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VDEV_ID.CONF(5)		      File Formats Manual	       VDEV_ID.CONF(5)

NAME
       vdev_id.conf -- configuration file for vdev_id(8)

DESCRIPTION
       vdev_id.conf is the configuration file for vdev_id(8).  It controls the
       default	behavior  of vdev_id(8)	while it is mapping a disk device name
       to an alias.

       The vdev_id.conf	file uses a simple format consisting of	a keyword fol-
       lowed by	one or more values on a	single line.  Any line	not  beginning
       with  a	recognized  keyword is ignored.	 Comments may optionally begin
       with a hash character.

       The following keywords and values are used.

       alias name devlink
	   Maps	a device link in the /dev directory hierarchy to a new	device
	   name.   The	udev rule defining the device link must	have run prior
	   to vdev_id(8).  A defined alias takes precedence over  a  topology-
	   derived  name,  but	the  two naming	methods	can otherwise coexist.
	   For example,	one might name drives in a JBOD	 with  the  sas_direct
	   topology while naming an internal L2ARC device with an alias.

	   name	is the name of the link	to the device that will	by created un-
	   der /dev/disk/by-vdev.

	   devlink  is	the  name of the device	link that has already been de-
	   fined by udev.  This	may be an absolute path	or the base filename.

       channel [pci_slot] port name
	   Maps	a physical path	to a channel name  (typically  representing  a
	   single disk enclosure).

       enclosure_symlinks yes|no
	   Additionally	 create	 /dev/by-enclosure symlinks to the disk	enclo-
	   sure	 sg  devices  using  the  naming  scheme  from	 vdev_id.conf.
	   enclosure_symlinks is only allowed for sas_direct mode.

       enclosure_symlinks_prefix prefix
	   Specify   the  prefix  for  the  enclosure  symlinks	 in  the  form
	   /dev/by-enclosure/<prefix>-<channel><num>

	   Defaults to "enc".

       slot prefix new [channel]
	   Maps	a disk slot number as reported by the operating	system	to  an
	   alternative	slot  number.	If  the	channel	parameter is specified
	   then	the mapping is only applied to slots  in  the  named  channel,
	   otherwise the mapping is applied to all channels.  The first-speci-
	   fied	slot rule that can match a slot	takes precedence.  Therefore a
	   channel-specific  mapping  for a given slot should generally	appear
	   before a generic mapping for	the same slot.	In this	way  a	custom
	   mapping  may	 be applied to a particular channel and	a default map-
	   ping	applied	to the others.

       zpad_slot digits
	   Pad slot numbers with zeros to make them  digits  long,  which  can
	   help	to make	disk names a consistent	length and easier to sort.

       multipath yes|no
	   Specifies whether vdev_id(8)	will handle only dm-multipath devices.
	   If set to yes then vdev_id(8) will examine the first	running	compo-
	   nent	 disk  of a dm-multipath device	as provided by the driver com-
	   mand	to determine the physical path.

       topology	sas_direct|sas_switch|scsi
	   Identifies a	physical topology that governs how physical paths  are
	   mapped to channels:
	   sas_direct and scsi	channels are uniquely identified by a PCI slot
				and HBA	port number
	   sas_switch		channels  are  uniquely	 identified  by	 a SAS
				switch port number

       phys_per_port num
	   Specifies the number	of PHY devices associated with a SAS HBA  port
	   or  SAS  switch port.  vdev_id(8) internally	uses this value	to de-
	   termine which HBA or	switch port a device is	connected to.  The de-
	   fault is 4.

       slot bay|phy|port|id|lun|bay_lun|ses
	   Specifies from which	element	of a SAS identifier the	slot number is
	   taken.  The default is bay:
	   bay	 read the slot number from the bay identifier.
	   phy	 read the slot number from the phy identifier.
	   port	 use the SAS port as the slot number.
	   id	 use the scsi id as the	slot number.
	   lun	 use the scsi lun as the slot number.
	   bay_lun
		 read the slot number from the bay identifier and  append  the
		 lun number.  Useful for multi-lun multi-actuator hard drives.
	   ses	 use  the  SCSI	Enclosure Services (SES) enclosure device slot
		 number, as reported by	sg_ses(8).  Intended for use  only  on
		 systems where bay is unsupported, noting that port and	id may
		 be unstable across disk replacement.

FILES
       /etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf
	     The configuration file for	vdev_id(8).

EXAMPLES
       A  non-multipath	 configuration with direct-attached SAS	enclosures and
       an arbitrary slot re-mapping:
	     multipath	   no
	     topology	   sas_direct
	     phys_per_port 4
	     slot	   bay

	     #	     PCI_SLOT HBA PORT	CHANNEL	NAME
	     channel 85:00.0  1		A
	     channel 85:00.0  0		B
	     channel 86:00.0  1		C
	     channel 86:00.0  0		D

	     # Custom mapping for Channel A

	     #	  Linux	     Mapped
	     #	  Slot	     Slot      Channel
	     slot 1	     7	       A
	     slot 2	     10	       A
	     slot 3	     3	       A
	     slot 4	     6	       A

	     # Default mapping for B, C, and D

	     slot 1	     4
	     slot 2	     2
	     slot 3	     1
	     slot 4	     3

       A SAS-switch topology.  Note, that the channel keyword takes  only  two
       arguments in this example:
	     topology	   sas_switch

	     #	     SWITCH PORT  CHANNEL NAME
	     channel 1		  A
	     channel 2		  B
	     channel 3		  C
	     channel 4		  D

       A multipath configuration.  Note	that channel names have	multiple defi-
       nitions - one per physical path:
	     multipath yes

	     #	     PCI_SLOT HBA PORT	CHANNEL	NAME
	     channel 85:00.0  1		A
	     channel 85:00.0  0		B
	     channel 86:00.0  1		A
	     channel 86:00.0  0		B

       A configuration with enclosure_symlinks enabled:
	     multipath yes
	     enclosure_symlinks	yes

	     #		PCI_ID	    HBA	PORT	 CHANNEL NAME
	     channel	05:00.0	    1		 U
	     channel	05:00.0	    0		 L
	     channel	06:00.0	    1		 U
	     channel	06:00.0	    0		 L
       In addition to the disks	symlinks, this configuration will create:
	     /dev/by-enclosure/enc-L0
	     /dev/by-enclosure/enc-L1
	     /dev/by-enclosure/enc-U0
	     /dev/by-enclosure/enc-U1

       A configuration using device link aliases:
	     #	   by-vdev
	     #	   name	    fully qualified or base name of device link
	     alias d1	    /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x5000c5002de3b9ca
	     alias d2	    wwn-0x5000c5002def789e

SEE ALSO
       vdev_id(8)

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly	 May 26, 2021		       VDEV_ID.CONF(5)

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