HP 3PAR SUSE Linux Enterprise Implementation Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................6

Supported Configurations..........................................................................................................6

HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations.........................................................................................6

Audience.................................................................................................................................7

2 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel..........................8

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS 2.3.x.........................8

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

Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for a Fabric Connection..............................9

Creating the Host Definition................................................................................................10

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x........................................11

Configuring Ports for a Direct Connection..............................................................................12

Configuring Ports for a Fabric Connection.............................................................................12

Creating the Host Definition................................................................................................12

Connecting the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the Host................................................................13

Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................13

HP 3PAR Coexistence.........................................................................................................14

Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors..........................................................................14

Target Port Limits and Specifications for FC............................................................................15

HP 3PAR Priority Optimization.............................................................................................15

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports................................................................................................15

Fibre Channel...............................................................................................................16

FCoE-to-FC Connectivity...........................................................................................................16

3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI....................................18

Configuring Ports for an iSCSI Connection.................................................................................18

Creating the iSCSI Host Definition.............................................................................................19

Target Port Limits and Specifications for iSCSI.............................................................................21

HP 3PAR Priority Optimization..................................................................................................21

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports.....................................................................................................21

iSCSI................................................................................................................................22

4 Configuring a Host with Fibre Channel........................................................23

Checking the Host for Required Packages..................................................................................23

Installing the Emulex HBA........................................................................................................23

Building the Emulex Driver..................................................................................................23

Modifying the /etc/modprobe.conf.local File and Building the Ramdisk for Emulex....................24

Installing the QLogic HBA........................................................................................................26

Building the QLogic Driver..................................................................................................26

Modifying the /etc/modprobe.conf.local File and Building the Ramdisk for QLogic....................27

Installing the Brocade HBA......................................................................................................28

Building the Brocade Driver.................................................................................................29

Setting up the NVRAM and BIOS with the Brocade HBA.........................................................29

Configure the following NVRAM settings using the Brocade BIOS utility...............................29

Enabling an Adapter to Boot from SAN...........................................................................29

Configuring Boot Devices...............................................................................................29

Configuring the Brocade HBA using the BCU Utility...........................................................30

Setting Up Multipathing Software.............................................................................................30

Setting Up Device-mapper...................................................................................................30

Modifying the /etc/multipath.conf File.............................................................................31

Enabling Multipath........................................................................................................33

Setting Up Veritas DMP Multipathing....................................................................................34

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