Use the esxcli command to list available multipathing claim rules.
Claim rules indicate whether the NMP, HPP, or a third-party MPP manages a given physical path. Each claim rule identifies a set of paths based on the following parameters:
- Vendor/model strings
- Transportation, such as SATA, IDE, Fibre Channel
- Adapter, target, or LUN location
- Device driver, for example, Mega-RAID
Procedure
- ♦ List the multipathing claim rules by running the esxcli storage core claimrule list --claimrule-class=MP command.
If you do not use the claimrule-class option, the MP rule class is implied.
Example: Sample Output of the esxcli storage core claimrule list Command
Rule Class Rule Class Type Plugin Matches MP 10 runtime vendor HPP vendor=NVMe model=* MP 10 file vendor HPP vendor=NVMe model=* MP 50 runtime transport NMP transport=usb MP 51 runtime transport NMP transport=sata MP 52 runtime transport NMP transport=ide MP 53 runtime transport NMP transport=block MP 54 runtime transport NMP transport=unknown MP 101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport MP 101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport MP 200 runtime vendor MPP_1 vendor=NewVend model=* MP 200 file vendor MPP_1 vendor=NewVend model=* MP 201 runtime location MPP_2 adapter=vmhba41 channel=* target=* lun=* MP 201 file location MPP_2 adapter=vmhba41 channel=* target=* lun=* MP 202 runtime driver MPP_3 driver=megaraid MP 202 file driver MPP_3 driver=megaraid MP 65535 runtime vendor NMP vendor=* model=*
This example indicates the following:
- The NMP claims all paths connected to storage devices that use the USB, SATA, IDE, and Block SCSI transportation.
- The rules for HPP, MPP_1, MPP_2, and MPP_3 have been added, so that the modules can claim specified devices. For example, the HPP claims all devices with vendor NVMe. All devices handled by the inbox nvme driver are claimed regardless of the actual vendor. The MPP_1 module claims all paths connected to any model of the NewVend storage array.
- You can use the MASK_PATH module to hide unused devices from your host. By default, the PSA claim rule 101 masks Dell array pseudo devices with a vendor string DELL and a model string Universal Xport.
- The Rule Class column in the output describes the category of a claim rule. It can be MP (multipathing plug-in), Filter, or VAAI.
- The Class column shows which rules are defined and which are loaded. The file parameter in the Class column indicates that the rule is defined. The runtime parameter indicates that the rule has been loaded into your system. For a user-defined claim rule to be active, two lines with the same rule number must exist, one line for the rule with the file parameter and another line with runtime. Several default system-defined claim rules have only one line with the Class of runtime. You cannot modify these rules.
- The default rule 65535 assigns all unclaimed paths to the NMP. Do not delete this rule.