Control Path

The Oracle FS Path Manager (FSPM) control path provides a path to manage multipathing and communication.

The FSPM daemon uses the control path to:

Get path information from the HBA drivers.
Monitor and update the HP-UX native multipathing framework.
Send information such as host attributes and statistics to the Pilot, and collect logs from the host on request.

The FSPM daemon sends a description of the host to the Pilot on each connected Oracle FS System. In the Oracle FS System Manager (GUI), this description creates a definition for the host that includes any Fibre Channel ports in the host and any iSCSI Initiator Names configured on the host. The graphical user interface (GUI) and command line interface (CLI) list the port WWNs of the Fibre Channel ports in the host and IP addresses on the host that are used to make iSCSI connections to the Oracle FS System.