Installing And Configuring Sun Solaris For The Xp Disk Array; Features And Requirements - HP StorageWorks XP10000 - Disk Array Configuration Manual

1 Installing and configuring Sun Solaris for
the XP disk array
You and the HP service representative each play a role in installation. The HP service representative
is responsible for installing the disk array and formatting the disk devices. You are responsible for
configuring the host server for the new devices with assistance from the HP service representative.

Features and requirements

The disk array has the following features:
Storage capacity: The storage capacity for each model is listed below:
Model
XP24000
XP20000
XP12000
XP10000
SVS 200
Server support: Sun servers (SPARC and x86), FSC (Fujitsu Siemens Computers) servers, HP servers
(x86). Check with your HP representative for the servers and Fibre Channel adapters supported
by your XP disk arrays.
Operating system support: For supported disk array microcode and OS versions, see the HP
StorageWorks Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK):
http://spock.corp.hp.com
Before installing the disk array, ensure the following requirements are met:
Volume Manager: Solaris Volume Manager or Veritas Volume Manager.
Sun SAN software: For Solaris 8/9 (if not using Emulex, Qlogic, or JNI drivers), latest SAN
Foundation Software with current patches. For Solaris 10 (if not using Emulex, or Qlogic drivers),
latest SAN (Leadville driver stack) with current patches.
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager/Sun Storage Multipathing requires that you configure /kernel/drv/sc-
si_vhci.conf.
For Solaris 8/9 SAN information, refer to Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software & Installation
Guide and Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Software Installation and Configuration Guide at
/www.sun.com.
For Solaris 10 and later SAN information, refer to Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing
Administration Guide at http://docs.sun.com.
Maximum drives Maximum Capacity
1152 2.27TB
240 472TB
1152 454TB
240 94.5TB
External 124TB
Maximum FC ports
224 4GB or 24 8GB
48 4GB or 24 8GB
224 4GB
48 4GB
48
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Sun Solaris
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