Table Of Contents - HP XP20000/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
Graphical interface illustrations ..................................................................................................... 9
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 9
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 9
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 9
1 Installing and configuring Novell Netware for the XP disk array ............. 11
Features and requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................. 11
Device emulation types .............................................................................................................. 12
Failover ................................................................................................................................... 12
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................. 12
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................. 13
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 13
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 .............................................................................................................. 15
Fabric and connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 15
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 16
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 16
Installing and configuring the FCAs ..................................................................................... 16
Configuring NetWare Client ................................................................................................ 16
Configuring NetWare ConsoleOne ...................................................................................... 17
Fabric zoning and LUN security ............................................................................................ 17
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 18
Connecting the disk array to the NetWare server .......................................................................... 18
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 19
Verifying new device recognition .......................................................................................... 19
Configuring disk devices ............................................................................................................ 20
Creating the disk partitions .................................................................................................. 20
Assigning the new devices to volumes ................................................................................... 22
Mounting the new volumes .................................................................................................. 23
Verifying client operations ................................................................................................... 24
2 Middleware configuration ................................................................. 25
Host failover ............................................................................................................................. 25
Multipath failover .............................................................................................................. 25
Helpful Multipath commands ......................................................................................... 26
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Novell Netware 3