User`s guide

Conguring SAN Devices
This chapter provides the high level overview of the steps used to congure SAN devices. In the
Solaris 10 OS, FCAL, fabric, and point-to-point connected devices are made available to the
host automatically. This feature diers from previous versions of the SAN Foundation software
running on the Solaris 8 or the Solaris 9 OS. In those versions, manual conguration steps were
required to achieve fabric-connected device availability on the host. To nd out how to
manually congure fabric-connected devices, refer to
Appendix A, “Manual Conguration for
Fabric-Connected Devices.”
The following topics are discussed:
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“SAN Device Considerations” on page 53
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“Adding SAN Devices” on page 54
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“Conguring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC” on page 55
SAN Device Considerations
Be aware of the following considerations before conguring the Sun StorageTek Trac
Manager software.
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Congure ports and zones according to the vendor-specic documentation for storage and
switches.
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With the Solaris 10 OS you no longer have to manually congure devices unless you enable
manual device conguration.
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LUN masking enables specic LUNs to be seen by specic hosts. See your vendor-specic
storage documentation that describes masking.
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Turn o power management on servers connected to the SAN to prevent unexpected results
as one server attempts to power down a device while another attempts to gain access. See
power.conf(1M) man page for details about power management.
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