https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/mpio-question/m-p/6367703#M7965 <P>setting up HP DSM MPIO for first time. i nic 2 ports. i setup a lun to be accessed via both ips and Fault tolerant MPIO policy.. Why do i see 4 connections in iscsi connections for the LUN shouldnt it be just 2? i see two connections listed as DSM and two dont have DSM listed at end. Also can someone explain what the MCS option is?</P> Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:54:08 GMT jasp2k 2014-02-06T23:54:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/mpio-question/m-p/6367703#M7965 <P>setting up HP DSM MPIO for first time. i nic 2 ports. i setup a lun to be accessed via both ips and Fault tolerant MPIO policy.. Why do i see 4 connections in iscsi connections for the LUN shouldnt it be just 2? i see two connections listed as DSM and two dont have DSM listed at end. Also can someone explain what the MCS option is?</P> Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:54:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/mpio-question/m-p/6367703#M7965 jasp2k 2014-02-06T23:54:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/mpio-question/m-p/6368515#M7966 <P>the document Sudhakar linked in your other thread should describe all of this to you. &nbsp;You should probably have MORE iscsi connections, but thats probably because you have it set for "vendor specific" load balancing and not round robbin as you should.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:33:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/mpio-question/m-p/6368515#M7966 oikjn 2014-02-07T16:33:39Z