Table Of Contents - HP StorageWorks XP10000 - Disk Array Configuration Manual

Contents
1 Installing and configuring AIX for the XP disk array ................................. 7
Features and requirements ........................................................................................................... 7
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................... 7
Device emulation types ................................................................................................................ 8
Failover ..................................................................................................................................... 8
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................... 8
XP RAID Manager command devices ............................................................................................ 9
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................... 9
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 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
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 13
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 14
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 14
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 15
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices ...................................................................... 15
Configuring disk array devices ................................................................................................... 16
Changing the device parameters .......................................................................................... 16
Assigning the new devices to volume groups .......................................................................... 19
Creating the journaled file systems ........................................................................................ 21
Mounting and verifying the file systems ................................................................................. 24
2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 27
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................ 27
3 Support and other resources .............................................................. 29
Related documentation .............................................................................................................. 29
Conventions for storage capacity values ...................................................................................... 29
HP technical support ................................................................................................................. 30
Subscription service .................................................................................................................. 30
HP websites ............................................................................................................................. 30
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 30
A Path worksheet ................................................................................ 31
Worksheet ............................................................................................................................... 31
B Disk array supported emulations ........................................................ 33
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for IBM AIX 3