HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Linux XP24000, XP20000, XP12000, XP10000, SVS 200 (A5951 - 96097, September 2007)

Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 7
About this guide ......................................................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 7
Related documentation ................................................................................................................ 7
Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... 7
Conventions for storage capacity values ........................................................................................ 8
Graphical interface illustrations ..................................................................................................... 9
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 9
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 9
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 10
1 Installing and configuring Linux for the XP disk array ............................. 11
Features and requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................. 11
Device emulation types .............................................................................................................. 12
Partitions ................................................................................................................................. 12
Failover ................................................................................................................................... 12
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................. 13
XP RAID Manager command devices .......................................................................................... 13
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................. 13
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 14
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports .......................................... 14
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 15
Fabric and Connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 16
Fibre address .............................................................................................................. 17
Setting the System Option Modes ......................................................................................... 17
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 17
Installing and configuring the FCAs ..................................................................................... 17
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 17
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 17
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 18
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 18
Restarting the Linux server ................................................................................................... 19
Verifying new device recognition .......................................................................................... 19
Defining the paths ..............................................................................................................20
Configuring disk array devices ................................................................................................... 21
Partitioning the devices ....................................................................................................... 21
Creating the file systems ...................................................................................................... 21
Creating file systems with ext2 ....................................................................................... 21
Creating the mount directories ............................................................................................. 22
Creating the mount table ..................................................................................................... 22
Verifying file system operation .............................................................................................. 23
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