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Preface

This document briefly explains the operations that need to be performed by the user in order toconnect an ETERNUS2000 model 100 or 200, ETERNUS4000 model 300, 400, 500, or 600, orETERNUS8000 model 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, or 2200 Disk storage system to aserver running HP-UX via a Fibre Channel interface.

This document should be used in conjunction with any other applicable user manuals, such asthose for the ETERNUS2000 model 100 or 200, ETERNUS4000 model 300, 400, 500, or 600, orETERNUS8000 model 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, or 2200 Disk storage system, server,OS used, Fibre Channel cards, drivers, etc.Note that this manual refers the following documents:

• Server Support Matrix• Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel)

ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel)

Fibre Channel Switch Settings• ETERNUSmgr Install Guide• ETERNUSmgr User Guide

Also, note that in this document the ETERNUS2000 models 100 and 200, ETERNUS4000 mod-els 300, 400, 500, and 600, and ETERNUS8000 models 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, and2200 Disk storage systems are collectively referred to as ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

Fourth EditionDecember 2010

The Contents and Structure of this Manual

This document is composed of the following 12 chapters.

• Chapter 1 Workflow

This describes how to connect the ETERNUS Disk storage system to a server.

• Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment

This describes which servers can be connected to ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

• Chapter 3 Notes

This describes issues that should be noted when connecting the ETERNUS Disk storagesystems and server.

• Chapter 4 Checking the Server Information

This describes how to check the server's WWN settings.

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• Chapter 5 Installing and Setting up ETERNUSmgr

This describes how to install ETERNUSmgr.

• Chapter 6 Setting up the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems

This describes how to use ETERNUSmgr to set up the ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

• Chapter 7 Setting up the Fibre Channel Switches

This describes how to setup the Fibre Channel switches.

• Chapter 8 Installing Drivers and Setting up the Server

This describes the driver and server settings.

• Chapter 9 Checking Connections

This describes how to check the connection status between server and ETERNUS Diskstorage systems.

• Chapter 10 Setting up the Multipath Configuration

This describes the settings when operating with a multipath configuration.

• Chapter 11 Creating Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Logical Volumes

This describes how to create an LVM logical volume on the ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

• Chapter 12 SAN Boot

This provides notes for a SAN Boot.

Safe Use of this Product

■ Using this manual

This manual contains important information to ensure the safe use of this product. Be sure tothoroughly read and understand its contents before using the product. After reading, store thismanual in a safe place for future reference.FUJITSU has made every effort to ensure the safety of the users and other personnel, and toprevent property damage. When using this product, carefully follow the instructions described inthis manual.



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Acknowledgments

• HP-UX is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company in the U.S. and other countries.• Symantec, Symantec logo, VERITAS, and VERITAS logo are registered trademarks of

Symantec Corp. in the U.S. and its affiliated companies.• VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS Cluster Server are trademarks of Symantec Corp.

and its affiliated companies.• The company names, product names and service names mentioned in this document are

registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

Naming Conventions

■ Other names

• "Channel Adapter" (CA) refers to a Fibre Channel interface module used in the ETERNUS Disk storage systems to connect to the server.

• "Fibre Channel card" refers to the Fibre Channel interface module normally used in the server. A "Host Bus Adapter" (HBA) or "Channel Adapter" (CA) may be used instead, depending on the server.

• Italics are used to show variables such as values and characters that appear in command parameters and output examples.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Workflow ...................................................................................8

Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment........................................112.1 Hardware .......................................................................................................... 112.2 OS .................................................................................................................... 112.3 Fibre Channel Cards ........................................................................................ 112.4 Multipath Configuration .................................................................................... 112.5 Integrity VM ...................................................................................................... 112.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) ................................................................ 122.7 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) ....................................................................... 12

Chapter 3 Notes .......................................................................................133.1 Setup Notes for the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems .................................... 133.2 Fibre Channel Switch Notes ............................................................................. 133.3 Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Notes ............................................................ 143.4 HP Serviceguard Notes .................................................................................... 153.5 HP Integrity VM Notes ...................................................................................... 153.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Notes ...................................................... 153.7 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) Notes ............................................................. 153.8 Server Startup and Power Supply Control Notes ............................................. 16

Chapter 4 Checking the Server Information..........................................17

Chapter 5 Installing and Setting up ETERNUSmgr...............................19

Chapter 6 Setting up the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems ................20

