pvcreate /dev/mapper/mpath0

filter = [ "r/disk/", "r/sd.*/", "a/.*/" ]

devices {
       device {
               vendor "HP"
               product "OPEN-V."
               getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -p0x80 -s /block/%n"
       }
}

blacklist {
        devnode "*"
}

blacklist {
       wwid 26353900f02796769
}

blacklist {
       devnode "^sd[a-z]"
}

blacklist {
       devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
       devnode "^hd[a-z]"
}

blacklist {
       device {
               vendor  "IBM"
               product "3S42"       #DS4200 Product 10
       }
       device {
               vendor  "HP"
               product "*"
       }
}

blacklist_exceptions {
       device {
               vendor  "IBM"
               product "S/390.*"
       }
}

defaults {
        user_friendly_names yes
}

#defaults {
#       udev_dir                /dev
#       polling_interval        10
#       selector                "round-robin 0"
#       path_grouping_policy    multibus
#       getuid_callout          "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n"
#       prio_callout            /bin/true
#       path_checker            readsector0
#       rr_min_io               100
#       max_fds                 8192
#       rr_weight               priorities
#       failback                immediate
#       no_path_retry           fail
#       user_friendly_names     yes
#}

defaults {
        user_friendly_names     yes
        path_grouping_policy    multibus
}

multipaths {
       multipath {
              wwid                  3600508b4000156d70001200000b0000
              alias                 yellow
              path_grouping_policy  multibus
              path_checker          readsector0
              path_selector         "round-robin 0"
              failback              manual
              rr_weight             priorities
              no_path_retry         5
       }
       multipath {
              wwid                  1DEC_____321816758474
              alias                 red
              rr_weight             priorities
        }
}

[root@cypher-06 ~]# cat /sys/block/sda/device/vendor
WINSYS  
[root@cypher-06 ~]# cat /sys/block/sda/device/model
SF2372

#	}
#	device {
#		vendor			"COMPAQ  "
#		product			"MSA1000         "
#		path_grouping_policy	multibus
#		path_checker		tur
#		rr_weight		priorities
#	}
#}

KERNEL!="dm-[0-9]*", ACTION=="add", PROGRAM=="/bin/bash -c '/sbin/lsmod | /bin/grep ^dm_multipath'", RUN+="/sbin/multipath -v0 %M:%m"

dmsetup message mpath2 0 "fail_if_no_path"

 action_if_any: alias (wwid_if_different_from_alias) [size][features][hardware_handler]

\_ scheduling_policy [path_group_priority_if_known] [path_group_status_if_known]

\_ host:channel:id:lun devnode major:minor [path_status] [dm_status_if_known]

mpath1 (3600d0230003228bc000339414edb8101) [size=10 GB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active]
 \_ 2:0:0:6 sdb 8:16 [active][ready]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled]
 \_ 3:0:0:6 sdc 8:64 [active][ready]

# multipath -1
mpath1 (3600d0230003228bc000339414edb8101)
[size=10 GB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active]
 \_ 2:0:0:6 sdb 8:16 [active][ready]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled]
 \_ 3:0:0:6 sdc 8:64 [active][ready]

# dmsetup ls
mpath2  (253, 4)
mpath4p1        (253, 12)
mpath5p1        (253, 11)
mpath1  (253, 3)
mpath6p1        (253, 14)
mpath7p1        (253, 13)
mpath0  (253, 2)
mpath7  (253, 9)
mpath6  (253, 8)
VolGroup00-LogVol01     (253, 1)
mpath5  (253, 7)
VolGroup00-LogVol00     (253, 0)
mpath4  (253, 6)
mpath1p1        (253, 10)
mpath3  (253, 5)

# multipathd -k
> > show config
> > CTRL-D

# multipathd -k
> > reconfigure
> > CTRL-D

# multipathd -k
> > show paths
> > CTRL-D