numbering is unsatisfactory. The drive aliases will be created as
symbolic links in /dev/disk/by-vdev.
-The only currently supported topologies are sas_direct and
-sas_switch. A multipath mode is supported in which dm-mpath
-devices are handled by examining the first-listed running
-component disk as reported by the
+The currently supported topologies are sas_direct and sas_switch. A
+multipath mode is supported in which dm-mpath devices are handled by
+examining the first-listed running component disk as reported by the
.BR multipath (8)
command. In multipath mode the configuration file should contain a
channel definition with the same name for each path to a given
enclosure.
+.BR vdev_id
+also supports creating aliases based on existing udev links in the /dev
+hierarchy using the \fIalias\fR configuration file keyword. See the
+.BR vdev_id.conf (5)
+man page for details.
+
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR <config_file>