HP XP P9000 Configuration Guide (AV400-96525, November 2012)

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................9
What's in this guide..................................................................................................................9
Audience.................................................................................................................................9
Features and requirements.........................................................................................................9
Fibre Channel interface...........................................................................................................10
Device emulation types............................................................................................................11
Failover.................................................................................................................................11
SNMP configuration................................................................................................................12
RAID Manager command devices.............................................................................................12
2 HP-UX.....................................................................................................13
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................13
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................13
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................14
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................14
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................14
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................15
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................15
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................15
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................15
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................15
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................16
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................16
Verifying FCA installation....................................................................................................16
Verifying device recognition................................................................................................17
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................18
Verifying the device files and drivers.....................................................................................19
Creating the device files.....................................................................................................19
Creating the physical volumes.............................................................................................21
Creating new volume groups...............................................................................................21
Creating logical volumes....................................................................................................23
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................25
Setting the I/O timeout parameter........................................................................................25
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................26
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................26
Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters....................................................................27
3 Windows................................................................................................28
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................28
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................28
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................28
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................29
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................30
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................30
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................30
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................30
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................30
Fabric zoning and LUN security...........................................................................................31
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................31
Verifying the host recognizes array devices............................................................................32
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................32
Writing signatures..............................................................................................................32
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