Dell MD3200, MD3220 owner manual Data Path Protection, Click Action→ Start

3If the host context agent is running, click Action→ Stop, then wait approximately 5 seconds.

4Click Action→ Start.

I/O Data Path Protection

You can have multiple host-to-array connections for a host. Ensure that you select all the connections to the array when configuring host access to the storage array.

NOTE: See the Deployment Guide for more information on cabling configurations.

NOTE: For maximum redundancy, you must select all host connections to the array when manually defining host topology. For example, a host might have two host connections listed when manually configuring host access. For this host, you would select the two host connections listed in the Available hosts section and add them to the Selected hosts section using the Add button.

NOTE: For more information on configuring hosts see "Configuration: About Your Host" on page 83.

If a component such as a RAID controller module or a cable fails, or an error occurs on the data path to the preferred RAID controller module, virtual disk ownership is moved to the alternate non preferred RAID controller module for processing. This feature is called failover.

Drivers for multi-path frameworks such as Microsoft Multi-Path IO (MPIO) and Linux Device Mapper (DM) are installed on host systems that access the storage array and provide I/O path failover.

For more information on Linux DM please see "Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux" on page 167. For more information on MPIO please see microsoft.com.

NOTE: You should have the multi-path driver installed on the hosts at all times, even in a configuration where there is only one path to the storage system, such as a single port cluster configuration.

During a failover, the virtual disk transfer is logged as a critical event, and an alert notification is sent automatically if you have configured alert destinations for the storage array.

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