advantage of multipathing capabilities, you must configure the server with
redundant hardware, such as redundant network interfaces or two host bus adapters
connected to the same dual-ported storage array.
For the Sun Fire V445 server, three different types of multipathing software are
available:
Solaris IP Network Multipathing software provides multipathing and
load-balancing capabilities for IP network interfaces.
Sun StorEdge™ Traffic Manager is an architecture fully integrated within the
Solaris OS (beginning with the Solaris 8 release) that enables I/O devices to be
accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a single instance of the
I/O device.
VERITAS Volume Manager
For information about setting up redundant hardware interfaces for networks, see
"About Redundant Network Interfaces" on page
For instructions on how to configure and administer Solaris IP Network
Multipathing, consult the IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide provided
with your specific Solaris release.
For information about Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager, see
Manager" on page 102
For information about VERITAS Volume Manager and its DMP feature, see
Volume Management Software" on page 118
provided with the VERITAS Volume Manager software.
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and refer to your Solaris OS documentation.
142.
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