Multipathing with MSA1000 and Netware 6.0

[tgeorge31]

Has anyone gotten multipathing to work with the MSA1000 and Netware 6.0 without using Secure Path? I have a two node cluster with 2 QL2300s in each node. I can see both HBAs and my data volumes from each node, but when I pull a fiber cable to do a failover the cluster locks up.
My startup.ncf statements include:
set multi-path support=on
load ql2300.ham slot=3 /luns/qualified /allpaths /console
load ql2300.ham slot=1 /luns/qualified

Any help would be really great!

 

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have you done the additional parameters in startup.ncf by yourself or were they already included after installing the drivers?

in our servers there is just the load xxxx.ham slot=x nothing more, we have 2 HBAs in each node and also no SecurePath.

But you have to be aware that an Failback might not be work if you have no SecurePath active

 

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and i think you want to switch off multipath to have active/passive

 

[adagio]

The QL2300 driver has built in failover functionality. You need to turn Multi-path off. If it's on you are going to run into trouble with Netware trying to use its own Multi-path.

Your startup.ncf is also wrong. All you need is the following:

load ql2300.ham slot=3 /luns
load ql2300.ham slot=1 /luns

Don't put in /Allpaths or you disable failover on that adapter.