Managing multipath volumes using iseries navigator – IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series User Manual

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Appendix B. Using the DS6000 with iSeries

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Managing multipath volumes using iSeries Navigator

All units are initially created with a prefix of DD. As soon as the system detects that there is
more than one path to a specific logical unit, it will automatically assign a unique resource
name with a prefix of DMP for both the initial path and any additional paths.

When using the standard disk panels in iSeries Navigator, only a single (the initial) path is
shown. The following steps show how to see the additional paths.

To see the number of paths available for a logical unit, open iSeries Navigator and expand
Configuration and Service

, Hardware, and Disk Units as shown in Figure B-30 and click

All Disk Units

. The number of paths for each unit is shown in column

Number of Connections

visible on the right of the panel

.

In this example, there are 8 connections for each of the

multipath units.

Figure B-30 Example of multipath logical units

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