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Old 08-02-2012
How to find the SAN path?

Hi folks,

How to identify the SAN is running in Single path or dual source path for linux servers.
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Old 08-02-2012
By issuing multipath -l and checking /etc/multipath.confconfiguration file.

Regards
Peasant.
# 3  
Old 08-02-2012
Actually, another way would to run check your /dev/disk directory for UUIDs that overlap (also run blkid) because much of how your multipath setup works is dependent on the driver you are using.
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