HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

2. To verify that the host has been created, issue the showhost command.
HP requires that the host persona be set as follows:
Table 2 Host Personas for Solaris OS
VxDMPSSTM/MXPIOOS Version
11Solaris 8
11Solaris 9
11Solaris 10
12Solaris 11
NOTE: Host personas 1 and 2 enable two functional features:
• 3PAR Host Explorer, which requires the SESLun element of host persona 1
• UARepLun, which notifies the host of newly exported VLUNs and triggers a LUN discovery
request on the host, making the VLUN automatically available in format.
Host persona 2 also enables Report Target Port Groups (RTPG).
CAUTION: If, when Host Explorer is installed, /usr/local is a symbolic link, this link will be
removed and be replaced by a directory. This may affect some applications. To prevent this, reply
No when asked, during installation, Do you want to install these conflicting
files?. Host Explorer will then install normally.
NOTE: See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference or the HP 3PAR Management Console
User’s Guide for complete details on using the controlport, createhost, and showhost
commands.
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Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric
Fabric zoning controls which Fibre Channel end-devices have access to each other on the fabric.
Zoning also isolates the host server and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports from Registered State
Change Notifications (RSCNs) that are irrelevant to these ports.
You can set up fabric zoning by associating the device World Wide Names (WWNs) or the switch
ports with specified zones in the fabric. Although you can use either the WWN method or the port
zoning method with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, the WWN zoning method is recommended
because the zone survives the changes of switch ports when cables are moved around on a fabric.
Required
Employ fabric zoning, using the methods provided by the switch vendor, to create relationships
between host server HBA ports and storage server ports before connecting the host server HBA
ports or HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports to the fabric(s).
10 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Fibre Channel