HP 3PAR Citrix Implementation Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................5

Supported Configurations..........................................................................................................5

HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations.........................................................................................5

Audience.................................................................................................................................6

2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel..........................7

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x...........................................7

Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for a Direct Connection...............................7

Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for a Fabric Connection..............................8

Creating the Host Definition..................................................................................................9

Connecting the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the Host................................................................10

Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................10

Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors..........................................................................11

Target Port Limits and Specifications.....................................................................................12

HP 3PAR Priority Optimization.............................................................................................12

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports................................................................................................13

Fibre Channel...............................................................................................................13

3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI....................................14

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage...............................................................................14

Configuring Ports for an iSCSI Connection.................................................................................14

Creating the Software iSCSI Host Definition................................................................................16

Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................17

HP 3PAR Priority Optimization..................................................................................................17

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports.....................................................................................................17

iSCSI................................................................................................................................18

4 Connecting a Host with Fibre Channel/FCoE...............................................19

Installing the Emulex HBA/CNA...............................................................................................19

Emulex OneCommand Command Line Interface.....................................................................19

Modifying the nodev-tmo Parameter to a Value of 1...............................................................19

Installing the QLogic HBA/CNA...............................................................................................20

SCLI Command Line Interface..............................................................................................21

Modifying the qlport_down_retry Parameter to a Value of 10...................................................21

Setting Up Multipathing Software.............................................................................................21

Setting Up Device-mapper...................................................................................................21

Modifying the /etc/multipath-enabled.conf File for Citrix 5.5...................................................22

Modifying the /etc/multipath.conf File for Citrix 5.6 or 6.x.....................................................23

Enabling Multipath.............................................................................................................24

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports.....................................................................................................24

Fibre Channel over Ethernet................................................................................................25

5 Connecting a Host with Software iSCSI.......................................................26

Configuring Citrix 5.6 or 6.x for iSCSI.......................................................................................26

iSCSI on Citrix 5.6 or 6.x....................................................................................................26

Setting Up iSCSI for Citrix 5.6 or 6.x....................................................................................26

Configuring Citrix 5.6 or 6.x iSCSI Settings with Device Mapper Multipathing...........................27

Starting the iSCSI Daemon for Citrix 5.6 or 6.x......................................................................27

Creating the iSCSI Connection in Citrix 5.6 or 6.x Using the iscsiadm Command.......................28

Discovering iSCSI Devices and Creating Storage Repositories with Citrix 5.6 or 6.x.........................29

Configuring CHAP for the iSCSI Host........................................................................................29

Setting the Host CHAP Authentication on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage..................................29

Setting the Host CHAP for Citrix...........................................................................................30

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