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HP St or ag e W or ks Disk Arr a y XP oper ating s y stem conf igur ation guide XP12 8 XP10 2 4 XP10000 XP12000 si xth editi on (J uly 200 5) par t number : A5 951-9 6015 Thi s guide d escr ibes th e r equir ements and pr ocedur es f or conn ecting the XP f amily o f disk ar ra y s to an H P -UX sy st em and conf igu ring the ne w disk ar r ay f or[...]

2 HP StorageW orks Disk Array XP Operating Sy stem Configurati on Guide: HP-UX Cop yri ght © 2003- 2005, He wlett-P ackar d Dev elopm ent Com pany , L.P . All ri ghts r eserved. He wlett-P ac kar d Com pan y mak es n o w arr anty of an y kind w ith r egar d to this ma ter ial , including , bu t no t limited to , the im plied w arr anti es of mer c[...]

Cont en ts 3 Abou t this gui d e 7 Intende d audience 7 Prerequi sites 7 Disk arrays 7 Related documentation 8 HP storag e website 8 HP sales a nd authorize d reseller s 8 HP techni cal support 9 Document con ventions 10 Revision history 11 Warran ty statement 12 1 Installation 15 Feature s and require m ents 1 6 Fibre Cha nnel interf ace 17 Device[...]

4 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operatin g System Configurati on Guide: HP-UX Connect t he disk arra y 29 Defining the paths 29 Verifyi ng HBA installati on 31 Verifyi ng device recogni tion 32 Configur e disk array devices 35 Verifyi ng the device files and dr ivers 36 Creatin g the device f i les 38 Creatin g the physica l volumes 41 Creatin g ne[...]

About this guide 7 About t his guid e This gui de provides i nformation abo ut: • Requir ements and pro cedures for conne cting an XP dis k array to a host sys tem • Confi guring the disk a rray for use with the HP- UX operating s ystem Inte nde d a udi ence This gu ide is i ntended for s ystem administr ators with k nowledge of the host server[...]

8 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Related documentation HP provide s these rela ted documents: • HP S torage W orks Disk Array XP128: Owner ’ s Guide • HP S torage W orks Disk Array XP1024: Owner ’ s Guid e • HP S torageW orks XP10000 Disk Arr ay: Owner ’ s Guide • HP S torageW orks XP12000 Di[...]

About this guide 9 HP tec hnical support In North A meri ca, call techni cal support a t 1-800-633- 3600, available 24 hours a day , 7 days a week. Outside No rth America, call te chnical supp ort at the l ocation near est you. The HP web site lists t elephone numb ers for wor ldwide techn ical support at: http://www .hp .com /sup por t . From this[...]

10 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Docum ent con ventions Con vention Element Blue text ( Figure 1 ) Blu e text repr esents a cross- referen ce. In the online ve rsion of this guide, the r eference is linked to th e tar get. Bold Bold te xt represen ts applicatio n names, file names, menu items, dial og box[...]

About this guide 11 Re vision hist ory Septem ber 1999 Open-8 emulation added. Janua ry 2000 Conten t exte nsively r evised and re organi zed. June 2 000 Added suppor t for XP512. Conten t reor ganized and revised. Febru ary 2001 Added appen dixes C, D, E, an d F . Added glos sary . April 200 3 Changed brand name to S torageW orks. Added suppor t f[...]

12 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX W arrant y st atem ent HP warrant s that for a period of ninet y calendar days f rom the date of purc hase, as evi denced by a cop y of the invoi ce , the media o n which the Soft ware is furnished ( if any) wi ll be free o f defects i n materials a nd workmanshi p under n[...]

About this guide 13 LIMIT A TION OF LIABILITY . EXCEP T TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LOCAL LA W , IN NO EVENT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE WILL HP OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIA TES, DIRECT OR S, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT , INDIRECT , SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFIT , LO[...]

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Installation 15 1 Installation Y ou and your HP service representa tive each play a role in ins tallation. Y our HP s ervice r epresentat ive is respo nsible for i nstalling the disk a rray and format ting the di sk devices. Y ou are resp onsible for conf iguring the host ser ver for the new devices with as sistance f r om your HP servi ce repres e[...]

16 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX F eatu re s and r equi remen ts Ask your HP service repres entative about the lates t supported har dware and sof tware . The disk a rray and host hav e the following f eatures: • S torage capacit y . The storage capacity fo r each model is listed belo w : XP128: F rom 8[...]

