HP 200 HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Linux XP24000, XP - Page 3

Contents Preface 7 About this guide ...7 Intended audience ...7 Related documentation ...7 Document conventions and symbols 7 Conventions for storage capacity values 8 Graphical interface illustrations ...9 HP technical support ...9 Subscription service ...9 HP websites ...9 Documentation feedback ...10 1 Installing and configuring Linux for the XP disk array 11 Features and requirements ...11 Fibre Channel interface ...11 Device emulation types ...12 Partitions ...12 Failover ...12 SNMP configuration ...13 XP RAID Manager command devices 13 Installation roadmap ...13 Installing and configuring the disk array 14 Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports 14 Configuring the Fibre Channel ports 15 Fabric and Connection parameter settings 16 Fibre address ...17 Setting the System Option Modes 17 Installing and configuring the host 17 Installing and configuring the FCAs 17 Loading the operating system and software 17 Clustering and fabric zoning 17 Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems 18 Connecting the disk array ...18 Restarting the Linux server 19 Verifying new device recognition 19 Defining the paths ...20 Configuring disk array devices 21 Partitioning the devices ...21 Creating the file systems ...21 Creating file systems with ext2 21 Creating the mount directories 22 Creating the mount table ...22 Verifying file system operation 23 XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Linux 3