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1.5. DM-Multipath Setup Overview
DM-Multipath includes compiled-in default settings that are suitable for common multipath configurations. Setting up DM-multipath is often a simple procedure. The basic procedure for configuring your system with DM-Multipath is as follows:
1. Install the multipath-tools and multipath-tools-boot packages
2. Create an empty config file, /etc/multipath.conf, that re-defines the following
3. If necessary, edit the multipath.conf configuration file to modify default values and save the updated file.
4. Start the multipath daemon
5. Update initial ramdisk
For detailed setup instructions for multipath configuration see Section, Setting Up DM-Multipath.