HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide (T5278-96047, May 2011)
Table Of Contents
- XP Disk Array Configuration Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 HP-UX
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Verifying the device files and drivers
- Creating the device files
- Creating the physical volumes
- Creating new volume groups
- Creating logical volumes
- Creating the file systems
- Setting the I/O timeout parameter
- Creating the mount directories
- Mounting and verifying the file systems
- Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters
- 3 Windows
- 4 Novell NetWare
- 5 NonStop
- 6 OpenVMS
- 7 VMware
- 8 Linux
- 9 Solaris
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later
- 10 IBM AIX
- 11 Citrix XenServer Enterprise
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Support and other resources
- A Path worksheet
- B Path worksheet (NonStop)
- C Disk array supported emulations
- D Using Veritas Cluster Server to prevent data corruption
- E Reference information for the HP System Administration Manager (SAM)
- F HP Clustered Gateway deployments
- Glossary
- Index

Table 51 OPEN-8 parameters by emulation type (IBM AIX) (continued)
Emulation Type
OPEN-8 CVS*n
(n=2 to 36)
OPEN-8 CVSOPEN-8*n (n=2
to 36)
OPEN-8Parameter
1,0241,0241,0241,024b partition fragment sizefb
1,0241,0241,0241,024c partition fragment sizefc
1,0241,0241,0241,024d partition fragment sizefd
1,0241,0241,0241,024e partition fragment sizefe
1,0241,0241,0241,024f partition fragment sizeff
1,0241,0241,0241,024g partition fragment sizefg
1,0241,0241,0241,024h partition fragment sizefh
See “Notes for disk parameters” (page 167).
Table 52 OPEN-9 parameters by emulation type (IBM AIX)
Emulation Type
OPEN-9 CVS*n
(n=2 to 36)
OPEN-9 CVSOPEN-9*n (n=2
to 36)
OPEN-9Parameter
WinchesterWinchesterWinchesterWinchesterDisk categoryty
SCSISCSISCSISCSIControl typedt
96969696Sectors/tracksns
15151515Tracks/cylindernt
Depends on
configuration of
CV
3
Depends on
configuration of
CV
1
10,016*n10,016Number of all cylindersnc
6,3006,3006,3006,300Number of rotations of the diskrm
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallya partition offset (Starting block
in a partition)
oa
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyb partition offset (Starting block
in b partition)
ob
0000c partition offset (Starting block
in c partition)
oc
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyd partition offset (Starting block
in d partition)
od
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallye partition offset (Starting block
in e partition)
oe
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyf partition offset (Starting block
in f partition)
of
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyg partition offset (Starting block
in g partition)
og
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyh partition offset (Starting block
in h partition)
oh
Set optionally
2
Set optionally
2
Set optionally
2
Set optionally
2
a partition sizepa
Set optionallySet optionallySet optionallySet optionallyb partition sizepb
164 Disk array supported emulations