Installation 17 • (Opti onal) Other a vailable XP soft ware (some may not be support ed by your arra y: HP S torageW orks Business Copy XP HP S torageW orks Continuous Acces s XP HP S torageW orks Continuous Acces s Extension XP HP St ora geW orks Auto LUN XP HP S torageW orks D ata Exchange XP HP S torageW orks Resource Manager XP HP S torageW o[...]

18 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Dev ice emulation types The XP famil y of disk arrays supports the se device emulat ion types: • OPEN-K/3/8 /9/E devic e s: OPEN-x logic al units re present disk devices. Exce pt for OPEN-V , the se devices are ba sed on fixed sizes. OPEN- V is a user -defined size. Supp[...]

Installation 19 SNMP confi guration The XP famil y of disk arrays supports standa rd Simple Networ k Managemen t Protocol (SNMP) for remotel y managing the di sk array . The SNMP agent on t he SVP performs e r ror-re porting oper ations reque sted by the S NMP manager . SNMP propert ies are usuall y set from the SVP but they can also be set r emote[...]

20 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Inst alla tion p rocedur es Perform t hese actions to install and configur e the disk ar ray: 1. Instal l and configu re the disk a rray (see page 2 1) • Sett ing th e host mode for the disk array p orts • Setting the Syste m Opti on Modes • Configur ing the Fibre Ch[...]

Installation 21 Install an d configure the disk array The H P ser vic e r epr esent ativ e perf orms the se tas ks: • Assembl ing har dware and i nstalling software • Loading t he microcode upd ates • Instal ling the channel adapters ( CHAs) and cabl ing • Instal l ing and formatt ing devices After t hese tasks ar e finished, you wi ll use [...]

22 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX For the XP1 024/XP128 array s, the host mode c a n also be se t at the port informat ion window in Command V iew XP AE.[...]

Installation 23 Sett ing the S y stem Optio n Mode s The HP service repres entative s ets th e System Op tion Mode(s) ba sed on t he opera ting syst em and softwar e configuratio n of the host. Mod e Le vel HA Soft war e D esc ription and Usa ge 140 Optional None ON: R esponse t o the In qui ry comm and is chan ge d, and th e volume ca n be used fr[...]

24 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Con figuring th e Fibre Chann el p or ts Configur e the disk ar ray Fibre Chann el ports by us ing Remote W e b Console ( shown), Command V iew , or Command V iew XP AE. Sele ct the setti ngs for each po rt based on you r storage ar ea network to pology . Use switch z onin[...]

Installation 25 F a bric and Connecti on parameter settings Set each array port t o F ABRIC ON or OFF with conn ections of POINT -TO -POINT or FC- AL as shown in the following ta ble and fi gures. For de tailed topo logy inform ation, refe r to the HP S torageW orks SAN Design Ref er ence Guide on the hp .com website . Fab ric par amete r Connectio[...]

26 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Install and confi gur e t he host This sec tion explain s how to insta ll and conf igure the ho st and host bu s adapter s (HBAs) that conne ct the host t o the disk arra y . Load ing t h e OS and sof t ware Foll ow the manu facturer ’ s instructi ons to load th e operat[...]

Installation 27 Clustering and fabr ic zoning If you pl an to use clu stering, ins tall and con figure the clus tering soft ware on th e servers. Cluster ing is the or ganizati on of multiple se rvers into g roups. W ithin a cluste r , each server is a node. Mul t iple cluste rs compose a mult i-cluster environme nt. The followi ng example shows a [...]

28 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX F abric z oning and L UN security f or multipl e oper ating s y stems Y ou ca n co nnec t multiple c lus te rs of vario us operati ng sys te ms to th e same switch a nd fabric usi ng appropria te zoning and LUN security as follows: • Host z ones must conta in only homog [...]

Installation 29 Connec t t he disk arra y The HP se rvice representa tive connect s the d isk arra y to the ho st by: 1. V erifying oper ational status of th e disk array c hannel adapte rs, LDEVs, and paths . 2. Connecti ng the Fibre Cha nnel cables bet w een the disk array a nd the fabric switch or host. 3. V erifying t he re ady statu s of the d[...]

30 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX In Command V iew XP AE, LUN mappin g includes: • Confi guring ports • Creat ing storage groups • Mapping volumes and WWN/host a ccess per missions to t he storage groups For de tails see LUN Co nfigurat ion and Securi ty Manager Us er ’ s Guide or Command V iew XP [...]

