Quorum disk creation and extent allocation

The system uses a quorum disk to manage a SAN fault that splits the system exactly in half. One half of the system continues to operate, and the other half stops until the SAN connectivity is restored.

During quorum disk discovery, the system assesses each logical unit (LU) to determine its potential use as a quorum disk. From the set of eligible LUs, the system nominates three quorum candidate disks.

If possible, the quorum disk candidates are presented by different devices. After the quorum candidate disks are selected, the system selects one of the candidate quorum disks to become the active quorum disk, which means it is used first to break a tie in the event of a system partition. After the active quorum disk is selected, the system does not attempt to ensure that the candidate quorum disks are presented by different devices. However, you can also manually select the active quorum disk if you want to ensure the active quorum disk is presented by a different device. Selecting the active quorum disk ensures that the most highly available quorum disk is used. To view a list of current quorum disk candidates, use the lsquorum command. You can set the active parameter on the chquorum command to set a disk as an active quorum disk. The quorum disk candidates can be updated by configuration activity if other eligible LUs are available. To change a quorum candidate disk in the management GUI, select Pools > MDisks by Pools or Pools > External Storage.