Recognizing the new devices for XenServer

Open-Systems Host Attachment Guide

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

Once the storage system has been installed and connected, you are ready to recognize and configure the new storage devices on the storage system. The devices on the storage system do not require any special procedures and are configured in the same way as any new (HBA-attached) SCSI disk devices. You can use the XenCenter software or the XenServer CLI (sr-probe command) to recognize and configure the new storage devices. For details and instructions, see the XenServer user documentation.

The following figure shows the XenCenter New Storage wizard for configuring new storage. Under Virtual disk storage, select Hardware HBA for the new devices on the storage system.

The new storage devices are recognized by the XenServer host as new scsi disk devices that are symlinked under the directory /dev/disk/by_id using the unique scsi_ids. To display the scsi_ids for a specific device, use the sginfo command with the device path, for example:

sginfo /dev/disk/by_id/ {scsi_id}