Installation 31 Ve r i f y i n g H B A i n s t a l l a t i o n After co nfiguring t he ports on th e disk array , verify that th e HBAs are instal led properl y . Use the ioscan –f command, and ver ify that the r ows shown in the ex ample are dis played. If these rows ar e not displa yed, check t he host adapt er instal lation (har dware and dri [...]

32 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX V er i f yin g d evi c e re c o gn i t io n V erify tha t the HP-UX sy stem re cognizes the new devices on t he dis k arra y . If the SCSI paths were d efined after t he system is p owered on, you must halt an d restart t he system to al low the syst em to recognize the ne[...]

Installation 33 customer support for a ssistance with the HP 9000 sy stem or the HP-U X o pera ting sy stem. 3. Enter t he device data for each dis k array devi ce in a table . See “Path worksh eet” on p age 62 . 4. Construc t the device file name for each device, u sing the device info rmation, an d enter the f ile names in y our table. Use th[...]

34 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX dif ferent add ress for eac h port, reboot the serv er , and then verify new dev i ce recognit ion again. • If unuse d device info rmation remai ns, the TID-to- AL-P A mapping will not cor respond to t he mapping given in Appendix B (page 6 3) . Renew the de vice informa[...]

Installation 35 Conf igure disk arra y de vices Disk arr ays are confi gured using the same procedure for configur ing any new disk on the host. This includes t he following proc edures: 1. V erifying t he device fi les and driv ers (see pag e 36) 2. Creatin g the device f iles (see page 38) 3. Creatin g the physical volumes (see page 41) 4. Creati[...]

36 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX V erify ing the d e vice files and dri vers The de vice fil es for new devi ces are usua lly creat ed automatic ally during HP-UX st artup. Each device must have a blo ck-type devic e file i n the /dev /dsk direc t ory and a cha racter -type dev i ce file in t he /d ev/r d[...]

Installation 37 Example # ls –l /dev/rdsk | more Total 0 crw-r - - - - - 1 bin sys 177 0x006000 Dec 6 15:08 c6t0d0 crw-r - - - - - 1 bin sys 177 0x006100 Dec 6 15:08 c6t0d1 4. Use th e devic e data ta ble you creat ed to verif y that the cha racter -ty pe device f ile name for each device i s correct . This task can al so b e acc ompl ished wit h[...]

38 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Cr eating the dev ice files If the device file s were not c r eated auto m aticall y when the syst em was restar ted, us e the in sf –e command in the /de v direc tory to creat e the devic e files . After this comma nd is executed, re peat the proced ure s in the pr evio[...]

Installation 39 3. Construc t the minor numbe r for each de vice, using th e device info rmation, an d enter the f ile names in y our table. Use the foll owing formula t o construct the minor number : 0x xxyz 00 where xx = SCSI bus in sta nce num ber y = SCSI tar get ID z = LUN 4. Display the driv er information fo r the sys tem using the lsd ev co[...]

40 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Create c haracter-type fi le. File name, c=character-type, 177=major #, 0x026000=minor # : # The ch aracter -type de vice file is required for volumes used as raw devices (for e xample, 33 90- 3A/B/C). Th e block- type de vice f ile is no t requir ed for volumes u sed as r[...]

Installation 41 Cr eating the ph ysical v olumes A physical volume must be c reated for e ach new SCSI disk device. T o c reate t he ph ysi ca l vo lum es: 1. Use th e pvcr eate command to c reate the phy sical volumes wit h the char acter -type devi ce file as the arg ument. Specify t he /d ev/rds k dire ctory . Example # pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c6t0d0[...]

42 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Cr eating new v olume gr oups Y ou must cr eate new volume g r oups for the new p hysical volu m es. If desire d, you can also a dd any of the v olumes on the di sk array to e xisting volume groups using the vgexte nd command. The physica l volumes that make up one volu m [...]

Installation 43 Example In th is example: gro up na me = vg06, maj or numb er of group file = 64, minor number of existing gr oup file = 06 (which must be uniqu e for each volume group) , and c = chara cter . # mknod /dev/vg06/group c 64 0x060000 : 7. Create t he volume group. T o allo cate more than one physical vol ume to the new vol ume group, a[...]

44 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Example # vgdisplay –v /dev/vg06 - - - Volume groups - - - VG Name /dev/vg06 VG Write Access read/write VG Status available Max LV 255 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 Max PV 16 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 Max PE per PV 1016 VGDA 2 PE Size (Mbytes) 4 Total PE 586 Alloc PE 0 Free PE 586 Total PV[...]

