............................Table of Contents


Preface	xi
1. Introduction to Alternate Pathing	1-1
...Installing AP	1-1
...The Purpose of Alternate Pathing	1-1
...Basic Alternate Pathing Concepts	1-3
......Physical Path	1-3
......Meta-Disk	1-4
......Meta-Network	1-5
......Disk Pathgroup	1-6
......Network Pathgroup	1-7
...Alternate Pathing Terminology	1-8
...Supported Devices	1-10
...Example AP Configurations	1-11
...AP and RSAS	1-12
...AP and Domains	1-13


2. Overview of AP Operations	2-1
...Working with the AP Database	2-1
......· To Create a Copy of the AP Database	2-1
......· To View Database Properties	2-2
......· To View Uncommitted Disk Entries	2-2
......· To View Committed Disk Entries	2-3
......· To View Uncommitted Network Entries	2-3
......· To View Committed Network Entries	2-4
......· To Delete a Copy of the AP Database	2-4
...Working with Disk Pathgroups	2-4
......· To Create a Disk Pathgroup	2-4
......· To Place Boot Disk Under AP Control	2-6
......· To Remove a Boot Disk From AP Control	2-6
......· To Switch from One Disk Pathgroup To Another	2-7
......· To Delete a Disk Pathgroup	2-7
...Working with Network Pathgroups	2-8
......· To Create Network Pathgroup	2-8
......· To Switch a Network Pathgroup (Ethernet or FIDDI) .	2-9
......· To Delete a Network Pathgroup	2-9
3. Managing the AP Database	3-1
...Creating a Database	3-2
...Deleting a Database	3-3
4. Using Meta-Disks and
...Disk Pathgroups	4-1


...Device Nodes for Meta-Disks	4-1
...Creating Disk Pathgroups and Meta-Disks	4-2
...Switching Disk Pathgroups	4-6
...Deleting Disk Pathgroups	4-8
5. Using AP Boot Devices	5-1
...Placing the Boot Disk Under AP Control	5-1
......· To Place a Boot Disk under AP Control	5-1
......· To Remove the Boot Disk from AP Control	5-2
...AP Boot Sequence	5-3
...Using Single User Mode	5-4
6. Using Meta-Networks and
...Network Pathgroups	6-1
...Meta-Network Interfaces	6-1
...Creating Network Pathgroups and Meta-Networks	6-2
...Switch Ethernet or FDDI Pathgroup	6-5
...Deleting Network Pathgroups	6-6
...Alternately Pathing the Primary Network Interface	6-7
7. Interaction Between AP and DR	7-1
...Notes	7-2
8. VxVM / AP Interaction	8-1
...Creating Disk Pathgroups with VxVM	8-1
...Deleting Disk Pathgroups with VxVM	8-2
9. AP Commands	9-1
10. AP Components	10-1


11. Driver Layers	11-1