HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP operating system configuration guide for Sun Solaris XP24000, XP12000, XP10000, SVS200, v01(A5951-96037, June 2007)

Contents
About this guide ................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 7
Related documentation ................................................................................................................ 7
Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... 8
Conventions for storage capacity values ........................................................................................ 9
Window illustrations .................................................................................................................... 9
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 9
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................. 10
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 10
1 Installing and configuring Sun Solaris for the XP disk array .................... 11
Features and requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................. 12
Device emulation types .............................................................................................................. 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
Setting the System Option Modes ......................................................................................... 15
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 15
Fibre address .............................................................................................................. 16
Fabric and connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 16
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 17
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 17
Installing and configuring the HBAs ...................................................................................... 17
WWN ....................................................................................................................... 17
Configuring HBAs with the Sun SAN driver stack ............................................................. 18
Configuring Emulex HBAs with the lpfc driver .................................................................. 19
Configuring Qlogic HBAs with the qla2300 driver ........................................................... 20
Configuring AMCC/JNI HBAs (legacy support only) ........................................................ 21
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 23
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 24
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 24
Defining the paths ..............................................................................................................25
Verifying the HBA configuration ........................................................................................... 25
Adding the new device paths to the system ............................................................................ 26
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices ..................................................................... 26
Configuring disk array devices ................................................................................................... 26
Labeling and partitioning the devices .................................................................................... 26
Creating the file systems ...................................................................................................... 27
Creating the mount directories ............................................................................................. 28
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager v3.2 and later .................................................... 28
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