User`s guide

▼ To Fail Over a Logical Unit ......................................................................................................... 34
▼ To Enable a Path ........................................................................................................................... 36
▼ To Disable a Path .......................................................................................................................... 38
4 Conguring Multipathing Software .................................................................................................41
Conguring Multipathing .................................................................................................................. 41
Multipathing Considerations ............................................................................................................. 42
Enabling and Disabling Multipathing .............................................................................................. 42
▼ To Enable Multipathing .............................................................................................................. 43
▼ To Disable Multipathing ............................................................................................................. 44
Enabling or Disabling Multipathing on a Per-Port Basis ................................................................ 45
Port Conguration Considerations ........................................................................................... 45
Conguring Third-Party Storage Devices ........................................................................................ 47
Third-Party Device Conguration Considerations ................................................................. 47
Conguring Third-Party Storage Devices: New Devices ........................................................ 48
Conguring Third-Party Storage Devices: Disabling Devices ............................................... 49
Displaying Device Name Changes ............................................................................................. 50
Conguring Automatic Failback ....................................................................................................... 51
▼ To Congure Automatic Failback .............................................................................................. 51
5 Conguring SAN Devices ....................................................................................................................53
SAN Device Considerations ............................................................................................................... 53
Adding SAN Devices ........................................................................................................................... 54
▼ To Add a SAN Device .................................................................................................................. 54
Conguring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC ................................................................................... 55
Boot Considerations .................................................................................................................... 55
6 Conguring SAS Domains ..................................................................................................................57
SAS Multipathing Considerations ..................................................................................................... 57
Dynamic Discovery of SAS Devices .................................................................................................. 57
Conguring SAS Boot Devices .......................................................................................................... 58
7 Conguring IPFC SAN Devices ...........................................................................................................59
IPFC Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 59
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Solaris SAN Conguration and Multipathing Guide • April 20094