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13 Configuring and Deploying the Dell PS Series Multi-Path I/O Device Specific Module with Microsoft Windows | TR1036
volume will load balance across the arrays in the storage pool and each array will host a slice of the volume.
The number of session connections per volume can be calculated based on the following equations.
2 sessions per volume slice * 1 members = 2 sessions per entire volume
2 sessions per volume slice * 2 members = 4 sessions per entire volume
2 sessions per volume slice * 3 members = 6 sessions per entire volume
Note: These calculations will change slightly with single port 10Gb PS Series array controllers. In this case
the sessions per volume slice will default to 1.
The MPIO connections setting can be modified using Auto-Snapshot Manager in the MPIO Settings window,
with the instructions on the previous page.
0 represents a volume distributed across three members with two iSCSI sessions per slice balanced across
the NICs. Slices are pieces of the volume and are split across the members appropriately in accordance with
the capacity of the members.
Slices across members presented to the volume