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How to enable Solaris multipathing (MPxIO or STMS) for EMC Symmetrix LUNs

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A beginners guide to Solaris Multipathing Software (MPxIO or STMS)

Oracle Solaris Storage Multipathing MPxIO provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. MPxIO can also be referred as STMS or SCSI_VHCI due to the commands used and logical device paths created. The post describes the step by step procedure to enable MPxIO for EMC Symmetrix LUNs.

For Solaris 8/9

Set the configuration parameters in the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file :

mpxio-disable="no";
load-balance="round-robin";
auto-failback="enable";
device-type-scsi-options-list="EMC     SYMMETRIX", "symmetric-option";
symmetric-option=0x1000000;

Take a reconfiguration reboot, for the changes to take effect :

# reboot -- -r

For Solaris 10

Set the configuration parameters in the /kernel/drv/fp.conf file :

mpxio-disable="no";

Set the configuration parameters in the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file :

load-balance="round-robin";
auto-failback="enable";
device-type-scsi-options-list="EMC     SYMMETRIX", "symmetric-option";
symmetric-option=0x1000000;

Take a reconfiguration reboot, for the changes to take effect :

# reboot -- -r

For Solaris 11

The location of the configuration files in Solaris 11 has changed. They are now located in /etc/driver/drv/ directory.

Set the configuration parameters in the /etc/driver/drv/fp.conf file :

mpxio-disable="no";

In case of Solaris 11, there is are no further changes required.

Note :
1. There are 5 spaces between EMC and SYMMETRIX after device-type-scsi-options-list= string.
2. Entries that use a “=” sign will work with or without spaces around the “=” sign.
3. Solaris 10 : Ensure that the qlc driver configuration file /kernel/drv/qlc.conf does not contain the global setting: mpxio-disable=”yes”
4. The scsi_vhci.conf must not contain tabs or other whitespaces than space itself to separate vendor ID from product ID.
A beginners guide to Solaris Multipathing Software (MPxIO or STMS)

Filed Under: Solaris

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