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}
You can use a devnode entry in the blacklist section of the configuration file to specify individual
devices to blacklist rather than all devices of specific type; this is not recommended, however. Unless
it is statically mapped by udev rules, there is no guarantee that a specific device will have the same
name on reboot. For example, a device name could change from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb on reboot.
By default, the following devnode entries are compiled in the default blacklist; the devices that these
entries blacklist do not generally support DM-Multipath. To enable multipathing on any of these
devices, you would need to specify them in the blacklist_exceptions section of the configuration
file, as described in Section 4.2.4, “Blacklist Exceptions”.
blacklist {
devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
devnode "^hd[a-z]"
}
4.2.3. Blacklisting By Device Type
You can specify specific device types in the blacklist section of the configuration file with a device
section. The following example blacklists all IBM DS4200 device and all HP devices.
blacklist {
device {
vendor "IBM"
product "3S42" #DS4200 Product 10
}
device {
vendor "HP"
product "*"
}
}
4.2.4. Blacklist Exceptions
You can use the blacklist_exceptions section of the configuration file to enable multipathing on
devices that have been blacklisted by default. For example, by default, devices with vendor = "IBM"
and product = "S/390.*" are blacklisted since usually DASD devices are used for local storage. If you
do need to enable multipathing on these devices, uncomment the following lines in the configuration
file:
blacklist_exceptions {
device {
vendor "IBM"
product "S/390.*"
}
}
When specifying devices in the blacklist_exceptions section of the configuration file, you must
specify the exceptions in the same way they were specified in the blacklist. For example, a WWID
exception will not apply to devices specified by a devnode blacklist entry, even if the blacklisted
device is associated with that WWID. Similarly, devnode exceptions apply only to devnode entries,
and device exceptions apply only to device entries.
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