10-08-2008
Hi Zaxxon
Thanx for the feedback.
I understand that MPIO will provide more than 1 path but I am trying to figure out if the other paths will all be only fail-over or if I can have 4 paths to each LUN(2 from each controller A and B) through 2 different host connections on the DS4800? That config is now supported with the new DS4000 firmware and AIX 5.3 TL08 (I think) and above. However I can not find confirmation if the 2 paths that connect to the same controller (lets say controller A) will both be active (LUN assigned to controller A in Storage Manager) with the other 2 paths(to controller B) acting as fail over paths? or if you can still only have 1 active path on a DS4000? Hope I'm making sense here ?
I also get some references to using SDDPCM on AIX? But I can not find an official IBM link stating that it's support on AIX. It is however supported on windows.
thanx
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ICP(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ICP(4)
NAME
icp -- ICP-Vortex and Intel Storage RAID driver
SYNOPSIS
icp* at pci? dev ? function ?
ld* at icp? unit ?
icpsp* at icp? unit ?
scsibus* at icpsp?
DESCRIPTION
The icp driver provides support for the newer (post 1997) ICP-Vortex GDT and Intel Storage RAID controllers.
The ld driver provides access to logical devices (disk arrays) presented by the controller. The icpsp driver provides direct access to other
SCSI devices attached to the controller, such as tape or CD-ROM drives.
DIAGNOSTICS
pci_mem_find: expected mem type 00000000, found 00000002
This message may be displayed during autoconfiguration if the controller's memory is mapped below 1MB in physical address
space. This can be disabled either through changing a setting in the controller's BIOS utility, or changing the position of a
jumper on the board. See your controller's documentation for more information.
SEE ALSO
intro(4), ld(4), scsi(4)
HISTORY
The icp driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6, and was based on the FreeBSD and OpenBSD drivers of the same name.
BUGS
ISA & EISA front-ends and a management interface are needed.
Older PCI boards are not yet supported.
BSD
April 20, 2002 BSD