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

Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................70
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................70
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................70
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................70
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................70
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................71
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................71
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices......................................................................71
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................72
Changing the device parameters.........................................................................................72
Assigning the new devices to volume groups.........................................................................74
Creating the journaled file systems.......................................................................................76
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................78
10 Citrix XenServer Enterprise.......................................................................80
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................80
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................80
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................80
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................81
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................81
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................81
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................81
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................82
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................82
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................82
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................82
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................83
Restarting the Linux server...................................................................................................83
Verifying new device recognition.........................................................................................83
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................84
Configuring multipathing....................................................................................................84
Creating a Storage Repository.............................................................................................87
Adding a Virtual Disk to a domU.........................................................................................89
Adding a dynamic LUN......................................................................................................91
11 Troubleshooting......................................................................................92
Error conditions......................................................................................................................92
12 Support and other resources.....................................................................94
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................94
Subscription service............................................................................................................94
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................94
Related information.................................................................................................................94
Conventions for storage capacity values....................................................................................94
A Path worksheet.........................................................................................96
Worksheet.............................................................................................................................96
B Path worksheet (NonStop)..........................................................................97
Worksheet.............................................................................................................................97
C Disk array supported emulations................................................................98
HP-UX...................................................................................................................................98
Supported emulations.........................................................................................................98
Emulation specifications......................................................................................................98
LUSE device parameters....................................................................................................100
SCSI TID map for Fibre Channel adapters...........................................................................102
Windows............................................................................................................................103
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