topic Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000 in Operating System - Linux

Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Walid Halabi — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:23:26 GMT

Dear all,
i have redhat 4 update 4, we i present Vdisk from eva4000 it appears 4 disks

what is the command syntax to make it one disk

regards,

Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Ivan Ferreira — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:57:41 GMT

Normally, multipath support is provided by the adapter driver. For example, if you have qlogic adapter, then install the driver with multipath support.

Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Walid Halabi — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:03:24 GMT

thank you for your response,

i have Qlogic HBA,

but what is the command syntax to install the multipath support because i am not familiar with linux

Regards

Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:47:00 GMT

Shalom,

http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/multipath.html

http://lwn.net/Articles/13798/

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_x/ibm_sw_sansurfer_2.0.30b81_linux_i386.txt

Read, enjoy and pick your poison.

SEP

Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Jimmy Vance — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:32:51 GMT

You need some sort of multi-pathing so you don't see each path multiple times. You can use the multi-path built into the HP QLogic driver or you can look at the Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=3559652〈=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodClassId=-1&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3559651

Re: Linux Multipath configuration with EVA4000

Walid Halabi — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:41:16 GMT

Dear all,

after install the qlogic software kit the connection to the fiber switch lost (No syncronising),

i tried to remove and reinstall the driver but the same problem,no syncronising

walid