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A beginners guide to Solaris Multipathing Software (MPxIO or

STMS)

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OracleSolarisStorageMultipathingMPxIOprovidesmultipathaccesstostoragelunsbygroupingtogether
thephysicalpathsandpresentingasinglelogicalpath.MPxIOcanalsobereferredasSTMSor
SCSI_VHCIduetothecommandsusedandlogicaldevicepathscreated.

Configuration files
ForSolaris10andearlier

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/kernel/drv/fp.conf Fiberchannelportconfigurationfile(ForFiberChannelDevices)

/kernel/drv/mpt.conf mptscsi/SASHBAcontrollerdriverconfigurationfile(ForSASDevices)

/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf MPXIOoperationconfigurationfile(Usedtodefineloadbalancingand
failbackmodesandconfigure3rdpartydevices)

/kernel/drv/iscsi_conf iSCSIMPxIOconfigurationfile(ForiSCSIdevices)

ForSolaris11
IncaseofSolaris11,filesinthedirectory/kernel/drv/and/etc/driver/drvarethesampledefault
configurationfilesdeliveredwithOS(notusedbyMPxIO).Donoteditthesefiles.Thelocationofthe
configurationfilesis/etc/driver/drv/.The4configurationfilesusedincaseofSolaris11arethesame,
performingthesametask.Althoughthesyntaxmaybedifferent.

/etc/driver/drv/fp.conf
/etc/driver/drv/mpt.conf
/etc/driver/drv/scsi_vhci.conf
/etc/driver/drv/iscsi_conf

Itisbestpracticetoeditthesefilesusingthestmsbootutility,ratherthaneditingthemmanually.

Enabling/Disabling MPxIO
Thesyntaxofthecommandstmsbootusedtoenable/disableMPxIOis:

stmsboot[Dfp|mpt][d|e|u|L|lcontroller_number]

where:
Dfp|mpt>toselecttheprotocolwhereyouwanttoenable/disablempxio
e>toenableSTMSonallHBA
d>todisableSTMSonallHBA
u>toupdatevfstableanddumpconfigaftermanualfileconfiguration
lorLunchangedseethemanpageofstmsforafulldescription.

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Fewexamplesofusingstmsbootcommandare:

#stmsboote ToenableMPxIOoralldevices(globally)

#stmsbootDfpe ToenableMPxIOforfiberchanneldevices

#stmsbootd TodisableMPxIOforalldevices(globally)

How to confirm MPxIO is enabled

TomakesurethatMPxIOisenabledforaLUN,simplyruntheformatcommandandcheckforthe
/scsi_vhciinthelogicalpathoftheLUN.

#format
4.c6t60060E800561CF00000061CF00000002d0
/scsi_vhci/ssd@g60060e800561cf00000061cf00000002

Anotherwayistocheckthempxiodisableparameterintheconfigurationfiles:

Solaris7,8,9

#egrep"^mpxiodisable="/kernel/drv/*.conf
/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf:mpxiodisable="no";

Solaris10

#egrep"^mpxiodisable="/kernel/drv/*.conf
/kernel/drv/fp.conf:mpxiodisable="no";

Solaris11

#egrep"^mpxiodisable="/etc/driver/drv/*.conf
/etc/driver/drv/fp.conf:mpxiodisable="no";

ForSolaris10and11,MPxIOisenabledbydefaultonX86platforms.

Verifying that the scsi_vhci module is loaded

scsi_vhciisthevirtualhostcontrollerinterconnectdriverusedtomanagepathofstorageLUN.Ifyoufind
thatthescsi_vhcimoduleisnotloaded,thenmostlikelyMPxIOisnotenabled.

Solaris[TM]7,8,9,10,11
#modinfoc|grepscsi_vhci
211scsi_vhciLOADED/INSTALLED

Verifying Health of paths

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Verifying Health of paths

WecancheckthemultiplepathstothestoragearrayLUNsbyusingmpathadmorluxadmcommand.The
variousstatesforthepathsare:

ONLINE/primary
ONLINE/secondary
STANDBY/secondary
OFFLINE/*
UNAVAILABLE/*

mpathadm(supportedforFC/SAS/iSCSI)[WorksonSolaris10,11]
luxadm(supportedonFConly)[WorksonSolaris7,8,9,10,11]

#mpathadmlistLU
/dev/rdsk/c9t60080E50001C0300000006464D8C9044d0s2
TotalPathCount:2
OperationalPathCount:2

Tocheckthehealthofthepathsusingmpathadm:

#mpathadmshowLU/dev/rdsk/c9t60080E50001C0300000006464D8C9044d0s2

LogicalUnit:/dev/rdsk/c9t60080E50001C0300000006464D8C9044d0s2
mpathsupport:libmpscsi_vhci.so
Vendor:SUN
Product:LCSM100_F
Revision:0777
NameType:unknowntype
Name:60080e50001c0300000006464d8c9044
Asymmetric:yes
CurrentLoadBalance:roundrobin
LogicalUnitGroupID:NA
AutoFailback:on
AutoProbing:NA

Paths:
InitiatorPortName:210000e08b07922c
TargetPortName:203d0080e51c2cc4
OverridePath:NA
PathState:OK
Disabled:no

InitiatorPortName:210000e08b07f32c
TargetPortName:203e0080e51c2cc4
OverridePath:NA
PathState:OK

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Disabled:no
.........

