HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

Persistent Target Binding for QLogic qla Drivers......................................................................36
Persistent Target Binding for Solaris qlc and emlxs Drivers.......................................................37
System Settings for Minimizing I/O Stall Times on VLUN Paths......................................................37
6 Configuring the Host for an FCoE Connection..............................................39
Solaris Host Server Requirements..............................................................................................39
Configuring the FCoE Switch and FC Switch...............................................................................39
Configuring an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port for an FCoE Host Connection................................39
Configuring a CNA and FCoE Forwarder Switch........................................................................39
7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection..............................................41
Solaris Host Server Requirements..............................................................................................41
Setting Up the Ethernet Switch..................................................................................................42
Configuring the Solaris 11 Host Ports.........................................................................................42
Configuring the Solaris 10 Host Ports.........................................................................................43
Setting Up the iSCSI Initiator for Target Discovery.......................................................................44
Using the Static Device Discovery Method.............................................................................45
Using the SendTargets Discovery Method..............................................................................45
Using the iSNS Discovery Method........................................................................................46
Initiating and Verifying Target Discovery...............................................................................46
Setting Up Multipathing Using Solaris StorEdge Traffic Manager...................................................48
8 Allocating Storage for Access by the Solaris Host.........................................50
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage...................................................................50
Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x.....................................................................50
Exporting LUNs to a Host with a Fibre Channel Connection..........................................................51
Creating a VLUN for Export................................................................................................51
VLUN Exportation Limits Based on Host HBA Drivers...............................................................52
Exporting LUNs to a Solaris Host with an iSCSI Connection..........................................................53
Discovering LUNs on Fibre Channel Connections........................................................................54
Discovering LUNs for QLogic qla and Emulex lpfc Drivers........................................................54
Discovering LUNs for Solaris qlc and emlxs Drivers.................................................................55
Discovering LUNs for Solaris StorEdge Traffic Manager...........................................................56
Discovering LUNs for Veritas Volume Manager’s DMP (VxDMP)...............................................58
Discovering LUNs on iSCSI Connections....................................................................................58
Removing Volumes for Fibre Channel Connections......................................................................59
Removing Volumes for iSCSI Connections...................................................................................59
9 Using the Solaris Cluster Server..................................................................61
10 Using the Veritas Cluster Server................................................................62
11 Booting from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage..............................................63
Preparing a Bootable Solaris Image for Fibre Channel.................................................................63
Dump and Restore Method..................................................................................................63
Net Install Method.............................................................................................................63
Installing the Solaris OS Image onto a VLUN..............................................................................63
Configuring Additional Paths and Solaris I/O Multipathing..........................................................65
Configuration for Multiple Path Booting.....................................................................................67
Additional Devices on the Booting Paths....................................................................................68
SAN Boot Example.................................................................................................................68
12 Configuration Examples...........................................................................70
Example of Discovering a VLUN Using qlc/emlx Drivers with SSTM...............................................70
Example of Discovering a VLUN Using an Emulex Driver and VxVM..............................................70
Example of Discovering a VLUN Using a QLogic Driver with VxVM...............................................71
Example of UFS/ZFS File System Creation..................................................................................71
Examples of Growing a Volume................................................................................................72
Growing an SSTM Volume..................................................................................................72
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