Installation Roadmap; Installing And Configuring The Disk Array; Setting The Host Mode And Host Group Mode For The Disk Array Ports - HP StorageWorks XP10000 - Disk Array Configuration Manual

Installation roadmap

Perform these actions to install and configure the disk array:
1.

Installing and configuring the disk array

Setting the host mode for the disk array ports
Setting the system option modes
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports
2. Installing and configuring the host
Loading the operating system and software
Installing and configuring the FCAs
Verifying the FCA configuration
Clustering and fabric zoning
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems
3. Connecting the disk array
Defining the paths
Adding the new device paths to the system
4. Configuring disk array devices
Labeling and partitioning the devices
Creating the file systems
5. Configuring for use with Veritas Volume Manager 4.x and later
Installing and configuring the disk array
The HP service representative performs these tasks:
Assembling hardware and installing software
Loading the microcode updates
Installing and formatting devices
After these tasks are finished, you will use XP Remote Web Console, XP Command View Advanced
Edition Software, or XP Array Manager to complete the remaining tasks listed below. If you do not
have these programs, your HP service representative can perform these tasks for you.

Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports

After the disk array is installed, you must set the host mode for each host group that is configured on
a disk array port to match the host OS. Set the host mode using LUN Manager in XP Remote Web
Console (shown), XP Command View, or XP Command View Advanced Edition Software. The host
mode setting for Solaris is 09.
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