Creating and presenting virtual disks
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82
Verifying virtual disks from the host
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82
Linux
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83
Driver failover mode
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83
Installing a Qlogic driver
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83
Upgrading Linux components
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84
Upgrading qla2x00 RPMs
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84
Detecting third-party storage
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84
Compiling the driver for multiple kernels
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85
Uninstalling the Linux components
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85
Using the source RPM
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85
Verifying virtual disks from the host
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86
OpenVMS
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86
Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre Channel FCA
firmware
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86
Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation
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86
Console LUN ID and OS unit ID
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86
Adding OpenVMS hosts
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87
Scanning the bus
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88
Configuring virtual disks from the OpenVMS host
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89
Setting preferred paths
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89
Sun Solaris
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89
Loading the operating system and software
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89
Configuring FCAs with the Sun SAN driver stack
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89
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver
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90
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver
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91
Fabric setup and zoning
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93
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager (MPxIO)/Sun Storage Multipathing
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93
Configuring with Veritas Volume Manager
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93
Configuring virtual disks from the host
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95
Verifying virtual disks from the host
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96
Labeling and partitioning the devices
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97
VMware
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98
Installing or upgrading VMware
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98
Configuring the EVA with VMware host servers
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98
Configuring an ESX server
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99
Loading the FCA NVRAM
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99
Setting the multipathing policy
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99
Specifying DiskMaxLUN
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100
Verifying connectivity
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100
Verifying virtual disks from the host
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101
6 Customer replaceable units
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102
Customer self repair (CSR)
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102
Parts only warranty service
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102
Best practices for replacing hardware components
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102
Component replacement videos
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102
Verifying component failure
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102
Procuring the spare part
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102
Replaceable parts
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103
Replacing the failed component
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106
Returning the defective part
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106
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