Installation 45 Cr eating logical v o lumes Use th ese commands for logical volume configur ation: lvr emove Deletes a logi cal volume. Any fi le system att ached to the logical volu me must be unmount ed before exec uting the lv remove command. Example: lvremove /dev/vgnn/lvolx lvext end Increases the size of a n existing logi cal volume. Example:[...]

46 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX OPEN-L = 34756 OPEN-V = 61 432 T o calc ulate S1 for CVS, LUSE, an d CVS LUSE volumes, fir s t use the vgdi splay command to di splay the phys ical extent si ze (PE Size) and us able numb er of physica l extents (F ree PE) fo r the volu me. Calculat e the maximum s i ze va[...]

Installation 47 Example # lvdisplay /dev/vg06/lvol1 - - - Logical volume - - - LV Name /dev/vg06/lvol1 VG Name /dev/vg06 LV Permission read/write LV Status available/syncd Mirror copies 0 Consistency Recovery MWC Schedule parallel LV Size (Mbytes) 2344 Current LE 586 Allocated PE 586 Stripes 0 Stripe Size (Kbytes) 0 Bad block on Allocation strict 3[...]

48 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Example # newfs /dev/vg06/rlvol1 newfs: /etc/default/fs is used for determining the file system type mkfs (hfs): Warning -272 sectors in the last cylinder are not allocated. mkfs (hfs): /dev/vg06/rlvol1 - 2400256 sectors in 3847 cylinders of 16 tracks, 2547.9MB in 241 cyl [...]

Installation 49 Setting the I/O timeout par ameter Set the I/O timeout val ue for each d isk device t o 30 seconds. T o change the I /O timeout parameter: 1. V erify the current I/O ti m eout value using the pvdisplay comm and : Example # pvdisplay / dev/dsk/c0t6d0 This causes current values to be displayed: --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/ds[...]

50 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/dsk/c0t6d0 VG Name /dev/vg06 PV Status available : Stale PE 0 IO Timeout (Seconds) 30 [New I/ O timeout value] 4. Repeat t he above steps for each new disk that is c onnected to the system. Cre ati ng t h e m ou nt d irec t orie s Crea[...]

Installation 51 Mounting and v erify ing the file s ystems After t he mount direct ories have b een created, mou nt and v e rify the fil e syst em for e ach log i cal volume. T o mount and veri fy the file systems: 1. Use mount to mo unt the file system for t he volume . Example # mount /dev/vg06/lvol1 /AHPMD-LU00 2. Repeat st ep 1 for each logical[...]

52 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX drwxr-xr-t 2 root root 8192 Mar 15 11:35 lost+found -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 217088 Mar 15 11:41 vi.back1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 217088 Mar 15 11:52 vi.back2 Setting and v erify ing the auto -mount par ameters Set u p and verif y the auto-mou nt parameters fo r each new vo lum[...]

Installation 53 2. Reboot th e system. 3. Use th e bdf comman d to verify the fi le system agai n. Pa r a m e t e r Name Enter P1 Device to mount Block-type de vice file name P2 Mount poi nt Mount direc tory name P3 File syst em T ype of fi le system (for example, hfs, vx fs) P4 Mount opt ions “defau lts” or othe r appropria te mount opt ions P[...]

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Troubleshooting 55 2 T roubleshooting This sec tion include s resolutions f or various e rror condit ions you may enc ount er . If you ar e unable to r esolve an er ror condition, a sk your HP sup port repres entative for as sistance. Se e “Calling the HP s upport cen ter” on page 59 .[...]

56 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Error cond itions Depending on your system c onfiguratio n, you may be able to view error messages as fol lows : • In Remote W eb Console (Stat us tab) • In Command V iew Advance d Edition (“Aler ts” panel). • In Command V iew (Ev ent History or Ev ent Notificati[...]

Troubleshooting 57 Physical v olumes canno t be creat ed ( pvcr eate ). V erify tha t the disk ar ray logical devices are correctly for matted. V erify that the cha rac te r -type devic e fil e exis ts . V erify tha t the correct character -type dev i ce file name is used with pvcr eate (for e xample, /d ev/r dsk /... ). V olume grou p cannot be cr[...]

58 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX The disk ar ray performs a self reb oot because t he disk ar ray wa s bu sy or it lo gge d a panic messa ge. Reboot th e host. The disk arra y responds “Not Ready” or th e disk array has displayed “Not Ready” and timed ou t. Conta ct HP . The host detects a pari ty[...]

