User`s guide

device
asymmetrical, 17
conguration, 82
devices, tape, 16
device
storage, 17
disabling, multipathing, 42-45
discovery
dynamic, 57
SAS devices, 57
E
enabling, multipathing, 42-45
F
fabric-connected host ports, 81, 86
fabric device conguration, 82
fc-fabric, 86
FCAL, 16
Fibre Channel
arbitrated loop, 16
booting Solaris 10 x86/x64, 65-74
conguration overview, 21-23
conguring IPFC SAN devices, 59-64
determining adapter port instances, 60-62
enabling and disabling multipathing, 42-45
HBA, 16
IPFC considerations, 59-62
listing LUN level information, 81-82
multipathing conguration, 41
supported HBA interfaces, 95-97
I
initiator ports, displaying properties, 27
Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel, See IPFC
IPFC, considerations, 59-62
L
logical units, listing, 27-28
LUN
masking, 53
recognition, 55
SCSI devices, 88
luxadm(1M), 51
M
modinfo, 81
mpathadm commands, 25-39
automatic failback, conguring, 32
congure automatic failback, 32
disable a path, 38-39
enable a path, 36-37
initiator ports
discovered, 27
properties, 27
logical unit with a particular name, 31-32
logical units
associated with target port, 29
discovered, 27
fail over, 34-36
properties and associated path, 28
mpt driver, 57
Multipath Management API plug-in
library, 25
properties, 25
multipathing
boot considerations, 55
conguring automatic failback, 51
conguring device nodes, 85-89
conguring third-party storage devices, 47-51
disabled, device node conguration, 82
disabled, multiple device conguration, 84-85
enabling and disabling, 42-45
enabling and disabling on a per-port basis, 45-47
fabric device node conguration, 80
features, 17-18
manual conguration, 79-80
mpathadm command, 25-39
SAS boot device conguration, 58
SAS considerations, 57
Index
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