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