Sample configuration file for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

All versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 series use a DM-Multipath configuration file, but there might be slight variations in the file based on which Red Hat update you have installed. You can replace your current file with this sample file and change the values to ones that are appropriate for your system.

Configuration Notes for DM-Multipath

Please review the following configuration notes before you set up your configuration file to enable DM-Multipath on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 series:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 series version	Parameter Notes
4 Update 7 or later	Use the options flush_on_last_del and max_fds Set pathchecker to directio
(iSCSI only) 4 Update 7 and earlier	In environments running iSCSI, set path_grouping_policy to multibus
4 Update 7 and earlier	Place rr_min_io in the default section, not the device section, of the multipath.conf file and set its value to 128.
4 Update 6 and earlier	Set pathchecker to readsector0 .

The following file provides an example of the values you need to supply when your host is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 9.

Remember: If you use the blacklist section, you must replace the sample information with information for your system.

defaults
{
   user_friendly_names   no
   queue_without_daemon  no
   max_fds               max
   flush_on_last_del     yes
}
# All data under blacklist must be specific to your system.
devnode_blacklist
{
   
   devnode "^hd[a-z]"
   devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
   devnode "^cciss.*"
}
devices 
{
   device 
   {
     vendor                 "NETAPP"
     product                "LUN"
     getuid_callout         "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n"
     prio_callout           "/sbin/mpath_prio_ontap /dev/%n"
     features               "1 queue_if_no_path"
     hardware_handler       "0"
     path_grouping_policy   group_by_prio
     path_selector          "round-robin 0"
     failback               immediate
     rr_weight              uniform
     rr_min_io              128   
     path_checker           directio
     }
}