hi .. new to emc powerpath ,

environment

os : rhel 6.4 x86_64 ( virutal box )

storage : freenas v9 ( on virtual box )

i try to setup learning and test env on virtual box to leaning installation emc powerpath  before i install on production server .

i try to download emc powerpath ( unlicense ) .

i able to install emc power path by #rpm -ivh EMCPower.LINUX-5.7.1.00.00-029.RHEL6.x86_64.rpm .

the setup as below on my notebook ( all on virtual box )

freenas setup

1. install freenas with 2 network card ( 192.168.56.101 , 192.168.60.101 )

2. setup iscsi server and share out 10GB from iscsi protocol

3.done.

rhel 6.4 setup

1. install base server with gui

2. install EMCPower.LINUX-5.7.1.00.00-029.RHEL6.x86_64.rpm .

3. install iscsi client ( install iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.873-2.el6.x86_64 )

4. setup iscsi disk

  #iscsiadm -m discovery

#iscsiadm -m node

#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 10240 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/sdc: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes

64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 10240 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 1048576 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x00000000

# scsi_id --whitelisted --replace-whitespace --device=/dev/sdb

33000000033d942fe

# scsi_id --whitelisted --replace-whitespace --device=/dev/sdc

33000000033d942fe

5. run powermt command

#cd /etc/init.d/

#./PowerPath start

#powermt display dev=all

Device(s) not found.

6. no native multipath software install

# rpm -qa | grep multi

so my question as below :

1. is possible powerpath ( EMCPower.LINUX-5.7.1.00.00-029.RHEL6.x86_64.rpm ) support this type of setup for learning purpose .

2. if yes can you provide some guide line to me ? tq

after that , i try to install native mutlipath ( device-mapper-multipath ) and configure , native multipath able to manage iscsi multipath on freenas .

hope some can point to me the correct way to learn powerpath ..