HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide (T5278-96047, May 2011)
Table Of Contents
- XP Disk Array Configuration Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 HP-UX
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Verifying the device files and drivers
- Creating the device files
- Creating the physical volumes
- Creating new volume groups
- Creating logical volumes
- Creating the file systems
- Setting the I/O timeout parameter
- Creating the mount directories
- Mounting and verifying the file systems
- Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters
- 3 Windows
- 4 Novell NetWare
- 5 NonStop
- 6 OpenVMS
- 7 VMware
- 8 Linux
- 9 Solaris
- Installation roadmap
- Installing and configuring the disk array
- Installing and configuring the host
- Connecting the disk array
- Configuring disk array devices
- Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later
- 10 IBM AIX
- 11 Citrix XenServer Enterprise
- 12 Troubleshooting
- 13 Support and other resources
- A Path worksheet
- B Path worksheet (NonStop)
- C Disk array supported emulations
- D Using Veritas Cluster Server to prevent data corruption
- E Reference information for the HP System Administration Manager (SAM)
- F HP Clustered Gateway deployments
- Glossary
- Index
1 Overview
What's in this guide
This guide includes information on installing and configuring P9000 disk arrays. The following
operating systems are covered:
• HP-UX
• Windows
• Novell Netware
• NonStop
• OpenVMS
• VMware
• Linux
• Solaris
• IBM AIX
For additional information on connecting disk arrays to a host system and configuring for a
mainframe, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Mainframe Host Attachment and Operations Guide.
Audience
This document is intended for system administrators, HP representatives, and authorized service
providers who are involved in installing, configuring, and operating the HP P9000 storage systems.
Features and requirements
The disk array provides following features:
• Storage capacity:
Maximum FC portsMaximum CapacityMaximum drivesModel
224 4 GB or 24 8 GB2.27 TB1152XP24000
48 4 GB or 24 8 GB472 TB240XP20000
224 4 GB454 TB1152XP12000
48 4 GB94.5 TB240XP10000
48124 TBExternalSVS 200
• Server support: Check with your HP representative for the servers and Fibre Channel adapters
supported by your disk arrays.
NOTE: See the following list for specific OS server support:
◦ OpenVMS server support: PCI-based AlphaServers; PCI-based Integrity (IA64) Servers.
◦ VMware server support: VMware-supported processor.
◦ Windows server support: Windows PC server with the latest HP supported patches.
• Operating system support: For supported disk array microcode and OS versions, see the HP
SPOCK website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
10 Overview