Table Of Contents - HP XP20000/XP24000 Configuration Manual

Contents
1 Installing and configuring VMware for the XP family of disk arrays ........... 7
Features and requirements ........................................................................................................... 7
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................... 8
Device emulation types ................................................................................................................ 8
Failover ..................................................................................................................................... 8
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................... 9
RAID Manager command devices ................................................................................................. 9
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................... 9
Installing and configuring the disk array ...................................................................................... 10
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 10
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports .......................................... 11
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
Setting up virtual machines (VMs) and guest operating systems ....................................................... 15
Setting the SCSI disk timeout value for Windows VMs ............................................................. 15
Sharing LUNs .................................................................................................................... 15
Selecting the SCSI emulation driver ....................................................................................... 15
2 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 17
Error conditions ........................................................................................................................ 17
3 Support and other resources .............................................................. 19
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................... 19
Subscription service ............................................................................................................ 19
Related information ................................................................................................................... 19
HP websites ....................................................................................................................... 19
Conventions for storage capacity values ...................................................................................... 20
HP product documentation survey ............................................................................................... 20
A Path worksheet ................................................................................ 21
Worksheet ............................................................................................................................... 21
B Disk array supported emulations ........................................................ 23
Supported emulations ................................................................................................................ 23
Emulation specifications ............................................................................................................. 23
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide: VMware 3