Dell PowerStore 5200T EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide - Page 6

Host Configuration for HP-UX, Appendix A: Considerations for Boot from SAN with PowerStore

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Recommended Configuration Values Summary...76 Boot from SAN...77 Fibre Channel Configuration...77 Pre-Requisites...78 Queue Depth...78 Solaris Host Parameter Settings...78 Configuring Solaris native multipathing...78 PowerPath Configuration with PowerStore Volumes 79 Host storage tuning parameters...80 Post configuration steps - using the PowerStore system 83 Partition alignment in Solaris...84 Chapter 8: Host Configuration for HP-UX 85 Related E-Lab Host Connectivity Guide...85 Recommended Configuration Values Summary...85 Boot from SAN...86 Fibre Channel Configuration...86 Pre-Requisites...86 HP-UX Host Parameter Settings...87 Maximum Transfer Length...87 Multipathing Software Configuration...87 Configuring Native Multipathing Using HP-UX Multipath I/O (MPIO 87 Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore System 88 Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the HP-UX Host 88 Creating a file system...88 Appendix A: Considerations for Boot from SAN with PowerStore 90 Consideration for Boot from SAN with PowerStore 90 Appendix B: Troubleshooting...91 View Configured Storage Networks for NVMe/TCP 91 View Configured Storage Networks for iSCSI...91 View NVMe/FC and SCSI/FC Target Ports...92 View Physical Ethernet Ports Status...92 View Discovered Initiators...93 View Active Sessions...93 6 Contents

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Recommended Configuration Values Summary
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76
Boot from SAN
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77
Fibre Channel Configuration
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77
Pre-Requisites
..............................................................................................................................................................
78
Queue Depth
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78
Solaris Host Parameter Settings
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78
Configuring Solaris native multipathing
..................................................................................................................
78
PowerPath Configuration with PowerStore Volumes
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79
Host storage tuning parameters
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80
Post configuration steps - using the PowerStore system
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83
Partition alignment in Solaris
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84
Chapter 8: Host Configuration for HP-UX
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85
Related E-Lab Host Connectivity Guide
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85
Recommended Configuration Values Summary
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85
Boot from SAN
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86
Fibre Channel Configuration
...........................................................................................................................................
86
Pre-Requisites
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86
HP-UX Host Parameter Settings
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87
Maximum Transfer Length
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87
Multipathing Software Configuration
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87
Configuring Native Multipathing Using HP-UX Multipath I/O (MPIO)
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87
Post-Configuration Steps - Using the PowerStore System
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88
Presenting PowerStore Volumes to the HP-UX Host
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88
Creating a file system
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88
Appendix A: Considerations for Boot from SAN with PowerStore
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90
Consideration for Boot from SAN with PowerStore
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90
Appendix B: Troubleshooting
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91
View Configured Storage Networks for NVMe/TCP
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91
View Configured Storage Networks for iSCSI
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91
View NVMe/FC and SCSI/FC Target Ports
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92
View Physical Ethernet Ports Status
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92
View Discovered Initiators
...............................................................................................................................................
93
View Active Sessions
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93
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