On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:15:20PM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > On 2005-06-15T10:56:34, Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > here is a note describing the lego blocks needed to have a fully > > operational multipath stack with StorageWorks and Qlogic hardware. > > Christophe, is the "ghost" denomination there to stay? > > If so, the passive paths (ie, to the non-active Service Processor) of > the EMC CLARiiON also might wish to use this... > I'm not attached to the ghost term, but what it describes is here to stay. This state has a special treatment in the daemon : paths in this state are kept in active state in the DM, instead of proactively being failed. This is for the hwhandler to be given a chance to activate a PG with only ghost paths in it. If you come with a better term, I'll sure consider it. Maybe "spare" ? Regards, cvaroqui
