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3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal.
4
On the Hard Disks page, select Configure > Configure iSCSI , then click Continue when
prompted to continue with initializing the iSCSI initiator configuration.
9.3 Enabling Multipath I/O Support at Install Time
If there are multiple I/O paths to the devices you want to use to create a software RAID device for
the root (/) partition, you must enable multipath support before you create the software RAID
device.
1 Proceed with the YaST install of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 until you reach the Installation
Settings page.
2
Click Partitioning to open the Preparing Hard Disk page, click Custom Partitioning (for
experts) , then click Next .
3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal.
4 On the Hard Disks page, select Configure > Configure Multipath , then click Yes when
prompted to activate multipath.
This re-scans the devices and resolves the multiple paths so that each device is listed only once
in the list of hard disks.
9.4 Creating a Software RAID Device for the Root
(/) Partition
1 Proceed with the YaST install of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 until you reach the Installation
Settings page.
2 Click Partitioning to open the Preparing Hard Disk page, click Custom Partitioning (for
experts) , then click Next .
3 On the Expert Partitioner page, expand Hard Disks in the System View panel to view the default
proposal, select the proposed partitions, then click Delete .
4 Create a swap partition.
4a On the Expert Partitioner page under Hard Disks , select the device you want to use for the
swap partition, then click Add on the Hard Disk Partitions tab.
4b
Under New Partition Type , select Primary Partition , then click Next .
4c Under New Partition Size , specify the size to use, then click Next .
4d
Under Format Options , select Format partition , then select Swap from the drop-down list.
4e Under Mount Options , select Mount partition , then select swap from the drop-down list.
4f Click Finish .
5 Set up the 0xFD Linux RAID format for each of the devices you want to use for the software
RAID.
5a On the Expert Partitioner page under Hard Disks , select the device you want to use in the
RAID, then click Add on the Hard Disk Partitions tab.
5b Under New Partition Type , select Primary Partition , then click Next .