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[v2] multipath-tools: add basic info on how to use multipath-tools with NVMe devices

Message ID 20220723131204.75409-1-xose.vazquez@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2] multipath-tools: add basic info on how to use multipath-tools with NVMe devices | expand

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Xose Vazquez Perez July 23, 2022, 1:12 p.m. UTC 
Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Cc: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Cc: Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com>
Cc: DM-DEVEL ML <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
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 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
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@@ -174,3 +174,19 @@  To enable ALUA, the following options should be changed:
 
 - Huawei OceanStor:
    "Host Access Mode" should be changed to "Asymmetric".
+
+
+NVMe
+====
+To use Device Mapper/multipath-tools with NVMe devices,
+if the Native NVMe Multipath subsystem is enabled
+( "Y" in `/sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/multipath` ),
+it has to be disabled:
+
+`echo "options nvme_core multipath=N" > /etc/modprobe.d/01-nvme_core-mp.conf`,
+regenerate the initramfs (`dracut -f` or `update-initramfs`) and reboot.
+
+Check that it is disabled(N) with:
+`cat /sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/multipath`
+or
+`systool -m nvme_core -A multipath`