Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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verIfyInG PackaGeS – SuSe
Toverifythattherequiredpackagesareinstalledonthehost,dothefollowingactions:
1. Openaterminalwindow.
2. TypethefollowingcommandandpressEnter:
#rpm-qa|grepdevice-mapper
Iftherequiredpackageispresent,thesystemreturnsthefollowingline.
SLES10SP2:
device-mapper-1.02.13-6.14
SLES10SP3:
device-mapper-1.02.13-6.14
SLES11:
device-mapper-1.02.27-8.6
SLES11SP1:
device-mapper-1.02.27-8.17.20
Notethattheactualversionnumbermightbedifferent,dependingonyourconguration.
3. TypethefollowingcommandandpressEnter:
#rpm-qa|grepmultipath-tools
Iftherequiredpackageispresent,thesystemreturnsthefollowingline.
SLES10SP2:
multipath-tools-0.4.7-34.38
SLES10SP3:
multipath-tools-0.4.7-34.50.10
SLES11:
multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.1
SLES11SP1:
multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.21.1
Notethattheactualversionnumbermightbedifferent,dependingonyourconguration.
task 2: preparInG the ConfIGuratIon fIle
TosetupmultipathingwithASUSDS300fG2,oranyothersubsystem,youmustprovidetherequireddevice
attributesinacongurationle.Themultipathcongurationleisnamedmultipath.conf.Thefunctionalversion
oftheleissavedinthe/etcdirectory.
reDhat SyStemS
For RedHatsystems, thereis adefault/etc/multipath.conf le.However,thedefaultle doesnot havethe
requireddeviceattributestoworkwithASUSDS300fG2.
Therearealsosamplecongurationlesinthe/usr/share/doc/device-mapper-multipath-[version]directory:
• multipath.conf.annotated–multipathdeviceattributeslistedanddened
• multipath.conf.synthetic–multipathdeviceattributeslistedonly
SuSe SyStemS
ForSuSEsystems,thereisnodefault/etc/multipath.confle.
Therearesamplemultipathcongurationlesinthe/usr/share/doc/packages/multipath-toolsdirectory:
• multipath.conf.annotated–multipathdeviceattributeslistedanddened
• multipath.conf.synthetic–multipathdeviceattributeslistedonly
eDItInG a confIGuratIon fIle
YoumustprovideacongurationlewithrequireddeviceattributestoworkwithASUSDS300fG2.
Takethefollowingactionstoprepareacongurationle:
1. Chooseanexistingmultipath.confleandopentheleinatexteditor.
2. Saveaworkingcopyoftheleunderanothername.
3. Edittheletoincludethefollowinglineunderdefaults:
defaults {
user_friendly_namesyes
}
4. Edittheletoincludethefollowinglinesunderdevices: