Good information by Saiprasad P. Parkar and Pratikkumar Ashok Shaha (thank you)
Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module (SDDPCM) is used for implementing multipath configuration environment using IBM® System Storage® SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM Storwize® V7000, and other IBM Storage products. It supports a storage-redundant configuration environment for a host system that is attached to storage devices. It provides enhanced data availability, dynamic input/output (I/O) load-balancing across multiple paths, and automatic path failover protection.
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