5.0 Managing Multipath I/O for Devices

This section describes how to manage failover and path load balancing for multiple paths between the servers and block storage devices.

Section 5.1, Understanding Multipathing
Section 5.2, Planning for Multipathing
Section 5.3, Multipath Management Tools
Section 5.4, Configuring the System for Multipathing
Section 5.5, Enabling and Starting Multipath I/O Services
Section 5.6, Configuring Path Failover Policies and Priorities
Section 5.7, Tuning the Failover for Specific Host Bus Adapters
Section 5.8, Configuring Multipath I/O for the Root Device
Section 5.9, Configuring Multipath I/O for an Existing Software RAID
Section 5.10, Scanning for New Devices without Rebooting
Section 5.11, Scanning for New Partitioned Devices without Rebooting
Section 5.12, Viewing Multipath I/O Status
Section 5.13, Managing I/O in Error Situations
Section 5.14, Resolving Stalled I/O
Section 5.15, Additional Information
Section 5.16, What’s Next