Table Of Contents - HP StorageWorks XP24000 Configuration Manual

Contents
About this guide ................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 7
Related documentation ................................................................................................................ 7
Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... 7
Conventions for storage capacity values ........................................................................................ 8
Window illustrations .................................................................................................................... 9
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 9
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 9
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 9
1 Installing and configuring HP-UX for the XP disk array ........................... 11
Features and requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................. 11
Device emulation types .............................................................................................................. 12
Failover ................................................................................................................................... 12
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................. 12
XP RAID Manager command devices .......................................................................................... 13
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................. 13
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 14
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports .......................................... 14
Setting the System Option Modes ......................................................................................... 15
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 15
Fibre Address .............................................................................................................. 16
Fabric and Connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 16
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 17
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 17
Installing and configuring the HBAs ..................................................................................... 17
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 17
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 18
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 18
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 18
Verifying HBA installation .................................................................................................... 19
Verifying device recognition ................................................................................................. 19
Configuring disk array devices ................................................................................................... 21
Verifying the device files and drivers ..................................................................................... 21
Creating the device files ...................................................................................................... 23
Creating the physical volumes .............................................................................................. 24
Creating new volume groups ............................................................................................... 25
Creating logical volumes ..................................................................................................... 26
Creating the file systems ...................................................................................................... 28
Setting the I/O timeout parameter ........................................................................................ 29
Creating the mount directories ............................................................................................. 30
Mounting and verifying the file systems ................................................................................. 30
Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters ..................................................................... 31
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for HP-UX 3