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
Installing and configuring the host
This section explains how to install and configure Fibre Channel adapters (FCAs) that connect the
host to the disk array.
Loading the operating system and software
Follow the manufacturer's instructions to load the operating system and software onto the host.
Load all OS patches and configuration utilities supported by HP and the FCA manufacturer.
Installing and configuring the FCAs
Install and configure the FCA driver software and setup utilities according to the manufacturer's
instructions. Configuration settings specific to the XP array differ depending on the manufacturer.
Specific configuration information is detailed in the following sections.
WWN
The FCA configuration process might require you to enter the WWN for the array port(s) to which
the FCA connects. Your HP representative can provide you this information or you can display this
information on the SAN switch.
Setting the disk and device parameters
The queue depth parameter (max_throttle) for the devices must be set according to one of the
options specified in Table 20 (page 92).
Installing and configuring the host 91