{
	"Nimble": {
		"Default": [
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Manual startup of iSCSI nodes on boot. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "startup",
				"recommendation": "manual"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Replacement_timeout of 10 seconds is recommended for faster failover of I/O by multipath on path failures. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "replacement_timeout",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum login timeout of 15 seconds is recommended with iSCSI. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "login_timeout",
				"recommendation": "15"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum timeout of 10 seconds is recommended with noop requests. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "noop_out_timeout",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum cmds_max of 512 is recommended for each session if handling multiple LUN's. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "cmds_max",
				"recommendation": "512"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum queue_depth of 256 is recommended for each iSCSI session/path. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "queue_depth",
				"recommendation": "256"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum number of sessions per iSCSI login is recommended to be 1 by default. If additional sessions are needed this can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. If NCM is running, please change min_session_per_array in /etc/ncm.conf and restart nlt service instead",
				"parameter": "nr_sessions",
				"recommendation": "1"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "product attribute recommended to be set to Server in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "product",
				"recommendation": "\"Server\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "alua prioritizer is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "prio",
				"recommendation": "alua"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "scsi_dh_alua device handler is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "hardware_handler",
				"recommendation": "\"1 alua\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "immediate failback setting is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "failback",
				"recommendation": "immediate"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "immediately fail i/o on transient path failures to retry on other paths, value=1. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "fast_io_fail_tmo",
				"recommendation": "5"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "queueing is recommended for 150 seconds, with no_path_retry value of 30. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "no_path_retry",
				"recommendation": "30"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "service-time path selector is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_selector",
				"recommendation": "\"service-time 0\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "vendor attribute recommended to be set to Nimble in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "vendor",
				"recommendation": "\"Nimble\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "group paths according to ALUA path priority of active/standby. Recommended to be set to group_by_prio in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_grouping_policy",
				"recommendation": "group_by_prio"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "tur path checker is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_checker",
				"recommendation": "tur"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "infinite value is recommended for timeout in cases of device loss for FC. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "dev_loss_tmo",
				"recommendation": "infinity"
			}
		],
		"Ubuntu": null
	},
	"3PARdata": {
		"Default": [
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Manual startup of iSCSI nodes on boot. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "startup",
				"recommendation": "manual"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Replacement_timeout of 10 seconds is recommended for faster failover of I/O by multipath on path failures. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "replacement_timeout",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum login timeout of 15 seconds is recommended with iSCSI. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "login_timeout",
				"recommendation": "15"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum timeout of 10 seconds is recommended with noop requests. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "noop_out_timeout",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum cmds_max of 512 is recommended for each session if handling multiple LUN's. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "cmds_max",
				"recommendation": "512"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum queue_depth of 256 is recommended for each iSCSI session/path. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "queue_depth",
				"recommendation": "256"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum number of sessions per iSCSI login is recommended to be 1 by default. If additional sessions are needed this can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. If NCM is running, please change min_session_per_array in /etc/ncm.conf and restart nlt service instead",
				"parameter": "nr_sessions",
				"recommendation": "1"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "product attribute recommended to be set to VV in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "product",
				"recommendation": "\"VV\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "alua prioritizer is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "prio",
				"recommendation": "alua"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "scsi_dh_alua device handler is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "hardware_handler",
				"recommendation": "\"1 alua\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "immediate failback setting is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "failback",
				"recommendation": "immediate"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "immediately fail i/o on transient path failures to retry on other paths, value=1. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "fast_io_fail_tmo",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "queueing is recommended for 150 seconds, with no_path_retry value of 18. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "no_path_retry",
				"recommendation": "18"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "round-robin 0 path selector is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_selector",
				"recommendation": "\"round-robin 0\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "vendor attribute recommended to be set to 3PARdata. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "vendor",
				"recommendation": "\"3PARdata\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "group paths according to ALUA path priority of active/standby. Recommended to be set to group_by_prio in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_grouping_policy",
				"recommendation": "group_by_prio"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "infinite value is recommended for timeout in cases of device loss for FC. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "dev_loss_tmo",
				"recommendation": "infinity"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "tur path checker is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_checker",
				"recommendation": "tur"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "0 value is recommended for features. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "features",
				"recommendation": "\"0\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "uniform rr_weight is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "rr_weight",
				"recommendation": "\"uniform\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "rr_min_io_rq 1 is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "rr_min_io_rq",
				"recommendation": "1"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "detect_prio yes is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "detect_prio",
				"recommendation": "yes"
			}
		],
		"Ubuntu": [
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Automatic startup of iSCSI nodes on boot. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "startup",
				"recommendation": "automatic"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Replacement_timeout of 10 seconds is recommended for faster failover of I/O by multipath on path failures. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "replacement_timeout",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "iscsi",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "Minimum interval of 10 seconds is recommended with noop requests. Can be set in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf",
				"parameter": "noop_out_interval",
				"recommendation": "10"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "product attribute recommended to be set to VV in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "product",
				"recommendation": "\"VV\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "alua prioritizer is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "prio",
				"recommendation": "alua"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "scsi_dh_alua device handler is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "hardware_handler",
				"recommendation": "\"1 alua\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "immediate failback setting is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "failback",
				"recommendation": "immediate"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "queueing is recommended for 150 seconds, with no_path_retry value of 18. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "no_path_retry",
				"recommendation": "18"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "warning",
				"description": "round-robin 0 path selector is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_selector",
				"recommendation": "\"round-robin 0\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "vendor attribute recommended to be set to 3PARdata in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "vendor",
				"recommendation": "\"3PARdata\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "group paths according to ALUA path priority of active/standby. Recommended to be set to group_by_prio in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_grouping_policy",
				"recommendation": "group_by_prio"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "getuid_callout whitelist is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "getuid_callout",
				"recommendation": "\"/lib/udev/scsi_id --whitelisted --device=/dev/%n\""
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": "rr_min_io is recommended with value as 100. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "rr_min_io",
				"recommendation": "100"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": " tur checker is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "checker",
				"recommendation": "tur"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": " tur path checker is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "path_checker",
				"recommendation": "tur"
			},
			{
				"category": "multipath",
				"severity": "critical",
				"description": " features 0 is recommended. Can be set in /etc/multipath.conf",
				"parameter": "features",
				"recommendation": "\"0\""
			}
		]
	}
}