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Section	Page
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide	1
Contents	3
1 Overview	10
What's in this guide	10
Audience	10
Features and requirements	10
Fibre Channel interface	11
Device emulation types	12
Failover	12
SNMP configuration	13
RAID Manager command devices	13
2 HP-UX	14
Installation roadmap	14
Installing and configuring the disk array	14
Defining the paths	15
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	15
Setting the system option modes	16
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	17
Installing and configuring the host	17
Loading the operating system and software	17
Installing and configuring the FCAs	17
Clustering and fabric zoning	17
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	18
Connecting the disk array	18
Verifying FCA installation	18
Verifying device recognition	19
Configuring disk array devices	20
Verifying the device files and drivers	21
Creating the device files	21
Creating the physical volumes	23
Creating new volume groups	23
Creating logical volumes	25
Creating the file systems	27
Setting the I/O timeout parameter	27
Creating the mount directories	28
Mounting and verifying the file systems	28
Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters	29
3 Windows	31
Installation roadmap	31
Installing and configuring the disk array	31
Defining the paths	31
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	32
Setting the system option modes	34
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	34
Installing and configuring the host	35
Loading the operating system and software	35
Installing and configuring the FCAs	35
Fabric zoning and LUN security	35
Connecting the disk array	36
Verifying the host recognizes array devices	36
Configuring disk devices	36
Writing signatures	36
Creating and formatting disk partitions	37
Verifying file system operations	37
4 Novell NetWare	39
Installation roadmap	39
Installing and configuring the disk array	39
Defining the paths	39
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	40
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	41
Installing and configuring the host	42
Loading the operating system and software	42
Installing and configuring the FCAs	42
Configuring NetWare client	42
Configuring NetWare ConsoleOne	42
Clustering and fabric zoning	43
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	43
Connecting the disk array	44
Verifying new device recognition	44
Configuring disk devices	44
Creating the disk partitions	44
Assigning the new devices to volumes	46
Mounting the new volumes	47
Verifying client operations	48
Middleware configuration	48
Host failover	48
Multipath failover	48
Helpful Multipath commands	49
Configuring NetWare 6.x servers for Cluster Services	50
Installing Cluster Services	50
Creating logical volumes	51
5 NonStop	52
Installation roadmap	52
Installing and configuring the disk array	52
Defining the paths	52
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	53
Setting system option modes	54
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	55
Installing and configuring the host	55
Loading the operating system and software	55
Installing and configuring the FCSAs	55
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	56
Connecting the disk array	56
Verifying disk array device recognition	56
Configuring disk devices	56
6 OpenVMS	57
Installation roadmap	57
Installing and configuring the disk array	57
Defining the paths	58
Setting the host mode for the disk array ports	59
Setting the UUID	60
Setting the system option modes	62
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	62
Installing and configuring the host	63
Loading the operating system and software	63
Installing and configuring the FCAs	63
Clustering and fabric zoning	63
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	64
Configuring FC switches	64
Connecting the disk array	64
Verifying disk array device recognition	64
Configuring disk array devices	65
Initializing and labeling the devices	65
Mounting the devices	65
Verifying file system operation	66
7 VMware	68
Installation roadmap	68
Installing and configuring the disk array	68
Defining the paths	68
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	69
Setting the system option modes	70
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	70
Installing and configuring the host	71
Loading the operating system and software	71
Installing and configuring the FCAs	71
Clustering and fabric zoning	71
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	72
Configuring VMware ESX Server	73
Connecting the disk array	73
Setting up virtual machines (VMs) and guest operating systems	74
Setting the SCSI disk timeout value for Windows VMs	74
Sharing LUNs	74
Selecting the SCSI emulation driver	76
8 Linux	78
Installation roadmap	78
Installing and configuring the disk array	78
Defining the paths	78
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	79
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	80
Setting the system option modes	81
