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What does status=enabled and status=active refer to as per Multipath -ll output on RHEL Host

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Applies to

  • Ontap 9
  • RHEL Host

Answer

  • The paths from the node hosting the lun should be showing as "status=active" and the paths from the partner node i.e secondary paths to the lun should be "status=enabled"

 

  • Please refer below snippet of "Multipath -ll" for reference-
 
mpathw (3600a0980xxxx37577a2xxxxxxxxxxx) dm-9 NETAPP  ,LUN C-Mode      
size=3.0T features='4 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50 retain_attached_hw_handle' hwhandler='1 alua' wp=rw
|-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=50 status=active
| |- 15:0:3:16 sdby    68:192 active ready running
| |- 17:0:2:16 sdbp    68:48  active ready running
| |- 15:0:1:16 sdak    66:64  active ready running
| `- 17:0:3:16 sdcf    69:48  active ready running
`-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=10 status=enabled
  |- 15:0:0:16 sdp     8:240  active ready running
  |- 15:0:2:16 sdbd    67:112 active ready running
  |- 17:0:0:16 sdab    65:176 active ready running
  `- 17:0:1:16 sdav    66:240 active ready running

 

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