Chapter 7 Setting up the Fibre Channel Switches................................21

Chapter 8 Installing Drivers and Setting up the Server........................228.1 Installing the Drivers ......................................................................................... 228.2 Setting up the Server ....................................................................................... 22

8.2.1 Setting up the Command Queue Depth .................................................................................... 228.2.2 Maximum Number of Volume Group Settings ........................................................................... 24

Chapter 9 Checking Connections ..........................................................259.1 Turning on the Devices .................................................................................... 25



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9.2 Logical Unit Recognition .................................................................................. 25

Chapter 10 Setting up the Multipath Configuration................................2710.1 Multipath Configuration using PV-Links ........................................................... 2710.2 Multipath Configuration using Native Multipath ................................................ 28

Chapter 11 Creating Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Logical Volumes ..................................................................................30

11.1 Creating the Volume Group ............................................................................. 3011.2 Creating the LVM Logical Volume .................................................................... 32

Chapter 12 SAN Boot.................................................................................34



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Applicable reference documents vary depending on the connection environment. The documentsand workflow required are as follows.

Documents required in the workflow:

• Server Support Matrix• Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel)

ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel)

Fibre Channel Switch Settings• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) for HP-UX• ETERNUSmgr Install Guide• ETERNUSmgr User Guide• Manuals supplied with the server, Fibre Channel card, Fibre Channel card driver, and

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Workflow

Install the ETERNUSmgr and set up the ETERNUS Disk storage systemIf the ETERNUSmgr is to be used, install it and set up the ETERNUS Disk storage system, and identify the WWNs of the server-side Fibre Channel cards (required later).

- "Chapter 4 Checking the Server Information" (page 17)- "Chapter 5 Installing and Setting up ETERNUSmgr" (page 19)- "Chapter 6 Setting up the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems" (page 20)- Install ETERNUSmgr.

• ETERNUSmgr Install Guide- Check ETERNUSmgr operation.

• ETERNUSmgr User Guide- Set up the ETERNUS Disk storage system.

• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings

Set up the Fibre Channel SwitchesIf a Fibre Channel switch is to be used, set it up now.

- Set up the Fibre Channel switches.• "Chapter 7 Setting up the Fibre Channel Switches" (page 21)• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel)

Fibre Channel Switch Settings- Check the Fibre Channel switch connection requirements.

• Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH

Install the Fibre Channel Card Drivers and Set the ParametersInstall the Fibre Channel card drivers, and set up the server environment.

- "Chapter 8 Installing Drivers and Setting up the Server" (page 22)- Check the driver version for the Fibre Channel card being used.

• Server Support Matrix

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Set up the Server EnvironmentSet up the OS to connect to the ETERNUS Disk storage system.

- "8.2 Setting up the Server" (page 22)

Set the Server to Recognize the Logical UnitsSet up the server so that it can recognize the ETERNUS Disk storage system logical units (LUN).

- "9.2 Logical Unit Recognition" (page 25)

Set the Server to Match the System ConfigurationSet up the server as required by the system configuration.

- Multipath configurations• Set PV-Links

"10.1 Multipath Configuration using PV-Links" (page 27)• Set Native Multipath

"10.2 Multipath Configuration using Native Multipath" (page 28)• VERITAS Volume Manager Dynamic Multipathing (VxVM DMP) Facility

"3.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Notes" (page 15)- Volume manager

• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)"Chapter 11 Creating Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Logical Volumes" (page 30)

• VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)"3.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Notes" (page 15)

Create LVM VolumesCreate LVM logical volumes.

- "Chapter 11 Creating Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Logical Volumes" (page 30)

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ETERNUS Disk storage systems can connect to servers operating in the following environments.Check the environment of your server.

2.1 Hardware

Refer to the "Server Support Matrix" for details.

2.2 OS


2.3 Fibre Channel Cards


2.4 Multipath Configuration


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2.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)

Refer to the "Server Support Matrix" to check the compatibility of HP-UX and VxVM versions.

2.7 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS)

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3.1 Setup Notes for the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems

• Be sure to set the sub system parameters.• Ensure that the ETERNUS Disk storage system Loop-IDs are set to "Manual".• The Loop-IDs must be unique within each FC-AL loop, and should be assigned in the

ascending order.• Do not assign 0x7D as an ETERNUS Disk storage system Loop-ID.

