Hello, I have an IBM DS6800 storage system that is identified as 1750500 []# cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: ... Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00 Vendor: IBM Model: 1750500 Rev: .441 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 ... My system is rh el 5U3 x86_64 and has two fc hba connected to two fc switches (connected then to the 4 ports of the storage system). sw version is device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5 I have a doubt about default configuration. In this moment: in multipath.conf no particular setting about the storage model. I only have defaults { user_friendly_names yes } Under /usr/share/doc/device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7 multipath.conf.defaults says: #defaults { # udev_dir /dev # polling_interval 5 # selector "round-robin 0" # path_grouping_policy failover # getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" # prio_callout none # path_checker readsector0 # rr_min_io 1000 # rr_weight uniform # failback manual # no_path_retry fail # user_friendly_names no # bindings_file "/var/lib/multipath/bindings" #} and # device { # vendor "IBM" # product "1750500" # getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" # prio_callout "/sbin/mpath_prio_alua %d" # features "1 queue_if_no_path" # hardware_handler "0" # path_grouping_policy group_by_prio # failback immediate # rr_weight uniform # rr_min_io 1000 # path_checker tur # } multipath.conf.annotated says # # name : no_path_retry # # scope : multipath & multipathd # # desc : tell the number of retries until disable queueing, or # # "fail" means immediate failure (no queueing), # # "queue" means never stop queueing # # values : queue|fail|n (>0) # # default : (null) # # # #no_path_retry queue two questions: 1) what is the meaning of the line features "1 queue_if_no_path" ? I didn't find anything about the "features" key..... Is it the same as "no_path_retry=queue" ? 2) If the answer to 1) is no, taking for good the defaults above, does this mean that in a default config I have on my system no_path_retry fail ? Is there a command where I can see the actual config ? (if for example anyone wants to cross check defaults written in docs and real code behaviour) Thanks in advance, Gianluca -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel