Configuring Appliance Luns For Solaris Hosts; Configuring Appliance Luns Without Veritas Volume Manager - HP Open View Installation And Maintenance Manual

Configuring appliance LUNs for Solaris hosts

If the appliance connects to Solaris hosts, you must configure the appliance LUNs to ensure
the Solaris hosts can detect the LUNs. The configuration procedures depend on whether or not
Veritas Volume Manager (DMP) is installed on hosts.
This section describes the following topics:
For more detailed information about Solaris or Veritas, refer to the appropriate system
administrator's guide.
Note:
appropriate HBA driver installation procedure.

Configuring appliance LUNs without Veritas Volume Manager

To configure appliance LUNs for a Solaris host without Veritas Volume Manager:
1. Connect the Solaris host to the appliance.
2. Use the –r option to reboot and reconfigure the Solaris host.
3. Execute rpicreg (the appliance host registration utility) on the host. (Refer to
4. Map the appropriate LUNs to the Solaris host from one appliance node only.
5. To enable the mapped LUNs for the Solaris host, do either of the following:
6. Enter the following command:
7. Select a LUN. When prompted to label the LUN, enter yes.
8. After you label the LUN, select the partition option from the format menu if you want to
Continuous Access Storage Appliance Installation and Maintenance Guide
Configuring appliance LUNs without Veritas Volume Manager
Configuring appliance LUNs with Veritas Volume Manager
Ensure that the host has the correct HBA driver and configuration file installed. Refer to the
"Registering Hosts" in the HP OpenView Continuous Access Storage Appliance System
Administrator's Guide for more information.)
Reboot the host.
Open a command prompt and enter the following commands:
# drvconfig
# disks
# format
The mapped LUNs are displayed, as shown in the following example:
1. c0t0d0 <sun 18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248 .....>
2. c3t2d0 <mapped LUN if host has one hard disk drive only>
3. c4t1d0 <mapped LUN if host has one hard disk drive only>
The format menu opens.
create a partition of the LUN. Refer to the Solaris administrator's guide for more
information about creating partitions.
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