HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

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 in a Direct Topology...................................8
Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage in a Fabric Topology...................................8
Creating the Host Definition..................................................................................................9
Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................10
HP 3PAR Coexistence.........................................................................................................11
Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors..........................................................................11
Target Port Limits and Specifications.....................................................................................12
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization.............................................................................................13
HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports................................................................................................13
Fibre Channel...............................................................................................................13
3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for an FCoE Connection..............15
FCoE-to-FC Connectivity...........................................................................................................15
4 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI....................................16
Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage iSCSI Ports...............................................................16
Creating an iSCSI Host Definition on an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Running HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or
2.3.x.....................................................................................................................................19
Configuring CHAP Authentication (Optional)..............................................................................20
Enabling Unidirectional (Host) CHAP....................................................................................20
Disabling Unidirectional (Host) CHAP...................................................................................22
Enabling Bidirectional (Mutual) CHAP..................................................................................23
Disabling Bidirectional CHAP..............................................................................................25
Target Port Limits and Specifications..........................................................................................26
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization..................................................................................................26
HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports.....................................................................................................26
iSCSI................................................................................................................................27
5 Configuring the Host for a Fibre Channel Connection....................................28
Installing the HBA...................................................................................................................28
Installing the Solaris SAN Driver Packages.................................................................................28
Installing the HBA Drivers.........................................................................................................28
Installation Notes for Emulex lpfc Drivers...............................................................................29
Configuration File Settings for Emulex lpfc Drivers..............................................................30
Installation Notes for QLogic qla Drivers...............................................................................30
Configuration File Settings for QLogic qla Drivers..............................................................30
Installation Notes for Solaris qlc and emlxs Drivers.................................................................31
Configuration File Settings for Solaris qlc and emlxs Drivers................................................31
Verifying the Driver Package Installation.....................................................................................31
Setting Up Multipathing for the Solaris Host...............................................................................31
Using Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation VxDMP Multipathing............................................32
Using Sun StorageTek Traffic Manager Multipathing (Native Multipathing/MPxIO).....................34
Enabling SSTM/MPxIO Multipathing for Solaris 10 and 11.................................................34
Enabling SSTM/MPxIO Multipathing for Solaris 8 and 9...................................................35
Persistent Target Binding Considerations....................................................................................35
Persistent Target Binding for Emulex lpfc Drivers.....................................................................36
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