testshard3:PRIMARY> db.coll.getIndexes() [ { "v" : 1, "key" : { "_id" : 1 }, "name" : "_id_", "ns" : "db.coll" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "pid" : "hashed" }, "name" : "pid_hashed", "ns" : "db.coll" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "pid" : 1, "key" : 1 }, "name" : "pid_1_key_1", "ns" : "db.coll" }, { "v" : 1, "key" : { "pid" : 1, "guid" : 1 }, "name" : "pid_1_guid_1", "ns" : "db.coll" } ] >> pid is shard key