
Multipaths Device Configuration Attributes
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Attribute Description
the sum of the priorities of the included paths. The default value is
sum.
log_checker_err (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and later) If set to once, a path
checker error is logged once at logging level 2 and any later errors
are logged at level 3 until the device is restored. If set to always,
every path checker error is logged at logging level 2. The default
value is always.
fast_io_fail_tmo (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and later) The number of seconds
the SCSI layer will wait after a problem has been detected on an
FC remote port before failing I/O to devices on that remote port.
This value should be smaller than the value of dev_loss_tmo.
Setting this to off will disable the timeout. The default value is
determined by the OS.
dev_loss_tmo (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and later) The number of seconds
the SCSI layer will wait after a problem has been detected on an
FC remote port before removing it from the system. The default
value is determined by the OS.
file_timeout (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and later) The number of seconds
multipath will wait for a necessary file to appear while setting up a
multipath device. The default value is 90.
4.4. Multipaths Device Configuration Attributes
Table 4.2, “Multipath Attributes” shows the attributes that you can set in the multipaths section of
the multipath.conf configuration file for each specific multipath device. These attributes apply only
to the one specified multipath. These defaults are used by DM-Multipath and override attributes set in
the defaults and devices sections of the multipath.conf file.
Table 4.2. Multipath Attributes
Attribute Description
wwid Specifies the WWID of the multipath device to which the
multipath attributes apply.
alias Specifies the symbolic name for the multipath device to which the
multipath attributes apply.
path_grouping_policy Specifies the default path grouping policy to apply to unspecified
multipaths. Possible values include:
failover = 1 path per priority group
multibus = all valid paths in 1 priority group
group_by_serial = 1 priority group per detected serial number
group_by_prio = 1 priority group per path priority value
group_by_node_name = 1 priority group per target node name
prio_callout Specifies the default program and arguments to call out to obtain
a path weight. Weights are summed for each path group to
determine the next path group to use in case of failure. "none" is a
valid value.
path_selector Specifies the default algorithm to use in determining what path to
use for the next I/O operation.
failback Specifies path group failback.
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