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Recommended Multi pathing policy - config for esxi5 and emc ns120 fiber channel
What is the recommended multi pathing policy that we can set in ESX I 5 and EMX NS120 for multipathing config for failover and faiback scenerios.
Right now esxi5 is set to -
Path Selection - Fixed ( Vmware) , Storage Array Type - VMW_SATP_ALUA-CX .
In EMC NS120 Storage connectivity for the host fail over mode - Option Fail over Mode - Active-Active mode ( ALUA - failovermode 4 .
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dynamox
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July 17th, 2012 10:00
these are perfect
sureshacs
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Thanks ,y quesstion is should I leave them as is since the esxi 5 and emc ns120 both support active - active ( I am flare 30) .
2) VMW_SATP_ALUA_CX , 2) Failover Mode 4 (FM4) = ALUA (Assymetic Logical Unit Access)
sureshacs
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Thanks much.
dynamox
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July 17th, 2012 10:00
take a look at this post, Christopher explains it in great details
https://community.emc.com/thread/133693
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July 20th, 2012 11:00
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