Troubleshooting 59 Cal ling th e HP sup por t center If you ar e unable to r esolve an er ror condition, c ontact the HP s upport center for assist ance. Contac t Informat ion In North A meri ca, call techni cal support a t 1-800-633- 3600, available 24 hours a day , 7 days a week. Outside No rth America, call te chnical supp ort at the l ocation n[...]

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62 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Pa t h w o r k s h e e t Bus no. Instan ce (XX) Disk no. H/W pat h Dri ve r De vice typ e TID (Y) LUN (Z) De vic e file Minor # 0xXX YZ00 Major # for c h a r . files Majo r # for b l o c k files[...]

Disk array device emulations 63 B Disk arr a y de vice emulations This appendi x provides infor m ati on about supported emulation s and devi ce type spe cificatio ns. Some pa rameters may not be relevant to your array . Consult y our HP represen tative for information a bout suppor ted configur ations for your system.[...]

64 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Sup por ted emul at ions XP Model OPEN Emula tion Ty p e OPEN Emula tion Suppor ted LU S E CVS LU S E & CVS OPEN-3 Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s OPEN-8 Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s XP128 OPEN-9 Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s XP1024 OPEN-E Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s XP10000 OPEN-K XP12000 OPEN-L Ye s Ye s [...]

Disk array device emulations 65 De vice type s pecification s *Capacity = (512 x number of blocks) ÷ 10 24 2 De vice T ype (Not e 1) Cat e gory (Not e 2) Bl oc ks (5 1 2 b yt es ) Secto r Size (bytes) # of Cy linders Heads Secto rs per Tr a c k Capa c ity MB* (Note 3 ) OPE N-3 SCSI di sk 480672 0 512 3338 15 96 2347 OPE N-8 SCSI di sk 14351040 51 [...]

66 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Not e 1: The a vai labi li ty o f a disk type dep e nds on the dis k arra y . Not e 2: The devic es are defin e d to the host as SCSI disk devic es, even th ough the inter face is Fibr e Cha nnel. Not e 3: The device ca pacity can someti m es be cha nged by the BIOS or hos[...]

Disk array device emulations 67 Example: For a CVS LUSE volume with ca pacity = 37 MB and n = 4 # of c ylinde rs = ↑ 37 × 1 024/720 ↑ × 4 = ↑ 52.62 ↑× 4 = 53 × 4 = 212 OPEN-V : The number of c ylinders for a CVS LUSE vol ume = # of c ylinde rs = ↑ (cap acity (MB) s pecified by user) × 16/15 ↑ × n Example: For an OPEN- V CVS LUSE v[...]

68 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX L U SE de vice parameter s De vice type Phy s ical ex t e n t size (PE) Max ph ysi cal ex t e n t s i z e (MP E) OPEN-K/3/8/9/E OPEN- 3 /K *n (n = 2 to 36 ) OPEN-3/K-CVS OPEN-3/K*n-CVS (n = 2 to 36) defaul t defa ult OPE N - 8/9*n n = 2 to 17 defaul t defa ult n = 18 8 158[...]

Disk array device emulations 69 OPE N - E*n n = 2 to 9 default default n = 10 8 1736 6 n = 1 1 8 1910 2 n = 12 8 2083 9 n = 13 8 2257 6 n = 14 8 2431 2 n = 15 8 2604 9 n = 16 8 2778 6 n = 17 8 2952 2 n = 18 8 3125 9 n = 19 8 3299 5 n = 20 8 3473 2 n = 21 8 3646 9 n = 22 8 3820 5 n = 23 8 3994 2 n = 24 8 4167 9 n = 25 8 4341 5 n = 26 8 4515 2 n = 27[...]

70 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX n = 33 8 5730 8 n = 34 8 5904 5 n = 35 8 6078 2 n = 36 8 6251 8 OPE N - L*n n = 2 to 3 default default OPEN-8/9/E-CVS OPE N-V defaul t defa ult OPEN-8/9/E*n-CVS OPE N-V*n (n = 2 to 3 6) 70 to 119731(M B) × N1 8 default 1 19732 to (MB ) × N1 8 N2 N1 = [ VCS volume capacit[...]

Disk array device emulations 71 S C SI T I D map fo r F ibr e C han nel adapt er s When an a rbitrated loo p (AL) is esta blished or rees tablished, t he port addre sses are assigned aut omatically t o prevent duplicate TI Ds. Wi th the SCSI over Fi bre Channel pr otocol ( FCP), there is no longer a need f or target ID s in th e trad itio n al sen [...]

