Chapter 3 Functions of NEC Storage PathManager
for use. If the I/O results in an error or if it is not complete before time-out, the paths are regarded as being
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This function detects failed paths and makes them fail over by periodically issuing monitoring I/O to
available paths that have not been used for a certain period of time. This function is used mainly to monitor
failures in alternative paths in environments except for those in which dynamic load balancing is conducted.
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Figure 3-7 Failover as a result of health check
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This function detects paths that recovered from failures and makes them fail back by periodically issuing
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Figure 3-8 Failback as a result of recovery check
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