Overview: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack (September 2009)
Table Of Contents
- Abstract
- Background
- Features of the Next Generation Mass Storage Stack
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Background
- Impact
- Impact
- Introduction to the Agile View
- Changes to I/O and Mass Storage Subsystems
- Changes to Other Subsystems
- Migrating to the Agile View
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Appendix A: Summary of Changes
- Appendix B: Using ioscan
- Appendix C: Using scsimgr
- Appendix D: Interpreting Lunpath Hardware Paths
- For more information
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For more information
To learn more about the agile view and mass storage on HP-UX, see the following documents on the HP Business
Support Center:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs
Click HP-UX 11i v3.
For information about specific features of the new mass storage stack:
• HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage Device Naming
• HP-UX 11i v3 Native Multi-Pathing for Mass Storage
• HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage I/O Scalability
For information about system administration:
• Scsimgr SCSI Management and Diagnostics Utility
• SCSI Commands used by HP-UX 11i v3
• HP System Management Homepage
• Troubleshooting Fibre Channel SANs in HP-UX 11i v3
• HP-UX 11i v3 Crash Dump Improvements
• setboot(1M) in HP-UX 11i v3
For information about Logical Volume Manager:
• LVM New Features in HP-UX 11i v3
For information about migrating to HP-UX 11i v3 and agile addressing:
• HP-UX 11i v2 to 11i v3 Mass Storage Stack Update Guide
• HP-UX 11i v3 Persistent DSF Migration Guide
• LVM Migration from Legacy to Agile naming model HP-UX 11i v3
For information about performance:
• HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage I/O Performance Improvements
For information about developing I/O software:
• Writing Active/Passive Switch Plug-Ins for HP-UX 11i v3
• Using the HP-UX libIO
HP welcomes your input. Use our technical documentation feedback website to give us comments about this white
paper, or suggestions for mass storage or related documentation at:
http://www.hp.com/bizsupport/feedback/ww/webfeedback.html.