Open-Systems Host Attachment Guide

Version: 9.8.7
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-90RD7037-31

Overview of host attachment
Host attachment workflow
Logical device types
Host queue depth
Preparing for host attachment
Installation and configuration requirements
Storage system installation
Configuring the storage system
Setting the system option modes
Port configuration
Setting the host modes and host mode options
Installing and configuring the host
Installing the host OS software
LVM software installation
Installing the failover software
Installing the SNMP software
Installing and configuring the host adapters
Connecting the RAID storage system to the host
Configuring the new hosts and new LU paths
AIX configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for AIX operations
Verifying new device recognition for AIX
Configuring the new devices on an AIX host
Changing the default device parameters for AIX
Changing device parameters from the AIX command line
Assigning new devices to volume groups and setting partition sizes for AIX
Partition sizes for device types for AIX
Creating, mounting, and verifying file systems on AIX
Creating the file systems on AIX
Journaled file system size for AIX
Number of bytes per inode for AIX
Mounting and verifying file systems on AIX
Using the Object Data Manager with Hitachi RAID storage for AIX
Overview of ODM for AIX
ODM advantages and cautions for AIX
Using ODM for AIX
AIX new device discovery
Device deletion on AIX
Queue depth and read/write timeout values for AIX
Installing online devices on AIX
Online LUSE configuration for AIX
Creating and mounting the file systems on AIX
Expanding the logical volume for AIX
Expanding the file system (up to 3 GB) for AIX
Increasing the file system (up to 40 GB) for AIX
Troubleshooting for AIX host attachment
HP-UX configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for HP-UX operations
Configuring new devices on HP-UX
Verifying new device recognition for HP-UX
Verifying device files and the driver for HP-UX
Creating device files manually on HP-UX
Partitioning disk devices for HP-UX
Creating physical volumes for new disk drives for HP-UX
Creating volume groups for the new physical volumes for HP-UX
PE and MPE parameters for LUSE devices for HP-UX
Creating logical volumes for new disk devices for HP-UX
Creating file systems for HP-UX
Setting device parameters for HP-UX
Setting the IO time-out parameter for HP-UX
Setting the queue depth parameter for HP-UX
Queue depth start-up script for HP-UX
Creating mount directories for HP-UX
Mounting and verifying file systems for HP-UX
Setting and verifying auto-mount parameters for HP-UX
Installing online devices on HP-UX
Troubleshooting for HP-UX host attachment
Red Hat Linux configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for Red Hat Linux operations
Device Mapper (DM) Multipath configuration for Red Hat Linux
Verifying new device recognition for Red Hat Linux
Configuring the new devices on Red Hat Linux
Setting the number of logical units for Red Hat Linux
Partitioning the new disk devices for Red Hat Linux
Creating, mounting, and verifying the file systems on Red Hat Linux
Creating the file systems for Red Hat Linux
Creating the mount directories for Red Hat Linux
Mounting the new file systems for Red Hat Linux
Verifying the file systems for Red Hat Linux
Setting the auto-mount parameters for Red Hat Linux
Troubleshooting for Red Hat Linux host attachment
Solaris configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for Solaris operations
FCA configuration for Solaris
Verifying FCA installation for Solaris
Setting the disk and device parameters for Solaris
Configuring new devices on Solaris
Setting and recognizing the LUs on Solaris
Verification of new device recognition on Solaris
Partitioning and labeling the new devices on Solaris
Device geometry parameter tables for Solaris
Creating and mounting the file systems on Solaris
Creating the file systems for Solaris
Creating and verifying the mount directories for Solaris
Mounting and verifying the file systems for Solaris
Setting and verifying auto-mount parameters for Solaris
ALUA support on Solaris
Troubleshooting for Solaris host attachment
Verbose mode troubleshooting on Solaris
Installing online devices for Solaris
Using MPxIO path failover software on Solaris
SUSE Linux configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for SUSE Linux operations
Device Mapper (DM) Multipath configuration for SUSE Linux
Verifying new device recognition for SUSE Linux
Configuring the new devices for SUSE Linux
Setting the number of logical units for SUSE Linux
Partitioning new disk devices for SUSE Linux
Creating, mounting, and verifying file systems for SUSE Linux
Creating file systems for SUSE Linux
Creating mount directories for SUSE Linux
Mounting new file systems for SUSE Linux
Verifying file systems for SUSE Linux
Setting auto-mount parameters for SUSE Linux
Troubleshooting for SUSE Linux host attachment
VMware configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for VMware operations
VMware host configuration for storage system
SAN configuration on VMware
VMware vSphere API operations
VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter compatibility
VMware installation and configuration
Creation and management of VMware infrastructure components
FCA configuration for VMware
Settings for QLogic adapters for VMware
Settings for Emulex adapters for VMware
Configuring new devices for VMware
VMFS datastores creation
Addition of a hard disk to a virtual machine on VMware
Troubleshooting for VMware host attachment
Windows configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for Windows operations
Verifying disk and device parameters for Windows
Verifying the disk I/O timeout value (TOV) for Windows
Verifying the queue depth for Windows
Verification of new device recognition for Windows
Configuring the new disk devices for Windows
Writing the signatures for Windows
Creating and formatting the partitions for Windows
Verifying file system operations on SCSI disk device for Windows
Verifying auto-mount for new devices for Windows
Changing the enable write caching option for Windows
Creating an online LUSE volume for Windows
Enabling MultiPath IO (MPIO) for Windows
Troubleshooting for Windows host attachment
XenServer configuration and attachment
Storage system configuration for XenServer operations
Recognizing the new devices for XenServer
Creating storage repositories for XenServer
Configuring the new storage devices for host use for XenServer
Troubleshooting for XenServer host attachment
SCSI TID Maps for FC adapters
About SCSI TID Maps for FC Adapters
SCSI TID map (ScanDown=0)
SCSI TID map (ScanDown=1)
Using Veritas Cluster Server
Note on using Veritas Cluster Server
Disk parameters for Hitachi disk types
Parameter values for OPEN-x disk types
Parameter values for VLL disk types
Parameter values for LUSE disk types
Parameter values for VLL LUSE disk types
Parameter values for OPEN-8 disk types
Host modes and host mode options
Host modes and HMOs for VSP 5000 series
Host modes and HMOs for VSP G1x00 and VSP F1500
Host modes and HMOs for VSP E series
Host modes and HMOs for VSP G130, G/F350, G/F370, G/F700, G/F900
Host modes and HMOs for VSP G200, G/F400, G/F600, G/F800
Host modes and host mode options for HUS VM
Replication port host mode options

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