LPIC-2 Practice Question: Block Devices, Filesystems and Advanced Storage
An administrator needs to configure iSCSI multipathing. After setting up two paths, which command should be used to verify the multipath topology?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse `iscsiadm -m session -P 3` (which shows iSCSI session details) with a multipath verification command, but it only shows individual iSCSI connections, not the aggregated multipath topology.
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multipath -l
The `multipath -l` command displays the current multipath topology, showing the aggregated device mapper (dm) devices, their underlying paths, and their status (active/passive or active/active). This is the standard tool for verifying multipath configuration after setting up iSCSI paths, as it reads the multipathd state and presents a human-readable map of the multipath devices.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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multipath -l
Why this is correct
This shows multipath topology.
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lsscsi
Why it's wrong here
Lists SCSI devices but not multipath topology.
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dmsetup ls
Why it's wrong here
Lists device mapper devices but not multipath details.
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iscsiadm -m session -P 3
Why it's wrong here
Shows iSCSI sessions but not multipath mapping.
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