HP StorageWorks XP12000 HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array Configuration Guide: HP- - Page 3

Contents 1 Installing and configuring HP-UX for the XP disk array 7 Features and requirements ...7 Fibre Channel interface ...7 Device emulation types ...8 Failover ...8 SNMP configuration ...9 XP RAID Manager command devices 9 Installation roadmap ...9 Installing and configuring the disk array 10 Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports 10 Setting the system option modes 11 Configuring the Fibre Channel ports 11 Fibre address ...12 Fabric and connection parameter settings 12 Installing and configuring the host 13 Loading the operating system and software 13 Installing and configuring the FCAs 13 Clustering and fabric zoning 13 Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems 14 Connecting the disk array ...14 Defining the paths ...14 Verifying FCA installation ...15 Verifying device recognition 15 Configuring disk array devices 17 Verifying the device files and drivers 18 Creating the device files ...19 Creating the physical volumes 21 Creating new volume groups 21 Creating logical volumes ...23 Creating the file systems ...25 Setting the I/O timeout parameter 26 Creating the mount directories 27 Mounting and verifying the file systems 28 Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters 29 2 Troubleshooting 31 Error conditions ...31 3 Support and other resources 33 Related documentation ...33 Conventions for storage capacity values 33 HP technical support ...34 Subscription service ...34 HP websites ...34 XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for HP-UX 3