72 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX The mapp ing can not be done wh en these condi tions exist: • disk array devices a nd other types of devices a re connected in the same loop • info rmation fo r unused devic es remains in the server s ystem • multi ple ports part icipate in the same arbit rated loop [...]

Reference information for SAM 73 C Re ference inf orm ation for S AM The HP Syste m Admini strator Manager (SAM) is used to perform HP-UX system ad ministrati on functions, including: • setti ng up users and groups • configur ing the disk s and file syst ems • perf orming auditi ng and securi ty activit ies • editin g the system ke rnel con[...]

74 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Config uring the de v ices using S AM The SAM Areas wi ndow displays t he system administ ration func tions and allows yo u to select the desired f unction. The Disks and File Systems functi on allows you to con figure new dis k devices for L VM operations. T o configur e [...]

Reference information for SAM 75 2. V erify th at the new d isk array devices are displayed i n the Disk Devices window . 3. Sele ct the devi ce to configur e, select the Action s menu, select Add , and then s elect Using the Logical V olume Manager . 4. In the Add a Disk Using L VM window , select Create... or Extend a Vo l u m e G r o u p . 5. In[...]

76 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Setting t he m aximum nu mber of v olume groups using S AM The HP-UX k ernel spe cifies the maxi m um number of volume groups t hat can be cr eated. The def ault is 10. Y ou may need to chang e this number to accommodate new devices on t he disk array . T o change th is nu[...]

Glossary 77 Gl os sa ry AL Arbitra t ed loop. AL-P A Arbitra t ed loop physica l address. array group A group of 4 or 8 phys ica l har d di sk dri ve s (HDDs) instal le d in an XP disk array a nd assigned a common RAID l evel. RAID1 arr ay groups are made up of 4 HDDs (2D+2D). A RAID1 group is two 4 HDD ar ray groups concate nated t ogeth er (4D+ 4[...]

78 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX CVS Custom v olume size. CVS devices (OPEN-x CVS) are custom vol umes configur ed using array ma nagement softwa re to be smaller than normal fixed- size OPEN system volumes . Synonymous with v olume size customiz ation (VSC). DKC (disk co ntrolle r unit) The array ca bine[...]

Glossary 79 LDEV Logical d evice. An LDEV is creat ed when a RAID group is ca rved into pi eces accordi ng to the select ed host emulat ion mode (t hat is, OPEN-3, OPEN-8 , OPEN-L). T he number of res ulting LDEVs depends on the select ed emulati on mode. The term LDEV is often used synonymou sly with t he term volume. LUN Logical unit number . A L[...]

80 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide: HP-UX Remote Contr ol (RC) HP St orageW orks Remote Contro l XP . A softwar e product used f or managing XP a rrays. Remote W eb Console (R W C) HP St orageW orks XP Remote W eb Console. A browser -based progra m instal led on the SVP that al lows you to configur e and manage th[...]

Index 81 Inde x A arbitr ated-loop ph ysical addre ss 24 aut ho rized res e ller s 8 Auto LUN XP 17 Auto Path X P 17 auto -mount paramete rs, setting 52 B Business Copy XP 17 , 19 C Cache LUN XP 17 Clus ter Ex tensi on XP 17 clus teri ng 27 , 28 command de vice(s) designa te at least one LDEV as a 19 RAID Manager 19 Command V iew 16 , 19 , 21 , 24 [...]

82 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide : HP-UX device t ypes 65 featur es 16 inst allati on overvie w 20 not r eady messag e 58 oper ati ng sys tem vers io ns 16 requir ements 16 self r eboot 58 serv er support 16 storage capacity 16 suppo rted 7 times out 58 documen t ati on relate d 8 E emulat ion(s) device e mulati[...]

Index 83 canno t be created 57 cre ating 45 file sy ste m s 47 , 51 LUN Configur ation and Secur ity Manager XP 16 , 21 , 29 , 30 LUN(s) cre ating 29 mapping 29 secu rity 27 LUSE device parameters 68 M mount d irectories, creating 50 multi-c luster envi ronment 27 O oper ati ng sys tem( s) loadi ng 26 LUN se cu rit y for 28 mult iple, fabri c zoni [...]

84 HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Operating System Configuration Guide : HP-UX groups canno t be created 57 cre ating 42 setting maxi mum number 76 logical auto -mount para m ete rs 52 canno t be created 57 cre ating 45 file sy ste m s 47 , 51 physica l canno t be created 57 cre ating 41 creati ng groups 42 W warra nty 12 web si te HP storag e 8 wor[...]