Thanks for answering. why will I still see queue if_if_no_path? Ok for the kb... it was the same I referred to in my qyestion... ;-) And what about having a multipath.conf like this? blacklist { devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*" } defaults { user_friendly_names yes polling_interval 30 rr_min_io 100 } device { vendor "IBM" product "1750500" getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" prio_callout "/sbin/mpath_prio_alua %d" hardware_handler "0" path_grouping_policy group_by_prio failback immediate rr_weight uniform path_checker tur no_path_retry 3 } multipaths { multipath { wwid 3600507630efe0b0c0000000000000600 alias mpath0 no_path_retry queue } multipath { wwid 3600507630efe0b0c0000000000000601 alias mpath1 no_path_retry queue } [snip] multipath { wwid 3600507630efe0b0c0000000000000610 alias mpath6 } [snip] } what would I see with multipath -l? As in defaults for this device there is features 1 queue_if_no_path and there is no other option configurable per "features" key in device section.... what would be the effect? Or in other words, can I disable the "features" key for a device....? For example setting fir it the no_path_retry that semms applicable to the device section itself...? Gianluca -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel