- 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.conffile to the/etc/driver/drvdirectory.# cp /platform/sun4v/kernel/drv/vhba.conf /etc/driver/drv - Configure multipathing by modifying the
/etc/driver/drv/vhba.conffile.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.
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Enable multipathing for all
vhbainstances in a guest domain.Add only the following line to the
vhba.conffile:mpxio-disable="no"
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Disable multipathing for all
vhbainstances in a guest domain.Add only the following line to the
vhba.conffile:mpxio-disable="yes"
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Enable all
vhbainstances exceptvhba@1.Add the following lines to the
vhba.conffile:mpxio-disable="yes" compatible="/virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/scsi@1/iport@0" mpxio-disable="no";
Note that
vhba@1is what is shown in theldm list -o hbacommand output, butscsi@1is howvhba@1is known to the operating system. -
Disable all
vhbainstances exceptvhba@1.Add the following lines to the
vhba.conffile:mpxio-disable="no" compatible="/virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/scsi@1/iport@0" mpxio-disable="yes";
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- Reboot the guest domain.