Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for Windows (7.6)

[ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS] section
This section defines HDLM operational and function information. HDLM
operational and function information is optional, however, if omitted, the
installer will use the following values:
• For a new installation, the installer uses the default values of the keys
that are listed in the following
Table 7-4 Keys That Can Be Defined in the
[ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS] Section on page 7-22.
• For an upgrade installation or re-installation, the installer uses the old
HDLM setting values.
Note that do no modify any definitions of items that are not listed in
Table
7-4 Keys That Can Be Defined in the [ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS] Section on
page 7-22.
The following table lists and explains the keys that can be defined in the
[ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS] section.
Table 7-4 Keys That Can Be Defined in the [ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS]
Section
Key name
#1
Description
#2
Necessity of
definition
Maximu
m
charact
er
length
#
3
New
installat
ion
Upgrade
installat
ion or
Re-
installat
ion
load_balance
Specify whether to enable load
balancing by specifying either of
the following values:
on: Enable load balancing
(default).
off: Do not enable load balancing.
Optional Optional 3
load_balance_typ
e
Specify the load balancing
algorithm by specifying either of
the following values:
rr: The Round Robin algorithm
exrr: The Extended Round Robin
algorithm
lio: The Least I/Os algorithm
exlio: The Extended Least I/Os
algorithm (default)
lbk: The Least Blocks algorithm
exlbk: The Extended Least Blocks
algorithm
Optional Optional 5
load_balance_sam
e_path_use_times
Specify the number of times the
same path can be used for I/O
operations when the Round Robin
Optional Optional 6
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