- Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.6 Administration Guide
- Using Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters
- Configuring Virtual SCSI HBA Multipathing
- How to Manage Multipathing for Virtual SCSI HBAs in a Guest Domain
How to Manage Multipathing for Virtual SCSI HBAs in a Guest Domain
- Copy the
/platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/vhba.conf
file to the/etc/driver/drv
directory.# cp /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/vhba.conf /etc/driver/drv
- Configure multipathing by modifying the
/etc/driver/drv/vhba.conf
file.You can configure virtual HBA initiator port (port) multipathing on a per-port or global basis. Per-port settings have priority over the global setting.
-
Enable multipathing for all
vhba
instances in a guest domain.Add only the following line to the
vhba.conf
file:mpxio-disable="no"
-
Disable multipathing for all
vhba
instances in a guest domain.Add only the following line to the
vhba.conf
file:mpxio-disable="yes"
-
Enable all
vhba
instances exceptvhba@1
.Add the following lines to the
vhba.conf
file:mpxio-disable="yes" compatible="/virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/scsi@1/iport@0" mpxio-disable="no";
Note that
vhba@1
is what is shown in theldm list -o hba
command output, butscsi@1
is howvhba@1
is known to the operating system. -
Disable all
vhba
instances exceptvhba@1
.Add the following lines to the
vhba.conf
file:mpxio-disable="no" compatible="/virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/scsi@1/iport@0" mpxio-disable="yes";
-
- Reboot the guest domain.