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

Defining the paths..............................................................................................................74
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................75
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................76
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................76
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................76
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................76
Installing and configuring the FCAs......................................................................................77
WWN.........................................................................................................................77
Setting the disk and device parameters............................................................................77
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack...........................................................78
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................79
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................80
Verifying the FCA configuration...........................................................................................80
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................81
Fabric Zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................81
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................81
Adding the new device paths to the system............................................................................81
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices .....................................................................82
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................82
Labeling and partitioning the devices...................................................................................82
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................83
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................83
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later....................................................83
10 IBM AIX.................................................................................................85
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................85
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................85
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................85
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................86
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................87
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................87
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................87
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................87
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................87
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................87
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................88
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................88
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices......................................................................88
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................89
Changing the device parameters.........................................................................................89
Assigning the new devices to volume groups.........................................................................91
Creating the journaled file systems.......................................................................................93
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................95
11 Citrix XenServer Enterprise........................................................................97
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................97
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................97
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................97
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................98
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................98
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................98
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................98
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................99
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................99
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................99
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................99
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