HP XP P9500 Disk Array Configuration Guide (AV400-96496, May 2014)

Contents
1 Overview................................................................................................10
What's in this guide................................................................................................................10
Audience...............................................................................................................................10
Features and requirements.......................................................................................................10
Fibre Channel interface...........................................................................................................11
Device emulation types............................................................................................................12
Failover.................................................................................................................................12
SNMP configuration................................................................................................................13
RAID Manager command devices.............................................................................................13
2 HP-UX.....................................................................................................14
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................14
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................14
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................15
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................15
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................15
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................16
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................16
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................16
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................16
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................16
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................17
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................17
Verifying FCA installation....................................................................................................17
Verifying device recognition................................................................................................18
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................19
Verifying the device files and drivers.....................................................................................20
Creating the device files.....................................................................................................20
Creating the physical volumes.............................................................................................22
Creating new volume groups...............................................................................................22
Creating logical volumes....................................................................................................24
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................26
Setting the I/O timeout parameter........................................................................................26
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................27
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................27
Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters....................................................................28
3 Windows................................................................................................29
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................29
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................29
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................29
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................30
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................31
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................31
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................31
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................31
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................31
Fabric zoning and LUN security...........................................................................................32
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................32
Verifying the host recognizes array devices............................................................................33
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................33
Writing signatures..............................................................................................................33
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