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Setting Point in time Behavior
At initial presentation The units are brought online to Controller
A.
On dual boot or controller resynch If cache data for a LUN exists on a
particular controller, the unit will be
brought online there. Otherwise, the
units are brought online to Controller A.
On controller failover All LUNs are brought online to the
surviving controller.
Path A - Failover/
Failback
On controller failback All LUNs remain on the surviving
controller. After controller restoration,
the units that are online to Controller
B and set to Path A are brought online
to Controller A. This is a one time
occurrence. If the host then moves the
LUN using SCSI commands, the LUN will
remain where moved.
At initial presentation The units are brought online to Controller
B.
On dual boot or controller resynch If cache data for a LUN exists on a
particular controller, the unit will be
brought online there. Otherwise, the
units are brought online to Controller B.
On controller failover All LUNs are brought online to the
surviving controller.
Path B - Failover/
Failback
On controller failback All LUNs remain on the surviving
controller. After controller restoration,
the units that are online to Controller
A and set to Path B are brought online
to Controller B. This is a one time
occurrence. If the host then moves the
LUN using SCSI commands, the LUN will
remain where moved.
Table 3 Failback Settings by Operating System
Operating system Default behavior Settings supported
Windows® Secure Path Autoback done by the host No Preference, Path A/B - Failover
Only.
Sun Solaris® Secure Path Autoback done by the host No Preference, Path A/B - Failover
Only.
HP-UX Secure Path Autoback done by the host No Preference, Path A/B - Failover
Only.
IBM AIX Secure Path Autoback done by the host No Preference, Path A/B - Failover
Only.
Tru64 UNIX Host follows the unit All settings allowed.
Recommended setting: Path
A/B - Failover/Failback.
VMS (7.3-1 and greater) Host follows the unit All settings allowed.
Recommended setting: Path
A/B - Failover/Failback.
Novell Netware Secure Path Autoback done by the host No Preference, Path A/B - Failover
Only.
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