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

Contents
1 Installing and configuring Linux for the XP disk array ............................... 7
Features and requirements ........................................................................................................... 7
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................... 7
Device emulation types ................................................................................................................ 8
Partitions ................................................................................................................................... 8
Failover ..................................................................................................................................... 8
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................... 9
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
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports ..................................................................................... 11
Fabric and connection parameter settings ....................................................................... 12
Fibre address .............................................................................................................. 13
Setting the system option modes ........................................................................................... 13
Installing and configuring the host ............................................................................................... 13
Installing and configuring the FCAs ..................................................................................... 13
Loading the operating system and software ........................................................................... 13
Clustering and fabric zoning ................................................................................................ 13
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems ................................................. 14
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 15
Restarting the Linux server ................................................................................................... 15
Verifying new device recognition .......................................................................................... 15
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 16
Configuring disk array devices ................................................................................................... 17
Partitioning the devices ....................................................................................................... 17
Creating the file systems ...................................................................................................... 18
Creating file systems with ext2 ....................................................................................... 18
Creating the mount directories ............................................................................................. 19
Creating the mount table ..................................................................................................... 19
Verifying file system operation .............................................................................................. 19
2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 21
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................ 21
3 Support and other resources .............................................................. 23
Related documentation .............................................................................................................. 23
Conventions for storage capacity values ...................................................................................... 23
HP technical support ................................................................................................................. 23
Subscription service .................................................................................................................. 24
HP websites ............................................................................................................................. 24
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 24
A Path worksheet ................................................................................ 25
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Linux 3