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primary, Uses the path with the fewest pending I/O blocks.

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■ RoundRobin (default) - All paths are active paths. They are used for sending I/O in a round-robin fashion. ■ Dynlqd - Uses the path with the least number of active requests. ■ Weighted - Each path is assigned a weight and I/O is sent on the path with the lowest weight. If the path with the lowest weight fails, then the path with the next lowest weight is used. ■ LeastBlocks - Uses the path with the fewest pending I/O blocks. See "devinfo" on page 14 for information on changing the policy. Example dsmcli> policies FailOver RoundRobin Dynlqd Weighted LeastBlocks primary The primary command sets the primary path to the specified path ID. primary pathID where pathID is the new primary path ID. 18 HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Family MPIO DSM installation guide • May 2008

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HP StorageWorks MSA2000 Family MPIO DSM installation guide
May 2008
RoundRobin
(default)
– All paths are active paths. They are used for sending
I/O in a round-robin fashion.
Dynlqd
– Uses the path with the least number of active requests.
Weighted
– Each path is assigned a weight and I/O is sent on the path with the
lowest weight. If the path with the lowest weight fails, then the path with the next
lowest weight is used.
LeastBlocks
– Uses the path with the fewest pending I/O blocks.
See “devinfo” on page 14 for information on changing the policy.
Example
primary
The
primary
command sets the primary path to the specified path ID.
where
pathID
is the new primary path ID.
dsmcli> policies
FailOver
RoundRobin
Dynlqd
Weighted
LeastBlocks
primary
pathID