From 6c96b71f52475616714f020d7d474aa62a6f2fae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boya Murthy <boya.murthy@dell.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:16:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] added PowerPath support

---
 content/docs/csidriver/installation/helm/powermax.md | 11 +++++++++++
 content/docs/csidriver/release/powermax.md           |  1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/docs/csidriver/installation/helm/powermax.md b/content/docs/csidriver/installation/helm/powermax.md
index d63d770012..a7aeac6568 100644
--- a/content/docs/csidriver/installation/helm/powermax.md
+++ b/content/docs/csidriver/installation/helm/powermax.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ The following requirements must be met before installing CSI Driver for Dell Pow
 - Linux multipathing requirements
 - If using Snapshot feature, satisfy all Volume Snapshot requirements
 - If enabling CSM for Authorization, please refer to the [Authorization deployment steps](../../../../authorization/deployment/) first
+- If using Powerpath , install the PowerPath for Linux requirements
 
 ### Install Helm 3
 
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ path_selector "round-robin 0"
 no_path_retry 10
 ```
 
+### PowerPath for Linux requirements
+
+CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax supports PowerPath for Linux. Configure Linux PowerPath before installing the CSI Driver.
+
+Set up the PowerPath for Linux as follows:
+
+- All the nodes must have the PowerPath package installed . Download the PowerPath archive for the environment from [Dell EMC Online Support](https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-in/product-support/product/powerpath-for-linux/drivers).
+- Untar the PowerPath archive, Copy the RPM package into a temporary folder and Install PowerPath using `rpm -ivh DellEMCPower.LINUX-<version>-<build>.<platform>.x86_64.rpm`
+- Start the PowerPath service using `systemctl start PowerPath`
+
 ### (Optional) Volume Snapshot Requirements
 
 Applicable only if you decided to enable snapshot feature in `values.yaml`
diff --git a/content/docs/csidriver/release/powermax.md b/content/docs/csidriver/release/powermax.md
index 2287ced1ec..cf425eee38 100644
--- a/content/docs/csidriver/release/powermax.md
+++ b/content/docs/csidriver/release/powermax.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description: Release notes for PowerMax CSI driver
 - Removed 9.x Unisphere REST endpoints support.
 - Added 10.0 Unisphere REST endpoints support.
 - Automatic SRDF group creation for PowerMax arrays (Juniper release and above).
+- Added PowerPath for Linux support.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 There are no fixed issues in this release.