Specifications

Administration Guide
202 VMware, Inc.
The!status!of!each!path!is!indicated!by!a!symbol!that!corresponds!to!its!current!status:!
!–!Indicates!that!the!path!is!active!and!data!is!being!transferred!successfully.!
!–!Indicates!that!the!path!is!set!to!disabled!and!is!available!for!activation.!
!–!Indicates!that!the!path!should!be!active,!but!the!software!cannot!connect!to!the!
LUN!through!this!path.!
If!you!configured!a!LUN!to!use!a!preferred!path,!that!path!will!be!identified!with!the!
label!Preferred!after!the!SAN!Target!listing.
Configuring Failover Policies
The!failover!paths!edit!feature!allows!you!to!configure!the!policy!for!transferring!LUN!
access!from!one!path!to!another.
To edit the failover policy for a LUN
1From!the!Failover!Paths!tab,!click!Edit.!
The!configuration!page!appears!and!displays!information!about!the!current!state!
of!the!paths!and!failover!policy!options.
2 Choose!one!of!the!following!failover
!policies:
! Fixed!–!Always!use!the!preferred!path!when!available.!Requires!you!to!select!
the!preferred!path!by!selecting!Preferred!in!the!Adapter!icon!pulldown!menu!
for!that!path
! Most!Recently!Used!–!Always!use!the!last!active!path