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
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................84
Creating file systems with ext2........................................................................................85
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................85
Creating the mount table....................................................................................................85
Verifying file system operation.............................................................................................86
9 Solaris....................................................................................................87
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................87
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................87
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................87
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................88
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................90
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................90
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................91
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................91
Installing and configuring the FCAs......................................................................................91
WWN.........................................................................................................................91
Setting the disk and device parameters............................................................................91
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack...........................................................92
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................94
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................95
Configuring AMCC/JNI FCAs (legacy support XP12000 only)............................................95
AMCC/JNI 2 Gbit FCAs ..........................................................................................96
Verifying the FCA configuration...........................................................................................96
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................96
Fabric Zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................97
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................97
Adding the new device paths to the system............................................................................97
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices .....................................................................98
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................98
Labeling and partitioning the devices...................................................................................98
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................99
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................99
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later....................................................99
10 IBM AIX...............................................................................................101
Installation roadmap.............................................................................................................101
Installing and configuring the disk array..................................................................................101
Defining the paths............................................................................................................101
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.......................................102
Setting the system option modes........................................................................................104
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports...................................................................................104
Installing and configuring the host...........................................................................................105
Loading the operating system and software.........................................................................105
Installing and configuring the FCAs ...................................................................................105
Clustering and fabric zoning.............................................................................................105
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems...............................................106
Connecting the disk array......................................................................................................106
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices....................................................................106
Configuring disk array devices...............................................................................................107
Changing the device parameters.......................................................................................107
Assigning the new devices to volume groups.......................................................................109
Creating the journaled file systems.....................................................................................111
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