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The topology extends the length of the screen. The second portion of the topology is provided by the
following figure.
Figure 58
Topology of a Server (Continued)
NOTE:
If any of the paths are not fully calculated, a pop-up dialog box displays a list of all the
hosts with partially calculated paths. In addition, the current state of the path calculation is
appended to the node name in the left pane.
NOTE:
Drilling down into EVA VDisks mounted to a host will reveal that the VDisks comprise all
disks on the EVA. This reflects the information provided to the management server by the EVA
Provider.
Multipathing
Multipathing is the process of providing a server more than one path to a storage system, so that in
case of an emergency, the server will have continuous access to the storage system. Multipathing
can be done many ways. One example of multipathing is providing redundant switches for a host to