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
Verifying the host recognizes array devices............................................................................36
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................36
Writing signatures..............................................................................................................36
Creating and formatting disk partitions.................................................................................37
Verifying file system operations ...........................................................................................37
4 Novell NetWare......................................................................................39
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................39
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................39
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................39
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................40
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................41
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................42
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................42
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................42
Configuring NetWare client................................................................................................42
Configuring NetWare ConsoleOne......................................................................................42
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................43
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................43
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................44
Verifying new device recognition.........................................................................................44
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................44
Creating the disk partitions.................................................................................................44
Assigning the new devices to volumes...................................................................................46
Mounting the new volumes..................................................................................................47
Verifying client operations...................................................................................................48
Middleware configuration........................................................................................................48
Host failover......................................................................................................................48
Multipath failover .........................................................................................................48
Helpful Multipath commands.....................................................................................49
Configuring NetWare 6.x servers for Cluster Services........................................................50
Installing Cluster Services...........................................................................................50
Creating logical volumes...........................................................................................51
5 NonStop.................................................................................................52
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................52
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................52
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................52
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................53
Setting system option modes................................................................................................54
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................55
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................55
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................55
Installing and configuring the FCSAs ...................................................................................55
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................56
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................56
Verifying disk array device recognition.................................................................................56
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................56
6 OpenVMS...............................................................................................57
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................57
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................57
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................58
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