Display The Multipath Device Topology Using The Multipath CommandThe multipath command adds newly scanned and mapped virtual disks to the Device Mapper tables and creates entriesfor them in the/dev/mapper directory on the host server. These devices are the same as any other block devices in thehost.To list all the multipath devices, run the following command:# multipath –llThe output must be similar to this example, which shows the output for one mapped virtual disk.mpath1 (3600a0b80005ab177000017544a8d6b92) dm-0 DELL, MD3xxxx[size=5.0G][features=3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw]\_ round-robin 0 [prio=6][active] \_ 5:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready]\_ round-robin0 [prio=1][enabled] \_ 4:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [active][ghost]where:mpath1 is the name of the virtual device created by device mapper. It is located in the /dev/mapper directory.DELL is the vendor of the device.MD3xxxx is the model of the device.Sdc is the physical path to the owning controller for the device.Sdb is the physical path to the non-owning controller for the device.The following is an example of SLES output:mpathb(360080e500017b2f80000c6ca4a1d4ab8) dm-21 DELL,MD3xxxx[size=1.0G][features=3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw]\_ round-robin 0 [prio=6][active] \_ 4:0:0:22 sdx 65:112 [active][ready]\_ round-robin0 [prio=1][enabled] \_ 6:0:0:22 sdcl 69:144 [active][ghost]where:mpathb is the name of the virtual device created by device mapper. It is located in the/dev/mapper directory.DELL is the vendor of the device.MD3xxxx is the model of the device.Sdx is the physical path to the owning controller for the device.Sdcl is the physical path to the non-owning controller for the device.Create A New fdisk Partition On A Multipath Device NodeThe fdisk command allows creation of partition space for a file system on the newly scanned and mapped virtualdisks that have been presented to Device Mapper.To create a partition with the multipathing device nodes /dev/mapper/mpath, for example, use the followingcommand:# fdisk /dev/mapper/mpathwhere mpath is the multipathing device node on which you want to create the partition.NOTE: The value is an alphanumeric operating system dependent format. The corresponding value for mappedvirtual disks can be seen using the previously run multipath command. See your operating system documentationfor additional information on fdisk.123
