HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

7 Configuring the Host for an iSCSI Connection
This chapter describes the procedures that are required to set up a Solaris host to communicate
with an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage over a 1 Gb or 10 Gb NIC iSCSI connection.
Solaris Host Server Requirements
To use an iSCSI connection, the Solaris host must meet the following software requirements.
• Solaris 11
• Solaris 10 (MU5 and later for up to 1 Gb iSCSI; MU9 and later for 10 Gb iSCSI)
• Solaris iSCSI Device Driver and Utilities Patch 119090-26 (SPARC) or 119091-26 (x86)
Patches are downloadable from the following website:
Oracle
The following example shows how to generate the output for checking the current version levels
for various components:
# more /etc/release
Solaris 10 5/08 s10s_u5wos_10 SPARC
Copyright 2008 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 24 March 2008
# showrev -p | grep 119090
Patch: 119090-25 Obsoletes: 121980-03, 123500-02 Requires: 118833-36 Incompatibles:
Packages:
SUNWiscsir, SUNWiscsiu
# pkginfo -l SUNWiscsir
PKGINST: SUNWiscsir
NAME: Sun iSCSI Device Driver (root)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.04.14.31
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Oracle and/or its affiliates. DESC: Sun iSCSI Device Driver
PSTAMP: bogglidite20061023141016
INSTDATE: Jul 03 2009 06:03
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 19 installed pathnames
14 shared pathnames
13 directories
2 executables
1266 blocks used (approx)
# pkginfo -l SUNWiscsiu
PKGINST: SUNWiscsiu
NAME: Sun iSCSI Management Utilities (usr)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.04.14.31
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: Sun iSCSI Management Utilities
PSTAMP: bogglidite20071207145617
INSTDATE: Jul 03 2009 06:04
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 15 installed pathnames
5 shared pathnames
5 directories
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