ANSI INCITS 412 : 2006

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Document Conventions
5 Background Technical Information
  5.1 Overview
  5.2 Client Discovery of Optional Behavior
  5.3 Events
  5.4 API Programming Concepts
6 Constants and Structures
  6.1 MP_WCHAR
  6.2 MP_CHAR
  6.3 MP_BYTE
  6.4 MP_BOOL
  6.5 MP_XBOOL
  6.6 MP_UINT32
  6.7 MP_UINT64
  6.8 MP_STATUS
  6.9 MP_PATH_STATE
  6.10 MP_OBJECT_VISIBILITY_FN
  6.11 MP_OBJECT_PROPERTY_FN
  6.12 MP_OBJECT_TYPE
  6.13 MP_OID
  6.14 MP_OID_LIST
  6.15 MP_PORT_TRANSPORT_TYPE
  6.16 MP_ACCESS_STATE_TYPE
  6.17 MP_LOAD_BALANCE_TYPE
  6.18 MP_PROPRIETARY_PROPERTY
  6.19 MP_PROPRIETARY_LOAD_BALANCE_PROPERTIES
  6.20 MP_LOGICAL_UNIT_NAME_TYPE
  6.21 MP_LIBRARY_PROPERTIES
  6.22 MP_AUTOFAILBACK_SUPPORT
  6.23 MP_AUTOPROBING_SUPPORT
  6.24 MP_PLUGIN_PROPERTIES
  6.25 MP_DEVICE_PRODUCT_PROPERTIES
  6.26 MP_MULTIPATH_LOGICAL_UNIT_PROPERTIES
  6.27 MP_PATH_LOGICAL_UNIT_PROPERTIES
  6.28 MP_INITIATOR_PORT_PROPERTIES
  6.29 MP_TARGET_PORT_PROPERTIES
  6.30 MP_TARGET_PORT_GROUP_PROPERTIES
  6.31 MP_TPG_STATE_PAIR
7 APIs
  7.1 MP_AssignLogicalUnitToTPG
  7.2 MP_CancelOverridePath
  7.3 MP_CompareOIDs
  7.4 MP_DeregisterForObjectPropertyChanges
  7.5 MP_DeregisterForObjectVisibilityChanges
  7.6 MP_DeregisterPlugin
  7.7 MP_DisableAutoFailback
  7.8 MP_DisableAutoProbing
  7.9 MP_DisablePath
  7.10 MP_EnableAutoFailback
  7.11 MP_EnableAutoProbing
  7.12 MP_EnablePath
  7.13 MP_FreeOidList
  7.14 MP_GetAssociatedPathOidList
  7.15 MP_GetAssociatedPluginOid
  7.16 MP_GetAssociatedTPGOidList
  7.17 MP_GetDeviceProductOidList
  7.18 MP_GetDeviceProductProperties
  7.19 MP_GetInitiatorPortOidList
  7.20 MP_GetInitiatorPortProperties
  7.21 MP_GetLibraryProperties
  7.22 MP_GetMPLuOidListFromTPG
  7.23 MP_GetMPLogicalUnitProperties
  7.24 MP_GetMultipathLus
  7.25 MP_GetObjectType
  7.26 MP_GetPathLogicalUnitProperties
  7.27 MP_GetPluginOidList
  7.28 MP_GetPluginProperties
  7.29 MP_GetProprietaryLoadBalanceOidList
  7.30 MP_GetProprietaryLoadBalanceProperties
  7.31 MP_GetTargetPortGroupProperties
  7.32 MP_GetTargetPortOidList
  7.33 MP_GetTargetPortProperties
  7.34 MP_RegisterForObjectPropertyChanges
  7.35 MP_RegisterForObjectVisibilityChanges
  7.36 MP_RegisterPlugin
  7.37 MP_SetLogicalUnitLoadBalanceType
  7.38 MP_SetOverridePath
  7.39 MP_SetPathWeight
  7.40 MP_SetPluginLoadBalanceType
  7.41 MP_SetFailbackPollingRate
  7.42 MP_SetProbingPollingRate
  7.43 MP_SetProprietaryProperties
  7.44 MP_SetTPGAccess
8 Implementation Compliance
9 Implementation Notes
  9.1 Backwards Compatibility
  9.2 Client Usage Notes
  9.3 Library Implementation Notes
  9.4 Plugin Implementation Notes
Annexes
A Device Names
      A.1 Initiator Port osDeviceName
      A.2 Logical Unit osDeviceName
B Synthesizing Target Port Groups
C Transport Layer Multipathing
D Coding Examples
      D.1 Example of Getting Library Properties
      D.2 Example of Getting Plugin Properties
      D.3 Example of Discovering path LUs associated with an MP LU
E Library/Plugin API

Presents management interfaces to standard capabilities defined in ANSI INCITS 408-2005 (SPC-3) and common vendor-specific extensions to the standard capabilities. The intended audience is vendors that deliver drivers that provide these capabilities.