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March 3rd, 2017 06:00
RedHat Linux DM-MPIO: PNR or ALUA?
Hi folks,
this is the default configuration in DM-MPIO (or Linux native multipathing) for VNX devices in multipath.conf :
device {
vendor "DGC"
product ".*"
product_blacklist "LUNZ"
path_grouping_policy group_by_prio
getuid_callout "/lib/udev/scsi_id --whitelisted --device=/dev/%n"
path_selector "round-robin 0"
path_checker emc_clariion
features "1 queue_if_no_path"
hardware_handler "1 emc"
prio emc
failback immediate
rr_weight uniform
no_path_retry 60
rr_min_io 1000
rr_min_io_rq 1
}
The "hardware_handler" parameter is configured to "1 emc" which is PNR.
The default configuration in VNX is Failover Mode 4 (ALUA), so I should change the configuration in multipath to ALUA (hardware_handler: "1 alua")? Or I should change the VNX configuration to Failover Mode 1?
This is a VNX5400 using iSCSI connectivity to the hosts (RHEL 6.8). There is a recommendation or best practice to use PNR or ALUA in this environment?
Thanks for your help!
Jorge.


