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11 Configuring and Deploying the Dell PS Series Multi-Path I/O Device Specific Module with Microsoft Windows | TR1036
MPIO Settings showing included and excluded network connections
Select Settings at the bottom left of the application and click on MPIO Settings in the left hand object tree.
This will open the MPIO settings configuration view. See Table 1 for all the MPIO setting options.
Configure MPIO settings for a selected range of hosts. Select the subnets or individual adapters to Exclude
MPIO and iSCSI subnets from SAN traffic. Optionally set the minimum adapter speed to match the network
configuration. This will ensure that the MPIO DSM directs iSCSI traffic only through the desired network
interfaces. See the next section for details on Default Load Balancing Policy and Max sessions for per
volume. Click Save when finished.
Auto-Snapshot Manager MPIO Settings Options
Setting
Description
Network
Connections -
Included
The IP range for subnets that are intended to be used for MPIO. (should be SAN
only subnets)
Network
Connections -
Excluded
The IP range for subnets that are intended to be excluded from MPIO.
Fail Over policy
The default load balancing policy to use for MPIO sessions. (Recommend using
Least Queue Depth)