3.2 Fibre Channel Switch Notes

Which Fibre Channel switches can be connected to the ETERNUS Disk storage system variesdepending on the connection environment (server OS and ETERNUS Disk storage systemmodel). Refer to the "Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH" before starting.

When using a Fibre Channel switch (ETERNUS SN200 series, Brocade DCX series) betweenthe server and ETERNUS Disk storage system, refer to the "ETERNUS Disk storage systemsServer Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch Settings" for help in preparingand setting up the Fibre Channel switch.

• Set the Fibre Channel switch domain ID, to anything other than "8".When the domain ID is set to "8", the device cannot be recognized correctly.

• When carrying out maintenance on the Fibre Channel switches, the switch domain ID must be the same after maintenance as it was before.

• Make certain that reconnection is made to the correct port after carrying out the maintenance of the ETERNUS Disk storage system by using the same port number as it was used before maintenance.

• Set the link speed of the Fibre Channel switch ports according to the link speeds of the server-side Fibre Channel cards, as follows:

Combination of devicesSet the Fibre Channel

switch port link speed to...Maximum link speed of Fibre Channel card

Maximum link speed of Fibre Channel switch

8Gbps

8Gbps 8Gbps fixed

4Gbps 4Gbps fixed

2Gbps 2Gbps fixed

4Gbps

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When connecting to a 1Gbps-only Fibre Channel card, the "Automatic" (default) FibreChannel switch port link speed must be used.If the devices being connected together both have automatically set link speeds, the resultinglink speed may be less than optimal.The default link speed setting for Fibre Channel switch ports is "Automatic".The link speed setting for true HP Fibre Channel cards is always "Automatic".The link speed setting of a true HP Fibre Channel card cannot be changed to other than"Automatic", so the Fibre Channel switch port link speeds must be fixed to match the actualspeed of the server-side Fibre Channel cards, as per the above table, so that the same linkspeed is always used.

• Set AD355A and AD299A Fibre Channel card connected Fibre Channel switch ports to not LinkUp via the L-Port. This is because AD355A and AD299A Fibre Channel cards do not support PublicLoop LinkUp, and this setting prevents them from attempting to do so.

Example:When an AD355A is connected to switch port 4 of an ETERNUS SN200 series, execute thefollowing command to disable LinkUp via the L-Port on port 4:

3.3 Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Notes

• A mirrored LVM configuration using ETERNUS Disk storage systems’ LUNs is not recommended.

• [Bad Block Relocation] attribute must be disabled on LVM Logical volume which resides on ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

- Example procedure

Execute this command for all logical volumes created on ETERNUS Disk storage systems'LUNs to disable [Bad Block Relocation]. If [Bad Block Relocation] is not disabled, filesystem may be damaged.

• Raw device access to an LVM logical volume must use an I/O block size that is a multiple of 1024bytes.

2Gbps

8Gbps 2Gbps fixed

4Gbps

2Gbps

Combination of devicesSet the Fibre Channel

switch port link speed to...Maximum link speed of Fibre Channel card

Maximum link speed of Fibre Channel switch

portCfgGPort 4 1

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3.4 HP Serviceguard Notes

"HP Serviceguard" is HP-UX cluster software. For details on how to configure an HP Service-guard system, refer to the relevant HP-UX manual.

3.5 HP Integrity VM Notes

Apply the settings described in this document for a VM Host, which is an OS for operating Integ-rity VM.

3.6 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Notes

• Install VERITAS Array Support Library (ASL) after installing VxVM.• Installing VxVM

VxVM should be installed as specified in its accompanying documentation.• VERITAS Array Support Library (ASL)

If the ETERNUS Disk storage systems are connected to a configuration that uses the VxVM,the VERITAS Array Support Library (ASL) will also need to be installed.Which version of VERITAS ASL is required will depend on the storage system and version ofVxVM used. Download the VERITAS ASL version that matches your environment from thefollowing Symantec web-site.Refer to the Symantec web-site for VERITAS ASL installation details.

3.7 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) Notes

• Installing VERITAS Cluster ServerVERITAS Cluster Server should be installed according to the directions given in the manualprovided with VERITAS Cluster Server.

