Dell PowerStore 5200T EMC PowerStore Host Configuration Guide - Page 77

Boot from SAN, Fibre Channel Configuration

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Validation Config File Impact set zfs:zfs_log_unmap_ignore_si ze=256 Enable Solaris MPxIO multipathing: mpxio-disable="no"; fp.conf Stability Fibre Channel path failover tuning: fp_offline_ticker = 20; fp.conf Fibre Channel path failover tuning: fcp_offline_delay = 20; fp.conf Maximum I/O size for ssd driver for Solaris 10, 11-11.3 (SPARC) ssd.conf ssd_max_xfer_size=0x100000; Stability Stability Stability Maximum I/O size for sd driver for Solaris 11.4 (SPARC) 11.x (x86) sd_max_xfer_size=0x100000; sd.conf Stability Soaris ssd driver tuning for Solaris 10, 11-11.3 (SPARC) ssd-config-list = "DellEMC PowerStore","throttlemax:64, physical-blocksize:4096, disksort:false, cache-nonvolatile:true"; ssd.conf Stability Soaris sd driver tuning for Solaris 11.4 (SPARC) 11.x (x86) sd-config-list = "DellEMC PowerStore","throttlemax:64, physical-blocksize:4096, disksort:false, cache-nonvolatile:true"; sd.conf Stability Solaris MPxIO multi-path driver tuning scsi_vhci.conf load-balance="round-robin"; auto-failback="enable"; Stability Solaris MPxIO multi-path driver tuning scsi_vhci.conf scsi-vhci-update-pathstateon-reset = "DellEMC PowerStore", "yes"; Stability Severity Refer to Section Recommended Recommended Recommended Mandatory Updating fp.conf configuration file Updating fp.conf configuration file Updating fp.conf configuration file Updating ssd.conf configuration file Mandatory Updating sd.conf configuration file Recommended Updating ssd.conf configuration file Recommended Updating sd.conf configuration file Mandatory Mandatory Updating scsi_vhci.conf configuration file Updating scsi_vhci.conf configuration file Boot from SAN For guidelines and recommendations for boot from SAN with Solaris hosts and PowerStore, refer to the Considerations for Boot from SAN with PowerStore appendix. Fibre Channel Configuration This section describes the recommended configuration to apply when attaching a host to thePowerStore cluster using host Fibre Channel HBAs. Host Configuration for Solaris 77

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Validation
Config File
Impact
Severity
Refer to Section
set
zfs:zfs_log_unmap_ignore_si
ze=256
Enable Solaris MPxIO multipathing:
mpxio-disable="no";
fp.conf
Stability
Recommended
Updating fp.conf
configuration file
Fibre Channel path failover tuning:
fp_offline_ticker = 20;
fp.conf
Stability
Recommended
Updating fp.conf
configuration file
Fibre Channel path failover tuning:
fcp_offline_delay = 20;
fp.conf
Stability
Recommended
Updating fp.conf
configuration file
Maximum I/O size for ssd driver for
Solaris 10, 11-11.3 (SPARC)
ssd_max_xfer_size=0x100000;
ssd.conf
Stability
Mandatory
Updating ssd.conf
configuration file
Maximum I/O size for sd driver for
Solaris 11.4 (SPARC) 11.x (x86)
sd_max_xfer_size=0x100000;
sd.conf
Stability
Mandatory
Updating sd.conf
configuration file
Soaris ssd driver tuning for Solaris 10,
11-11.3 (SPARC)
ssd-config-list = "DellEMC
PowerStore","throttle-
max:64, physical-block-
size:4096, disksort:false,
cache-nonvolatile:true";
ssd.conf
Stability
Recommended
Updating ssd.conf
configuration file
Soaris sd driver tuning for Solaris 11.4
(SPARC) 11.x (x86)
sd-config-list = "DellEMC
PowerStore","throttle-
max:64, physical-block-
size:4096, disksort:false,
cache-nonvolatile:true";
sd.conf
Stability
Recommended
Updating sd.conf
configuration file
Solaris MPxIO multi-path driver tuning
load-balance="round-robin";
auto-failback="enable";
scsi_vhci.conf
Stability
Mandatory
Updating scsi_vhci.conf
configuration file
Solaris MPxIO multi-path driver tuning
scsi-vhci-update-pathstate-
on-reset = "DellEMC
PowerStore", "yes";
scsi_vhci.conf
Stability
Mandatory
Updating scsi_vhci.conf
configuration file
Boot from SAN
For guidelines and recommendations for boot from SAN with Solaris hosts and PowerStore, refer to the
Considerations for Boot
from SAN with PowerStore
appendix.
Fibre Channel Configuration
This section describes the recommended configuration to apply when attaching a host to thePowerStore cluster using host
Fibre Channel HBAs.
Host Configuration for Solaris
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