Hello,

I've got a Dell server which has part of its storage served via fibre 
channel from an IBM DS4800 storage unit (which has two controllers). The 
Dell server has a QLogic dual channel HBA.

I've got basic multipathing set up, i.e. pairs of SCSI devices are 
coalesced into single devices in /dev/mpath.

However, when I use DS4800's management software to specify a new 
preferred path, the server doesn't seem to respect it. Shortly after such 
a configuration change, a SAN alarm is thrown: "Logical Drive Not On 
Preferred Path".

Googling results in many different, somewhat conflicting advice on how to 
interact with a DS4800 system.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-multipath-xen/ mentions 
special add-on kernel driver software; I would very much like to stay 
clear of such 3rd party kernel stuff.

Does anyone have experiences with DS4800 SAN equipment in relationship 
with RHEL 5 which they would like to share?

-- 
Regards,
Troels Arvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://troels.arvin.dk/

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