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+First you need to add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.local
+
+  /sbin/modprobe -v dm-multipath
+  
+Also add any modules that may be needed for any storage devices
+that may be not be configured up by udev, like eg. qla-2xxxx.
+
+To use multipath, you need to start the multipath daemon.
+The recommended way is to add the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
+
+  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.multipathd ]; then
+          /etc/rc.d/rc.multipathd start
+  fi
+
+After starting multipathd you can see the multipaths like this
+
+  multipath -ll
+
+You have to have the paths connected and presented before
+seeing them with the above command. For some storage devices
+after presenting them to the host, a host reboot may be
+required for the devices and the paths to be show correctly.
+This also applies to any volume increase; a host reboot may
+be needed to pick up the new size. It seems to be depended
+on the storage in hand.
+
+To blackist any devices that you don't want to be handled by
+multipath like local hardware raid controllers, to your
+/etc/multipath.conf and entry like this
+
+  blacklist {
+          wwid 435456...
+  }
+
+To setup aliases to multipath devices add entries like these
+to /etc/multipath.conf
+
+  multipaths {
+          multipath {
+                  wwid "534535..."
+                  alias "storage0"
+          }
+  }
+
+Use the following to reload the configuration
+
+  multipath -r
+
+Then the device will be available under /dev/mapper/storage0
+You can create partitions on this like this
+
+  gdisk /dev/mapper/storage0
+
+To make an xfs filesystem on the first partition
+
+  mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/storage0-part1
+  
+See the manpages for more details.