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Position of the hdlm driver and hdlm device, Position of the hdlm driver and hdlm device -8 – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Program name

Functions

Request path health checks and automatic failbacks

to be performed

Collect error log data

HDLM alert driver

Reports the log information collected by the HDLM driver

to the HDLM manager. The driver name is dlmadrv.

HDLM driver

Controls all the HDLM functions, manages paths, and

detects errors. The HDLM driver consists of the following:

Core logic component
Controls the basic functionality of HDLM.

Filter component
Sends and receives I/O data. The driver name is
dlmfdrv.

HDLM nexus driver
Performs operations such as reserving controller

numbers for logical device files of the HDLM device,

and managing HDLM driver instances for each HBA

port. The driver name is dlmndrv.

Position of the HDLM Driver and HDLM Device

The HDLM driver is positioned above the SCSI driver. Each application on the

host uses the HDLM device (logical device file) created by HDLM, to access

LUs in the storage system. The following figure shows the positions of the

HDLM driver and HDLM devices.

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HDLM Functions

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