Le lundi 08 mai 2006 à 22:43 +0100, Shyam Sundar a écrit : > I have a single port qla2342 initiator connected to a > MSA-1000 through a Switch. > The two ports of the MSA 1000 are connected to the > switch exposing 2 paths to the target LUNs. > When I display the topology using > > multipath -ll > > i get the output as follows: > 3600805................ > [size=9GB][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0] > \_round-robin 0 [prio=1][active] > \_ 17:0:0:3 sda 8:0 [failed][faulty] > \_ 17:0:1:3 sdi 8:128[active][ready] > 3600805................ > .............................. > .............................. > > > Is it normal for a MSA1000 target to have a "faulty" > and a "ready" path. It is, as this hardware is active/passive. Which is not, is the multibus topology, where you should use group by serial or failover. > If yes, what does "faulty" signify > ? It means the path is not useable as-is. It is activated only when necesary or when asked to. > > Under what condition does the faulty path become > ready? "sg_start" the path or play with the LU ownership on the MSA management console. Regards, cvaroqui -- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel