The following are sample multipath.conf files that can be used for
Linux multipath configuration. The files may require modification
based on your particular configuration requirements.See the documentation
provide by the Linux distribution vendor for further guidance on multipath
configuration.
RHEL 6.5, 6.6,
6.7
defaults {
verbosity
2
polling_interval 10
checker_timeout
90
}
devices {
device {
vendor
"DELL"
product
"Shared PERC8"
hardware_handler
"1 alua"
path_grouping_policy
failover
prio
alua
path_checker
tur
rr_weight
priorities
failback
immediate
no_path_retry
fail
path_selector
"round-robin 0"
flush_on_last_del
no
user_friendly_names "yes"
features "0"
fast_io_fail_tmo
5
}
}
RHEL 7.1
defaults {
verbosity 2
polling_interval 10
uid_attribute "ID_SERIAL"
checker_timeout
90
}
devices {
device {
vendor "DELL"
product
"Shared PERC8"
hardware_handler "1 alua"
path_grouping_policy failover
prio alua
path_checker tur
rr_weight priorities
failback immediate
no_path_retry
fail
path_selector "round-robin 0"
flush_on_last_del no
user_friendly_names "yes"
alias_prefix "mpath-sperc"
features
"0"
fast_io_fail_tmo 5
}
}
blacklist {
wwid
"<WWID of OS VD>"
}
For
all versions up to SLES 11 SP4
defaults {
verbosity 2
polling_interval 10
uid_attribute "ID_SERIAL"
checker_timeout
90
}
devices {
device {
vendor "DELL"
product
"Shared PERC8"
hardware_handler "1 alua"
path_grouping_policy failover
prio alua
path_checker tur
rr_weight priorities
failback immediate
no_path_retry
fail
path_selector "round-robin 0"
flush_on_last_del no
user_friendly_names "yes"
alias_prefix "mpath-sperc"
features
"0"
fast_io_fail_tmo 5
}
}
SLES 12
defaults {
verbosity 2
polling_interval 10
uid_attribute "ID_SERIAL"
checker_timeout
90
}
devices {
device {
vendor "DELL"
product
"Shared PERC8"
hardware_handler "1 alua"
path_grouping_policy failover
prio alua
path_checker tur
rr_weight priorities
failback immediate
no_path_retry
fail
path_selector "round-robin 0"
flush_on_last_del no
user_friendly_names
"yes"
alias_prefix "mpath-sperc"
features "0"
fast_io_fail_tmo 5
}
}
blacklist {
wwid "<WWID of OS VD>"
}