device-mapper-multipath/0008-multipath-tools-add-ALUA-info-to-README.md.patch
Benjamin Marzinski ef9089f4e8 device-mapper-multipath-0.9.0-3
Update to the head of the upstream staging branch
  * Patches 0005-0042 are from the upstream staging branch
  * Previous patches 0005 & 0006 are now patches 0023 & 0005
Rename redhat patches
  * Previous patches 0007-0017 are now patches 0043-0053
Change from using readline to libedit
  * readline is licensed GPL v3, and multipathd includes code
    licensed gpl v2.
Remove README.alua
  * information moved to README.md
2022-08-19 12:48:04 -05:00

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:14:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] multipath-tools: add ALUA info to README.md
Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com>
Cc: DM-DEVEL ML <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
---
README.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcf51f20..2322082c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,3 +146,31 @@ The multipath-tools source code is covered by several different licences.
Refer to the individual source files for details.
Source files which do not specify a licence are shipped under LGPL-2.0
(see `LICENSES/LGPL-2.0`).
+
+
+ALUA
+====
+This is a rough guide, consult your storage device manufacturer documentation.
+
+ALUA is supported in some devices, but usually it's disabled by default.
+To enable ALUA, the following options should be changed:
+
+- EMC CLARiiON/VNX:
+ "Failover Mode" should be changed to "4" or "Active-Active mode(ALUA)-failover mode 4"
+
+- HPE 3PAR, Primera, and Alletra 9000:
+ "Host:" should be changed to "Generic-ALUA Persona 2 (UARepLun, SESLun, ALUA)".
+
+- Promise VTrak/Vess:
+ "LUN Affinity" and "ALUA" should be changed to "Enable", "Redundancy Type"
+ must be "Active-Active".
+
+- LSI/Engenio/NetApp RDAC class, as NetApp SANtricity E/EF Series and OEM arrays:
+ "Select operating system:" should be changed to "Linux DM-MP (Kernel 3.10 or later)".
+
+- NetApp ONTAP:
+ To check ALUA state: "igroup show -v <igroup_name>", and to enable ALUA:
+ "igroup set <igroup_name> alua yes".
+
+- Huawei OceanStor:
+ "Host Access Mode" should be changed to "Asymmetric".