Tocheckhealthofpathsusingluxadm:

#luxadmprobe
FoundFibreChanneldevice(s):
......
LogicalPath:/dev/rdsk/c6t60060E800561CF00000061CF00000002d0s2
NodeWWN:203e0080e51c2cc4DeviceType:Diskdevice
......

#luxadmdisplay203e0080e51c2cc4
DEVICEPROPERTIESfordisk:203e0080e51c2cc4
Vendor:SUN
ProductID:LCSM100_F>thisisa2540or2540M2array
Revision:0777
SerialNum:SV04720931
Unformattedcapacity:5120.000MBytes
WriteCache:Enabled
ReadCache:Enabled
Minimumprefetch:0x3
Maximumprefetch:0x0
DeviceType:Diskdevice
Path(s):

/dev/rdsk/c9t60080E50001C0300000006464D8C9044d0s2
/devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g60080e50001c0300000006464d8c9044:c,raw
Controller/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0
DeviceAddress203d0080e51c2cc4,0
HostcontrollerportWWN210000e08b07922c
Classprimary
StateONLINE
Controller/devices/pci@1c,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0
DeviceAddress203e0080e51c2cc4,0
HostcontrollerportWWN210000e08b07f32c
Classsecondary
StateONLINE

Load Balancing policies

MPxIOalsoprovidestheloadbalancingcapabilitytotheI/O.Therearebasically3optionstoconfigure
loadbalancing:

Round Selectsallpathsinaroundrobinway.
Robin

Logical I/Oswithintherangespecifiedbyrange_sizeparameterwouldgoonthesamepath.Improves

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Block performanceonsomestoragearrayswhichhaveperpathcachingofdata.

None Noloadbalancingonlyonepathisused.

Theloadbalancingpolicycanbesetintheconfigurationfile/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.confforsolaris10and
earlierorinthe/etc/driver/drv/scsi_vhci.conffileforsolaris11.

loadbalance="roundrobin";

Auto-failback policy
Autofailbackpolicyenablesthereenablethefailedpathafterithasrecoveredfromthefailure.Bydefault
theautofailbackisenabled.Thereare2waystoenabletheautofailback:

Nonpersistentway
Bythismethod,theautofailbackoptiondoesnotpersistacrossreboots.

#mpathadmmodifympathsupportautofailbackonlibmpscsi_vhci.so
#mpathadmmodifympathsupportaonlibmpscsi_vhci.so

Persistentway
Forthechangestopersistacrossrebootssettheautofailbackparameterintheconfigurationfile
/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.confforsolaris10andearlierorinthe/etc/driver/drv/scsi_vhci.conffileforsolaris11.
Thisrequiresareconfigurationreboot.

autofailback="enable";

Verifyingautofailback
Toconfirmthattheautofailbackisenableduse:

#mpathadmshowmpathsupportlibmpscsi_vhci.so|grepifailback
SupportedAutoFailbackConfig:1
AutoFailback:on<<<<
FailbackPollingRate(current/max):0/0

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Purushothaman2yearsago
Thisisgreatandhelpful
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SandeepPatil Mod >Purushothaman2yearsago

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SandeepPatil Mod >Purushothaman 2yearsago

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ChrisMiddleton3yearsago
Thisisexcellent,thanksSandeep.
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SandeepPatil Mod >ChrisMiddleton 3yearsago

HeyChris,I'mgladyoulikedit.:)
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ArupJThakuria2yearsago
HelloAll

Ihavethebelowoutput.

AVAILABLEDISKSELECTIONS:

0.c1t0d0<lsilogiclogicalvolume3000cyl=""65533=""alt=""2=""hd=""16=""sec=""273="">

/pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/sd@0,0

1.c1t2d0<lsilogiclogicalvolume3000cyl=""65533=""alt=""2=""hd=""16=""sec=""273="">

/pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0/sd@2,0

2.c2t50060E800548E930d0<hitachiopenvsun600832.32gb="">

/pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060e800548e930,0

3.c4t50060E80167EEC41d1<hitachiopenvsun7006cyl=""8824=""alt=""2=""hd=""15=""sec=""
512="">

/pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060e80167eec41,1

4.c4t50060E800548E942d0<hitachiopenvsun600832.32gb="">

/pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060e800548e942,0

Specifydisk(enteritsnumber):Specifydisk(enteritsnumber):

Soaccordingtothispost3&4arenotundermultipathorwecansaythatmultipathisnotconfigured????
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dinesh2yearsago
Oneofmympathisshowingofflineinmpathadmlistlu

iscannedusingdevfsadmcvandalsoranluxadmprobestillitshowsoffline

Pleaseguidemewhatelsetocheckonthis
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Solarisfun>dinesh2yearsago
Try#cfgadmal

Checkcabling,switch,etc...Ifnotarebootmightbeyourlastresort
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