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Overview of hdlm, Chapter – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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1. Overview of HDLM

HDLM is a software package that manages paths between a host and a storage system.

HDLM is designed to distribute loads across multiple paths and will switch a given

load to another path if there is a failure in the path that is currently being used, thus

improving system reliability.
This chapter gives an overview of HDLM and describes its features.

1.1 What is HDLM?

1.2 HDLM Features