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Figure 2-4 Position of the HDLM Driver and HDLM Devices

Logical Device Files for HDLM Devices

When you install HDLM, a logical device file to be used by HDLM will be

created for each LU on a per-Dev (slice) basis. Setting this logical device file

name in an application, such as volume management software, enables the

application to access an LU by using the HDLM function.

The logical device files existing before HDLM installation (the logical device

files of an sd or ssd) will be deleted.

The following explains the names and locations of the logical device files for

HDLM devices

Logical device file names for HDLM devices

The logical device file name of an HDLM device is a changed version of

the controller number of the logical device file name of the sd or ssd

device. For example, let us assume that an LU has two physical paths,

HDLM Functions

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