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6
Using Fibre Channel Storage
This chapter provides an overview of Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel
configuration examples, and information on Fibre Channel hardware
installation and configuration in a Tru64 UNIX or TruCluster Server Version
5.1A configuration.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• An overview of Fibre Channel (Section 6.1).
• A comparison of Fibre Channel topologies (Section 6.2).
• Example cluster configurations using Fibre Channel storage (Section 6.3).
• A brief discussion of Quickloop (Section 6.4).
• A discussion of zoning (Section 6.5).
• A discussion of cascaded switches (Section 6.6).
• A procedure for Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1A or TruCluster Server Version
5.1A installation using Fibre Channel disks (Section 6.7).
• The steps necessary to install and configure the Fibre Channel hardware
(Section 6.8).
• The steps necessary to install the base operating system and cluster
software using disks accessible over the Fibre Channel hardware
(Section 6.9).
• How to convert the HSG80 from transparent to multiple-bus failover
mode (Section 6.10).
• A discussion on how you can use the
emx manager (emxmgr) to display
the presence of Fibre Channel adapters, target ID mappings for a Fibre
Channel adapter, and the current Fibre Channel topology (Section 6.11).
The information includes an example storageset configuration, how to
determine the /dev/disk/dskn value that corresponds to the Fibre
Channel storagesets that have been set up as the Tru64 UNIX boot disk,
cluster root (/), cluster /usr, cluster /var, cluster member boot, and
quorum disks, and how to set up the bootdef_dev console environment
variable to facilitate Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1A and TruCluster Server
Version 5.1A installation.
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