be found by
> running \fIsg_vpd -e\fR. multipathd
>  will use this information to gather device specific information that
> can be
>  displayed with the \fI%g\fR wilcard for the \fImultipathd show maps
> format\fR
>  and \fImultipathd show paths format\fR commands. Currently only the
> -\fBhp3par\fR vpd page is supported.
> +\fBhp3par\fR vpd page(for HPE 3PAR, Primera, and Alletra 9000) is
> supported.

Nack. Array-specific info like this doesn't belong in the man page.
The rest of the patch is fine.

Regards
Martin


>  .TP
>  .B hardware_handler
>  The hardware handler to use for this device type.