Hi! I have contacted list almost a half a year ago about this storage. I still haven't figured out how to set it up... I have 3 nodes connected to it, and 2 volumes shared across all 3 nodes. I'm using CentOS 5.4. Here is my multipath.conf: defaults { udev_dir /dev polling_interval 10 selector "round-robin 0" path_grouping_policy multibus getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" prio_callout /bin/true path_checker readsector0 rr_min_io 100 max_fds 8192 rr_weight priorities failback immediate no_path_retry fail } blacklist { devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" devnode "^hd[a-z]" devnode "^sda" } multipaths { multipath { wwid 3600a0b80003abc5c000011504b52f919 alias sas-qd } multipath { wwid 3600a0b80002fcd1800001a374b52fa1e alias sas-data } } devices { device { vendor "SUN" product "LCSM100_S" getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" prio_callout "/sbin/mpath_prio_rdac /dev/%n" features "0" hardware_handler "1 rdac" path_grouping_policy group_by_prio failback immediate path_checker rdac rr_weight uniform no_path_retry 300 rr_min_io 1000 } } And here is multipath -ll: # multipath -ll sas-data sas-data (3600a0b80002fcd1800001a374b52fa1e) dm-1 SUN,LCSM100_S [size=2.7T][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=100][enabled] \_ 1:0:3:1 sde 8:64 [active][ready] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled] \_ 1:0:0:1 sdc 8:32 [active][ghost] On that volume, I have set up CLVM, and I have created one logical clustered volume. If I try to format it with ext3, here is what I finish with: Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: mptbase: ioc1: LogInfo(0x31140000): Originator={PL}, Code={IO Executed}, SubCode(0x0000) Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360267648 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:64. Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360269696 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360527744 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360528768 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360529792 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 multipathd: 8:64: mark as failed Jan 26 23:00:43 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360530816 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 multipathd: sas-data: remaining active paths: 1 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 multipathd: dm-1: add map (uevent) Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360531840 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 multipathd: dm-1: devmap already registered Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 multipathd: sdd: remove path (uevent) Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360789888 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:44 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1360790912 . . . lot of similar messages . . . Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:1:1: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 1358694784 Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: mptsas: ioc1: removing ssp device, channel 0, id 4, phy 7 Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: scsi 1:0:1:0: rdac Dettached Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: scsi 1:0:1:1: rdac Dettached Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: queueing MODE_SELECT command. Jan 26 23:00:50 node01 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Using scsi_dh module scsi_dh_rdac for failover/failback and device management. Jan 26 23:00:51 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: rdac Dettached Jan 26 23:00:51 node01 multipathd: sas-qd: load table [0 204800 multipath 0 1 rdac 1 1 round-robin 0 1 1 8:16 1000] Jan 26 23:00:51 node01 multipathd: sde: remove path (uevent) Jan 26 23:00:51 node01 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Using scsi_dh module scsi_dh_rdac for failover/failback and device management. Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: rdac Dettached Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 multipathd: sas-data: load table [0 5855165440 multipath 0 1 rdac 1 1 round-robin 0 1 1 8:32 1000] Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 multipathd: dm-0: add map (uevent) Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 multipathd: dm-0: devmap already registered Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 multipathd: dm-1: add map (uevent) Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 multipathd: dm-1: devmap already registered Jan 26 23:00:52 node01 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Cannot failover device because scsi_dh_rdac was not loaded. Any ideas? -- | Jakov Sosic | ICQ: 28410271 | PGP: 0x965CAE2D | ================================================================= | start fighting cancer -> http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ | -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel