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7 Linux.......................................................................................................58
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................58
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................58
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................58
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................59
Configuring the Fibre Channel and FCoE ports......................................................................61
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................62
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................62
Installing and configuring the FCAs, CNAs...........................................................................62
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................62
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................62
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................63
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................63
Restarting the Linux server...................................................................................................63
Verifying new device recognition.........................................................................................63
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................64
Partitioning the devices.......................................................................................................64
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................65
Creating file systems with ext3........................................................................................65
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................65
Creating the mount table....................................................................................................66
Verifying file system operation.............................................................................................66
8 Solaris....................................................................................................67
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................67
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................67
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................67
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................68
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
WWN.........................................................................................................................71
Setting the disk and device parameters............................................................................72
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack...........................................................72
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................73
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................74
Verifying the FCA configuration...........................................................................................75
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................75
Fabric Zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................75
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................76
Adding the new device paths to the system............................................................................76
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices .....................................................................76
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................76
Labeling and partitioning the devices...................................................................................77
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................77
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................78
Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later....................................................78
9 IBM AIX..................................................................................................79
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................79
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................79
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................79
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................80
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................82
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