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5. When prompted to label the disk, enter Y. 6. Because the virtual geometry of the presented volume varies with size, select autoconfigure as the disk type. 7. If you are not using Veritas Volume Manager, use the partition command to create or adjust the partitions. 8. For each new device, use the disk command to select another disk, and then repeat Step 1 through Step 5. 9. When you finish labeling the disks, enter quit or press Ctrl+D to exit the format utility. For more information, see the System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems for your operating system, available on the Oracle website: http://www.oracle/com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html NOTE: Some format commands are not applicable to the EVA storage systems. VMware Installing or upgrading VMware For installation instructions, see the VMware installation guide for your server. If you have already installed VMware, use the following procedure to patch or upgrade the system: 1. Extract the upgrade-tarball on the system. A sample command extract follows: esx-n.n.n-14182-upgrade.tar.gz 2. Boot the system in Linux mode by selecting the Linux boot option from the boot menu selection window. 3. Extract the tar file and enter the following command: upgrade.pl 4. Reboot the system using the default boot option (esx). Configuring the EVA6400/8400 with VMware host servers To configure an EVA6400/8400 on a VMware ESX server: 1. Using HP P6000 Command View, configure a host for one ESX server. 2. Verify that the Fibre Channel Adapters (FCAs) are populated in the world wide port name (WWPN) list. Edit the WWPN, if necessary. 3. Set the connection type to VMware. 4. To configure additional ports for the ESX server: a. Select a host (defined in Step 1). b. Select the Ports tab in the Host Properties window. c. Add additional ports for the ESX server. 5. Perform one of the following tasks to locate the WWPN: • From the service console, enter the wwpn.pl command. Output similar to the following is displayed: [root@gnome7 root]# wwpn.plvmhba0: 210000e08b09402b (QLogic) 6:1:0vmhba1: 210000e08b0ace2d (QLogic) 6:2:0[root@gnome7 root]# • Check the SCSI device information section of /proc/scsi/qla2300/X directory, where X is a bus instance number. Output similar to the following is displayed: SCSI Device Information: 68 Configuring application servers

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5.
When prompted to label the disk, enter
Y
.
6.
Because the virtual geometry of the presented volume varies with size, select
autoconfigure
as the disk type.
7.
If you are not using Veritas Volume Manager, use the
partition
command to create or
adjust the partitions.
8.
For each new device, use the
disk
command to select another disk, and then repeat Step
1
through Step
5
.
9.
When you finish labeling the disks, enter
quit
or press
Ctrl+D
to exit the format utility.
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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
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operating system, available on the Oracle website:
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NOTE:
Some format commands are not applicable to the EVA storage systems.
VMware
Installing or upgrading VMware
For installation instructions, see the VMware installation guide for your server.
If you have already installed VMware, use the following procedure to patch or upgrade the system:
1.
Extract the upgrade-tarball on the system. A sample command extract follows:
esx-
n.n.n
-14182-upgrade.tar.gz
2.
Boot the system in Linux mode by selecting the
Linux
boot option from the boot menu selection
window.
3.
Extract the tar file and enter the following command:
upgrade.pl
4.
Reboot the system using the default boot option (
esx
).
Configuring the EVA6400/8400 with VMware host servers
To configure an EVA6400/8400 on a VMware ESX server:
1.
Using HP P6000 Command View, configure a host for one ESX server.
2.
Verify that the Fibre Channel Adapters (FCAs) are populated in the world wide port name
(WWPN) list. Edit the WWPN, if necessary.
3.
Set the connection type to
VMware
.
4.
To configure additional ports for the ESX server:
a.
Select a host (defined in Step
1
).
b.
Select the
Ports
tab in the Host Properties window.
c.
Add additional ports for the ESX server.
5.
Perform one of the following tasks to locate the WWPN:
•
From the service console, enter the
wwpn.pl
command.
Output similar to the following is displayed:
[root@gnome7 root]# wwpn.plvmhba0: 210000e08b09402b (QLogic)
6:1:0vmhba1:
210000e08b0ace2d (QLogic) 6:2:0[root@gnome7 root]#
•
Check the SCSI device information section of
/proc/scsi/qla2300/
X
directory, where
X
is a bus instance number.
Output similar to the following is displayed:
SCSI Device Information:
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