Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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task 5: settInG-up alua
ASUSDS300fG2supportsAsymmetricLogicalUnitAccess(ALUA)onthelatestLinuxdistributions:
• RedHatLinuxRHEL5.4
• RedHatLinuxRHEL5.5
• SuSELinuxSLES10SP3
• SuSELinuxSLES11
• SuSELinuxSLES11SP1
ASUSStorageprovidesRPMpackagesandmultipath.conflesforALUA.See“RPMPackagesandDocuments
forLinuxMPIO”onpage486.
reDhat lInux rhel 5.4
kernel with xen or PAe suPPort
TosupportALUAwithinRHEL5.4usingkernelwithXENorPAEsupport:
1. InstallRHEL5.4.WhentheCDischosenforinstallation,immediatelytypelinuxmpath.
2. CopytheASUSStorage-suppliedmultipath.confletothe/etcdirectory.
cpmultipath.conf-ASUSDS300fG2-alua-rhel5-4/etc/multipath.conf
3. Installthispatchedalua_dh_scsisourcemodule.
rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2Dual-1-1.src.rpm
4. Makeyourownrpm.
cd/usr/src/redhat/SPEC
rpmbuild-bascsi_dh_alau.spec
5. Determineyoursystemarchitecture,x86_64ori386.
uname-a
6. Installtheappropriatescsi_dh_aluadrivermodule.
• i386
cd/usr/src/redhat/RPM/i386
rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2-1-1.i386.rpm
• x86_64
cd /usr/src/redhat/RPM/x86_64
rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2-1-1.x86_64.rpm
7. Checkthemultipathconguration.
Multipath-ll(multipath-v4)
reDhat lInux rhel 5.5
kernel with xen or PAe suPPort
TosupportALUAwithinRHEL5.5usingkernelwithXENorPAEsupport:
1. InstallRHEL5.5.WhentheCDischosenforinstallation,immediatelytypelinuxmpath.
2. CopytheASUSStorage-suppliedmultipath.confletothe/etcdirectory.
cpmultipath.conf.alua-rhel5.5/etc/multipath.conf
3. Installthispatchedalua_dh_scsidrivermodule.
4. rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2Dual-2-1.src.rpm
5. Makeyourownrpm.
cd/usr/src/redhat/SPEC
rpmbuild-bascsi_dh_alau.spec
6. Determineyoursystemarchitecture,x86_64ori386.
uname-a
7. Installtheappropriatescsi_dh_aluadrivermodule.
• i386
cd/usr/src/redhat/RPM/i386
rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2-2-1.i386.rpm
• x86_64
cd /usr/src/redhat/RPM/x86_64
rpm-ivhscsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2-2-1.x86_64.rpm
8. Checkthemultipathconguration.
Multipath-ll(multipath-v4)
SuSe lInux SleS 10 SP3
TosupportALUAwithinSLES10SP3:
1. Determineyoursystemarchitecture,i586orx86_64.