RHEL5.5 : HP-Japan : Cannot config multipath device for P2000 G3 SAS

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Issue

  • Cannot configure multipath device for P2000 G3 SAS.
  • It can be configured as singlepath device.
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 899.0 GB, 899049652224 bytes <---- P2000 device
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 109303 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1: 899.0 GB, 899049652224 bytes <----P2000 device
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 109303 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) including:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) prior to RHEL5 update 9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) Prior to RHEL6 update 1
  • device-mapper-multipath (dm-multipath) versions prior to:
    • RHEL5: device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-53.el5
    • RHEL6: device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-41.el6
  • P2000 SmartArray SAS (Vendor: HP, Model P2000 G3 SAS)

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