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Contents
Preface .............................. 5
Aboutthisguide....................................... 5
Intendedaudience...................................... 5
Diskarrays......................................... 5
Relateddocumentation.................................... 5
Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 6
HPtechnicalsupport..................................... 7
Subscriptionservice ..................................... 7
OtherHPwebsites ..................................... 7
Documentationfeedback ................................... 7
1Installation............................ 9
Featuresandrequirements .................................. 9
FibreChannelinterface................................. 10
Deviceemulationtypes................................. 10
Failover ....................................... 10
SNMP configuration.................................. 11
RAIDManagercommanddevices ............................ 11
Installationprocedures ................................... 12
Install and configurethediskarray.............................. 13
Settingthehostmodeandhostgroupmodeforthediskarrayports.............. 14
SettingtheSystemOptionModes ............................ 15
ConfiguringtheFibreChannelports ........................... 15
Fibreaddress................................... 15
Fabric and connection parameter settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Install and configurethehost ................................ 16
LoadingtheOSandsoftware .............................. 16
Installing and configuringtheHBAs............................ 16
SetHBAfabricmode................................ 16
Usingwwidmgr.................................. 17
Configuring system files............................... 18
Clusteringandfabriczoning .............................. 18
FabriczoningandLUNsecurityformultipleoperatingsystems ................ 19
Connectthediskarray................................... 19
Definingthepaths................................... 20
Verifyinghostrecognitionofdiskarraydevices....................... 21
Configurediskdevices ................................... 21
Writingthepartitionlabels ............................... 21
Towritethepartitionlabel: ............................. 22
Creating the filesystems ................................ 22
To create a filesystemforeachdevice: ........................ 22
To create an advanced filesystem:.......................... 22
Creatingmountdirectories ............................... 22
Mounting the fi lesystems................................ 23
To mount a Tru64 filesystem: ............................ 23
To mount an advanced filesystem:.......................... 23
Verifying the filesystems ................................ 23
Settingandverifyingautomaticmountingatbootup..................... 24
Checkingpathfailover................................. 25
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP operating system configuration guide: Tru64 UNIX
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