HP 3PAR RedHat and Oracle Linux Implementation Guide

Building the Broadcom Driver..............................................................................................97
Initializing and Configuring Broadcom FCoE.........................................................................97
Configuring RHEL 6 FCoE Settings with Device-mapper Multipathing.............................................99
8 Allocating Storage for Access by the RHEL Host..........................................103
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage.................................................................103
Creating Virtual Volumes..................................................................................................103
Creating Thinly-provisioned Virtual Volumes.........................................................................104
Exporting LUNs to the Host....................................................................................................104
Restrictions on Volume Size and Number.................................................................................105
Discovering Devices with an Emulex HBA.................................................................................105
Scan Methods for LUN Discovery.......................................................................................105
Method 1 - sysfs Scan..................................................................................................106
Method 2 - Adding Single Devices................................................................................106
Verifying Devices Found by the Host Using the Emulex HBA...................................................107
Discovering Devices with a QLogic HBA..................................................................................107
Scan Methods for LUN Discovery.......................................................................................108
Method 1 - sysfs Scan Using the echo Statement..............................................................108
Method 2 - Scan using add single device.......................................................................110
Verifying Devices Found by the Host Using the QLogic HBA...................................................111
Discovering Devices with a Software iSCSI Connection..............................................................112
Discovering Devices with RHEL 6 or RHEL 5.........................................................................112
Discovering Devices with RHEL 4........................................................................................113
9 Modifying HP 3PAR Devices on the Host...................................................115
Creating Device-mapper Devices............................................................................................115
Displaying Detailed Device-mapper Node Information...............................................................117
Partitioning Device-mapper Nodes..........................................................................................118
Creating Veritas Volume Manager Devices...............................................................................122
Removing a Storage Volume from the Host...............................................................................122
UNMAP Storage Hardware Primitive Support for RHEL 6.x.........................................................124
10 Booting the Host from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage...............................126
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Setup Requirements........................................................................126
RHEL Host HBA BIOS Setup Considerations..............................................................................126
Booting from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Using QLogic HBAs..........................................126
Booting from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Using Emulex HBAs...........................................126
Installation from RHEL Linux CDs or DVD..................................................................................127
Modifying the /etc/multipath.conf File....................................................................................128
Changing the Emulex HBA Inbox Driver Parameters...................................................................131
Installing the New QLogic Driver............................................................................................131
11 Using Veritas Cluster Servers...................................................................133
12 Using RHEL Xen Virtualization.................................................................134
13 Using RHEL Cluster Services...................................................................135
14 Using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM/RHEV-H)..............................136
15 Using Oracle Linux................................................................................137
Oracle Linux with RHEL-Compatible Kernel...............................................................................137
Using Oracle Linux with UEK..................................................................................................137
Oracle Linux Creating Partitions..............................................................................................137
16 Support for Oracle VM Server................................................................139
17 Support and Other Resources.................................................................140
Contacting HP......................................................................................................................140
HP 3PAR documentation........................................................................................................140
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