Installing and configuring the host	81
Installing and configuring the FCAs	81
Loading the operating system and software	81
Clustering and fabric zoning	81
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	82
Connecting the disk array	82
Restarting the Linux server	82
Verifying new device recognition	83
Configuring disk array devices	83
Partitioning the devices	84
Creating the file systems	84
Creating file systems with ext2	85
Creating the mount directories	85
Creating the mount table	85
Verifying file system operation	86
9 Solaris	87
Installation roadmap	87
Installing and configuring the disk array	87
Defining the paths	87
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	88
Setting the system option modes	90
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	90
Installing and configuring the host	91
Loading the operating system and software	91
Installing and configuring the FCAs	91
WWN	91
Setting the disk and device parameters	91
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack	92
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver	94
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver	95
Configuring AMCC/JNI FCAs (legacy support XP12000 only)	95
AMCC/JNI 2 Gbit FCAs	96
Verifying the FCA configuration	96
Clustering and fabric zoning	96
Fabric Zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	97
Connecting the disk array	97
Adding the new device paths to the system	97
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices	98
Configuring disk array devices	98
Labeling and partitioning the devices	98
Creating the file systems	99
Creating the mount directories	99
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later	99
10 IBM AIX	101
Installation roadmap	101
Installing and configuring the disk array	101
Defining the paths	101
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	102
Setting the system option modes	104
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	104
Installing and configuring the host	105
Loading the operating system and software	105
Installing and configuring the FCAs	105
Clustering and fabric zoning	105
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	106
Connecting the disk array	106
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices	106
Configuring disk array devices	107
Changing the device parameters	107
Assigning the new devices to volume groups	109
Creating the journaled file systems	111
Mounting and verifying the file systems	113
11 Citrix XenServer Enterprise	115
Installation roadmap	115
Installing and configuring the disk array	115
Defining the paths	115
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports	116
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports	117
Setting the system option modes	118
Installing and configuring the host	118
Installing and configuring the FCAs	118
Loading the operating system and software	118
Clustering and fabric zoning	118
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems	119
Connecting the disk array	119
Restarting the Linux server	119
Verifying new device recognition	120
Configuring disk array devices	121
Configuring multipathing	121
Creating a Storage Repository	124
Adding a Virtual Disk to a domU	125
Adding a dynamic LUN	127
12 Troubleshooting	128
Error conditions	128
13 Support and other resources	130
Contacting HP	130
Subscription service	130
Documentation feedback	130
Related information	130
Conventions for storage capacity values	131
A Path worksheet	132
Worksheet	132
B Path worksheet (NonStop)	133
Worksheet	133
C Disk array supported emulations	134
HP-UX	134
Supported emulations	134
Emulation specifications	134
LUSE device parameters	137
SCSI TID map for Fibre Channel adapters	138
Windows	140
Supported emulations	140
Emulation specifications	140
Novell NetWare	143
Supported emulations	143
Emulation specifications	143
NonStop	146
Supported emulations	146
Emulation specifications	146
OpenVMS	147
Supported emulations	147
Emulation specifications	147
VMware	150
Supported emulations	150
Emulation specifications	150
Linux	153
Supported emulations	153
Emulation specifications	153
Solaris	156
Supported emulations	156
Emulation specifications	156
IBM AIX	159
Supported emulations	159
Emulation specifications	159
Disk parameters by emulation type	161
Byte information table	167
Physical partition size table	169
D Using Veritas Cluster Server to prevent data corruption	171
Using VCS I/O fencing	171
E Reference information for the HP System Administration Manager (SAM)	174
Configuring the devices using SAM	174
Setting the maximum number of volume groups using SAM	175
F HP Clustered Gateway deployments	176
Windows	176
HBA configuration	176
MPIO software	176
Array configuration	176
LUN presentation	176
Membership partitions	176
Snapshots	176
Dynamic volume and file system creation	176
Linux	177
HBA configuration	177
MPIO software	177
Array configuration	177
LUN presentation	177
Membership partitions	177
Snapshots	178
Dynamic volume and file system creation	178
Glossary	179

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