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Date:      Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:43:49 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Multipath SCSI IO?
Message-ID:  <20001207194349.B842@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012062251160.26909-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from tom@sdf.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:55:35PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012062251160.26909-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:55:35PM -0800, Tom Samplonius wrote:
> 
>   How difficult would adding multipath support to the SCSI be?  I'd like
> to be able to access an external storage system using two busses.  I've
> heard rumours that such a thing is in the works.
> 
>   I also wonder whether there is any kind of very unique serial number in
> the partition table or disklabel that could be used by such a system for
> autoconfiguration.  For instance, if the disk at bus 0, target 1 and
> the disk at bus 1, target 2 have the same serial number, they must be the
> same disk, so use multipath?  Or am too much of an optimist?

You can get the serial number from a SCSI disk, it is in the VPD pages IIRC.

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 					Arnhem, the Netherlands
wilko@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org 		http://www.nlfug.nl



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