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

7 Linux.......................................................................................................50
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................50
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................50
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................50
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................51
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................51
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................51
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................52
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................52
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................52
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................52
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................52
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................53
Restarting the Linux server...................................................................................................53
Verifying new device recognition.........................................................................................53
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................54
Partitioning the devices.......................................................................................................54
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................55
Creating file systems with ext3........................................................................................55
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................55
Creating the mount table....................................................................................................56
Verifying file system operation.............................................................................................56
8 Solaris....................................................................................................57
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................57
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................57
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................57
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................58
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................59
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................59
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................59
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................59
Installing and configuring the FCAs......................................................................................60
WWN.........................................................................................................................60
Setting the disk and device parameters............................................................................60
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack...........................................................61
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................62
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................63
Verifying the FCA configuration...........................................................................................63
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................64
Fabric Zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................64
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................64
Adding the new device paths to the system............................................................................64
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices .....................................................................65
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................65
Labeling and partitioning the devices...................................................................................65
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................66
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................66
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later....................................................66
9 IBM AIX..................................................................................................68
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................68
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................68
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................68
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................69
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................70
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