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The following is an example of SLES output:

mpathb(360080e500017b2f80000c6ca4a1d4ab8) dm-21 DELL,MD32xxi

[size=1.0G][features=3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=6][active]

\_ 4:0:0:22 sdx 65:112 [active][ready] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled]

\_ 6:0:0:22 sdcl 69:144 [active][ghost]

where:

mpathb is the name of the virtual device created by device mapper. It is located in the /dev/mapper directory.

DELL is the vendor of the device. MD3600i is the model of the device.

Sdx is the physical path to the owning controller for the device. Sdcl is the physical path to the non-owning controller for the device.

Create a New fdisk Partition on a Multipath Device Node

The fdisk command allows creation of partition space for a file system on the newly scanned and mapped virtual disks that have been presented to Device Mapper.

To create a partition with the multipathing device nodes /dev/mapper/mpath<x>, for example, use the following command:

# fdisk /dev/mapper/mpath<x>

where mpath<x> is the multipathing device node on which you want to create the partition.

NOTE: The <x> value is an alphanumeric operating system dependent format. The corresponding value for mapped virtual disks can be seen using the previously run multipath command. See your operating system documentation for additional information on fdisk.

Configuration: Device Mapper Multipath for Linux

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