User`s guide

Determining Fibre Channel Adapter Port Instances ............................................................... 60
Invoking and Conguring IPFC ........................................................................................................ 62
▼ To Start a Network Interface Manually ..................................................................................... 62
▼ To Congure the Host for Automatic Plumbing Upon Reboot ............................................. 63
8 Sun Solaris 10 Update 6 x86/x64 Fibre Channel Operating System Booting Procedure ......... 65
Setup Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 66
Installation Overview .......................................................................................................................... 66
Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................... 67
▼ To Summarize the Procedure ..................................................................................................... 67
▼ To Perform a CD ROM, DVD ROM, or Network-Based OS Installation ............................. 67
Post-Installation Patches for the Sun Solaris 10 Update 6 OS ........................................................ 74
9 Persistent Binding for Tape Devices ................................................................................................. 75
Persistent Binding Overview .............................................................................................................. 75
Creating Tape Links ............................................................................................................................ 76
▼ Conguration Steps ..................................................................................................................... 77
A Manual Conguration for Fabric-Connected Devices ................................................................... 79
Manual Conguration ........................................................................................................................ 79
▼ To Congure Manually ............................................................................................................... 80
Fabric Device Node Conguration ................................................................................................... 80
Ensuring That LUN Level Information Is Visible .................................................................... 81
Conguring Device Nodes Without Multipathing Enabled .......................................................... 82
▼ To Congure an Individual Device Without Multipathing .................................................... 82
▼ To Congure Multiple Devices Without Multipathing .......................................................... 84
Conguring Device Nodes With Solaris Multipathing Software Enabled ................................... 85
▼ To Congure Individual Devices With Sun StorageTek Trac Manager Software ............ 86
▼ To Congure Multiple Devices With Multipathing ................................................................ 87
Unconguring Fabric Devices ........................................................................................................... 89
Unconguring a Fabric Device .................................................................................................. 89
B Supported FC-HBA API .......................................................................................................................95
Supported Fibre Channel HBA API .................................................................................................. 95
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