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HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document Best Practices Best Practices - AIX Configuration - HP LeftHand P4000 | HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Best Practices - Page 2
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Best Practices: AIX Configuration HP Lefthand SAN/IQ Configuration Configure the storage modules as desired then configure a Management Group, Cluster (including VIP), Volume(s), Server(s) and Volume List. Consult the SAN/iQ Users Manual for configuration questions. Configuring and Connecting to - HP LeftHand P4000 | HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Best Practices - Page 4
exit 'smit'. Note: If an alternate iSCSI Initiator Name is entered, remember to use this updated name when creating the Server in SAN/iQ Edit the '/etc/iscsi/targets' file and add an entry for the storage cluster. The entry will look like this: 10.160.32.30 3260 iscsi The above fields - HP LeftHand P4000 | HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Best Practices - Page 5
Disk Drive hdisk10 Available Other iSCSI Disk Drive hdisk11 Available Other iSCSI Disk Drive Determine which hdisk represents which iSCSI volume on the LeftHand SAN. In order to match the hdisk with the LeftHand volume, issue the following command against each hdisk instance: lsattr -El 5 - HP LeftHand P4000 | HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Best Practices - Page 6
Where host_addr is the VIP of the SAN/iQ Cluster and target_name is the target iqn of the SAN/iQ volume. Once the volume and Manager Users Guide. http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/ sg245432.html?Open Performance Considerations (From IBM) To ensure the best performance - HP LeftHand P4000 | HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Best Practices - Page 7
to appropriate values. The iSCSI Software Initiator's maximum transfer size is 262144 bytes, an ifconfig command used to configure a gigabit Ethernet interface might look like the mtu_size to 9000 (Remember to set this on the storage modules as well) Note: For information on setting network options
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