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| 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Wilko Bulte 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" | 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Wilko Bulte 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" |
| 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/geom_fox.4 206622 2010-04-14 19:08:06Z uqs $ | 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/geom_fox.4 208027 2010-05-13 12:07:55Z uqs $ |
| 27.\" 28.Dd January 2, 2005 29.Dt GEOM_FOX 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm geom_fox 33.Nd "GEOM based basic disk multipathing" 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 137 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 172da2.fox N/A da2 173 da6 174.Ed 175.El 176.Sh SEE ALSO 177.Xr GEOM 4 , 178.Xr geom 8 , 179.Xr gmultipath 8 | 27.\" 28.Dd January 2, 2005 29.Dt GEOM_FOX 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm geom_fox 33.Nd "GEOM based basic disk multipathing" 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 137 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 172da2.fox N/A da2 173 da6 174.Ed 175.El 176.Sh SEE ALSO 177.Xr GEOM 4 , 178.Xr geom 8 , 179.Xr gmultipath 8 |
| 180.Sh AUTHORS 181.An -nosplit 182The 183.Nm 184driver was written by 185.An "Poul-Henning Kamp" Aq phk@FreeBSD.org . 186This manual page was written by 187.An "Wilko Bulte" Aq wilko@FreeBSD.org . |
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| 180.Sh CAVEATS 181The 182.Nm 183driver depends on the underlying hardware drivers to do the right thing in case 184of a path failure. 185If for example a hardware driver continues to retry forever, 186.Nm 187is not able to re-initiate the I/O to an alternative physical path. 188.Pp 189You have to be very sure to provide a unique label for each of the 190.Nm 191devices. 192Safety belts are not provided. 193For FibreChannel devices it is suggested to use the Port WWN of the device. 194The World Wide Name is guaranteed to be worldwide unique per the 195FibreChannel standard. | 188.Sh CAVEATS 189The 190.Nm 191driver depends on the underlying hardware drivers to do the right thing in case 192of a path failure. 193If for example a hardware driver continues to retry forever, 194.Nm 195is not able to re-initiate the I/O to an alternative physical path. 196.Pp 197You have to be very sure to provide a unique label for each of the 198.Nm 199devices. 200Safety belts are not provided. 201For FibreChannel devices it is suggested to use the Port WWN of the device. 202The World Wide Name is guaranteed to be worldwide unique per the 203FibreChannel standard. |
| 196.Sh AUTHORS 197.An -nosplit 198The 199.Nm 200driver was written by 201.An "Poul-Henning Kamp" Aq phk@FreeBSD.org . 202This manual page was written by 203.An "Wilko Bulte" Aq wilko@FreeBSD.org . | |
| 204.Sh BUGS 205The 206.Nm 207framework has only seen light testing. 208There definitely might be dragons here. 209.Pp 210The name 211.Nm 212is completely obscure. 213Just remember that any sly fox has multiple exits from its hole. 214.Pp 215The examples provided are too FibreChannel-centric. | 204.Sh BUGS 205The 206.Nm 207framework has only seen light testing. 208There definitely might be dragons here. 209.Pp 210The name 211.Nm 212is completely obscure. 213Just remember that any sly fox has multiple exits from its hole. 214.Pp 215The examples provided are too FibreChannel-centric. |