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Feature: multipath ​

Description ​

Installs multipath I/O support, required by iscsi and NVMe over TCP.

What it does ​

Installs multipath-tools and provides a configuration file for multipath. Multipath I/O allows a system to use multiple physical paths between host and storage devices for redundancy and performance.

Files ​

Files present in this feature and their purpose. See the feature file reference for the semantics of each file type.

FilePurpose
file.include.markers.yaml (ref)Maps files to test-coverage marker IDs.
info.yaml (ref)Declares type: element and included/excluded features.
pkg.include (ref)Installs: multipath-tools.
file.include/etc/multipath.conf (file.include)Configuration file for multipath-tools, defining path grouping and failover policies.

Includes:

  • server — provides the server base layer required for multipath operation.