User's Manual

Limitations
• HP P6000 Continuous Access is not supported with single path configurations.
• Single path HBA server is not part of a cluster.
• Booting from the SAN is supported on single path HBA servers.
Figure 57 Linux (64-bit) configuration
6 SAN switch 11 Network interconnection
7 SAN switch 22 Host 3
8 Controller A3 Host 2
9 Controller B4 Host 1
5 Management server
IBM AIX configuration
Requirements
• Switch zoning or controller level SSP must be used to ensure each single path HBA has an
exclusive path to its LUNs.
• Single path HBA server can be in the same fabric as servers with multiple HBAs.
• Single path HBA server cannot share LUNs with any other HBAs.
• In the use of snapshots and snapclones, the source virtual disk and all associated snapshots
and snapclones must be presented to the single path hosts that are zoned with the same
controller. In the case of snapclones, after the cloning process has completed and the clone
becomes an ordinary virtual disk, you may present that virtual disk as you would any other
ordinary virtual disk.
• HBA must be properly configured to work in a single HBA server configuration. The single
path adapter driver from the AIX 2.0B EVA Kit should be installed: PC1000.image.
HBA configuration
• Host 1 is a single path HBA host.
• Host 2 is a dual HBA host with multi-pathing software.
See Figure 58 (page 157).
156 Single Path Implementation