Gil, DS4300 has two modes: AVT, which means only one path can be used at any point in time. Using an alternate path will cause Automated Volume Transfer and add significant latency. RDAC, which means only one path can be used at any point in time. Using an alternate path will cause an I/O error unless the volume has been migrated manually or by a hardware_handler. Best Regards Holger Smolinski -- Dr. Holger Smolinski, Linux Technology Center, Linux on zSeries Author of the '-t2'-Option IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH,Schönaicher Str. 220, 71032 Böblingen FAX: +49-7031-16-3456, Tel. +49-7031-16-4652 "Gil" <gils@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: To dm-devel-bounces@ <dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx> redhat.com cc Subject 29.05.2006 19:42 IBM DS4300 Please respond to device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat. com> Hi list, I have the following SAN hardware, and would be very grateful for any help: SAN: IBM DS4300 Storage Server with Turbo Option HBA: Fast Host Bus Adapter FC-2 Switch: 2 IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch H08 (8-portas) Does multipath-tools support this hardware? How should I configure it? I have tried to use multipath with it, using default configuration, but I am having performance problems. What I would like to figure out is if multipath-tools has anything to do with it. Best regards, Gil-- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel -- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel