Zseries SLES 9 SP2 supports coding multipath=yes or multipath=all or
multipath=host3,host5,...hostn in
/etc/zipl.conf's kernel parameters ;
Example: parameters = "multipath=yes root=/dev/..."
and during linux booting up, its initrd's /linuxrc shell script checks
for "multipath=" and does somethin
ent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:48 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: SLES9 scsi multipath initrd-linuxrc question
Zseries SLES 9 SP2 supports coding multipath=yes or multipath=all or
multipath=host3,host5,...hostn in
/etc/zipl.conf's kernel parameters ;
Example: parameters = "
ux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Post, Mark K
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:46 PM
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Subject: Re: SLES9 scsi multipath initrd-linuxrc question
>From what I can tell, it's doing just what the release notes say. For
anything you've designat
I'm finding that multipath support in Linux sits above the SCSI layer, and
therefore also above the zFCP layer. Thought I caught a hint of zSeries
specific configuration in the use of the "multipath=" parm. But
experience is showing it to NOT be platform specific.
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From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Richard Troth
Sent: Mon 9/18/2006 4:31 PM
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I'
Richard Troth wrote:
I'm finding that multipath support in Linux sits above the SCSI layer, and
therefore also above the zFCP layer. Thought I caught a hint of zSeries
specific configuration in the use of the "multipath=" parm. But
experience is showing it to NOT be platform specific.
Well;
ystem.
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hannes Reinecke
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:37 AM
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Richard Troth wrote:
> I'm finding that mul
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 08:23:54AM -0400, Romanowski, John (OFT) wrote:
> Hannes,
> I'm confused that SLES 9 added a parameter, multipath=, to switch "off
> multipathing in the initrd,
> ie for the root fs"
>
> but Novell says specifically for SLES 9 that "Currently, DM MPIO is not
> available
m your system.
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On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 08:23:54AM -0400
