3.7.0 HP StorageWorks HP Scalable NAS File Serving Software administration guide - HP Scalable NAS 3.7 for Linux (AG513-96002, October 2009)

6 Configure the SAN .......................................................... 85
Overview ......................................................................................................... 85
SAN configuration requirements ................................................................... 85
Storage Control Layer module ....................................................................... 85
Device names ............................................................................................. 86
Device database and membership partitions .................................................. 86
Device access ............................................................................................. 86
Disk partition alignment ............................................................................... 87
Import SAN disks .............................................................................................. 87
Deport SAN disks .............................................................................................. 89
Change the partitioning on a disk ....................................................................... 90
Display local disk information ............................................................................. 90
Storage Summary window .................................................................................. 91
Display disk information with sandiskinfo .............................................................. 92
Disk information ......................................................................................... 92
Show partition information .................................................................... 93
Show local device information ............................................................... 93
Show filesystem information ................................................................... 93
Show available volumes ........................................................................ 94
Options for dynamic volumes ....................................................................... 94
Show available subdevices .................................................................... 94
Show dynamic volumes ......................................................................... 94
Show properties for dynamic volumes ..................................................... 95
Display unimported dynamic volumes ..................................................... 95
Multipath I/0 (MPIO) support ............................................................................. 95
Linux Device Mapper Multipath .................................................................... 95
HP Scalable NAS mxmpio utility ................................................................... 96
Enable or disable failover for a server ..................................................... 97
Enable or disable failover for a PSD device .............................................. 97
Specify the path for I/O ........................................................................ 97
An example of changing the I/O path .................................................... 98
Display status information ..................................................................... 99
Set the timeout value ............................................................................. 99
Display MPIO statistics ........................................................................ 100
Other MPIO support ................................................................................. 100
Enable the MPIO failover feature on QLogic drivers ................................ 100
Third-party MPIO and fabric fencing ..................................................... 101
7 Configure dynamic volumes ............................................ 103
Overview ....................................................................................................... 103
Basic and dynamic volumes ....................................................................... 103
Types of dynamic volumes .......................................................................... 103
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