And from asking that question here I received a reply stating that its done so using a round robin type algorithm.
Kurt Acker "Michael A. Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> 03/08/2006 02:45 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: VM I/O load balancing on emulated FBA EDEVICE I don't think CP is involved in this; this should be the function of the channel subsystem. CP starts a subchannel and subsystem picks an available path. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Romanowski, John (OFT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On z/VM5.2 I have an EDEVICE defined with multiple FCP paths to its scsi > device. > Does anyone know if VM does I/O load balancing across the EDEVICE's FCP > paths? > Or does VM use the extra paths just for fail-over when one of the FCP > paths is lost? > -------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or > otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you > received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it > to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its > attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete > the e-mail from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
