Table Of Contents - HP XP20000/XP24000 Configuration Manual

Contents
1 Installing and configuring Novell NetWare for the XP family of disk
arrays .................................................................................................. 7
Features and requirements ........................................................................................................... 7
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................... 7
Device emulation types ................................................................................................................ 8
Failover ..................................................................................................................................... 8
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................... 8
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................... 9
Installing and configuring the disk array ........................................................................................ 9
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 10
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports .......................................... 10
Setting the system option modes ........................................................................................... 12
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 12
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
Configuring NetWare client ................................................................................................. 13
Configuring NetWare ConsoleOne ...................................................................................... 14
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 14
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 15
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 15
Verifying new device recognition .......................................................................................... 15
Configuring disk devices ............................................................................................................ 16
Creating the disk partitions .................................................................................................. 16
Assigning the new devices to volumes ................................................................................... 18
Mounting the new volumes .................................................................................................. 19
Verifying client operations ................................................................................................... 20
2 Middleware configuration ................................................................. 21
Host failover ............................................................................................................................. 21
Multipath failover .............................................................................................................. 21
Helpful Multipath commands ......................................................................................... 22
Configuring NetWare 6.x servers for Cluster Services ............................................................. 23
Installing Cluster Services .............................................................................................. 23
Creating logical volumes .............................................................................................. 24
3 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 27
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................ 27
4 Support and other resources .............................................................. 29
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................... 29
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide: Novell NetWare 3