Storage system VxVM ASL download URL

ETERNUS2000 VxVM 5.0 MP1 or later http://support.veritas.com/docs/323775

ETERNUS4000ETERNUS8000

VxVM 4.1 MP1 or later http://support.veritas.com/docs/284354

VxVM 5.0 MP1 or laterVxVM 5.0.1 or later http://support.veritas.com/docs/338353



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3.8 Server Startup and Power Supply Control Notes

Before turning the server on, check that the ETERNUS Disk storage systems and Fibre Channelswitches are all "Ready". If the server is turned on and they are not "Ready", the server will notbe able to recognize the ETERNUS Disk storage systems.Also, when the ETERNUS Disk storage system power supply is being controlled by a con-nected server, make sure that the ETERNUS Disk storage system does not shut down beforethe connected servers. Similarly, the Fibre Channel switches must also be turned off after theconnected servers have been shut down. If turned off, data writes from the running server cannot be saved to the ETERNUS Disk storagesystems, and already saved data may also be affected.



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Check the World Wide Name (WWN).

When using the "Security" function (Affinity Mode) of the ETERNUS Disk storage systems, it isnecessary to specify the WWN of the Fibre Channel card. Use the "fcmsutil" command to specifythe device file of the Fibre Channel card, and the WWN of the Fibre Channel card can bechecked.A WWN is not required if the "Host Affinity" function is not used.

Procedure

1 Use the "ioscan" command to check the Fibre Channel card device files.

The format of the device file name will vary according to the Fibre Channel cards beingused.In the following example, the recognized Fibre Channel card’s device files are "/dev/fcd0","/dev/fcd1", "/dev/fcd2", and "/dev/fcd3".

# ioscan -funC fc

# ioscan -funC fc Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description ================================================================= fc 0 0/3/1/0 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-XFibre Channel Adapter (Port 1) /dev/fcd0 fc 1 0/3/1/1 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-XFibre Channel Adapter (Port 2) /dev/fcd1 fc 2 0/4/1/0 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-XFibre Channel Adapter (Port 1) /dev/fcd2 fc 3 0/4/1/1 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-XFibre Channel Adapter (Port 2) /dev/fcd3



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2 Check the WWN of the Fibre Channel card.

Specify the Fibre Channel card device file names obtained in Step 1 in "Device_File".

The following shows the result when this command is executed for "/dev/fcd0". The "N_Port Port World Wide Name" value is the Fibre Channel card WWN.

The WWNs identified here are needed for the ETERNUSmgr "Add WWN" function.For details, refer to the "ETERNUSmgr User Guide -Settings/Maintenance-".

End of procedure

# fcmsutil Device_File

# fcmsutil /dev/fcd0

Vendor ID is = 0x001077 Device ID is = 0x002312 PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x0012ba PCI Mode = PCI-X 133 MHz ISP Code version = 3.2.168 ISP Chip version = 3 Topology = PRIVATE_LOOP Link Speed = 2Gb Local N_Port_id is = 0x000001 Previous N_Port_id is = 0x000001 Local Loop_id is = 125 N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b00001d69c9 N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b00001d69c8 Switch Port World Wide Name = N/A Switch Node World Wide Name = N/A Driver state = ONLINE Hardware Path is = 0/3/1/0 Maximum Frame Size = 2048 Driver-Firmware Dump Available = YES Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = Mon Aug 23 19:09:27 2004 Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx Driver B.11.23.01 /ux/kern/kisu/FCD/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Jan 15 2004,12:44:56



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If it is to be used, install ETERNUSmgr according to the directions given in the "ETERNUSmgrInstall Guide". After installation, set up ETERNUSmgr following the instructions in the"ETERNUSmgr User Guide".



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Set up the ETERNUS Disk storage systems using ETERNUSmgr.

ETERNUS Disk storage system setup can be performed independently of server setup. For details on how to perform these settings, refer to the "ETERNUS Disk storage systemsServer Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings" and"ETERNUSmgr User Guide".



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This chapter describes the settings required to connect a server and ETERNUS Disk storagesystem via a Fibre Channel switch.

Perform the settings according to the procedure given in "ETERNUS Disk storage systemsServer Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch Settings".



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8.1 Installing the Drivers

Install the necessary drivers and patches following the Fibre Channel card installation guide.

8.2 Setting up the Server

The server control environment now needs to be set up.Set the command queue depth and the maximum number of volume groups for the server envi-ronment.

8.2.1 Setting up the Command Queue Depth

Set the number of commands allowed to be queued (command queue depth) on each LUN in theETERNUS Disk storage systems from the Fibre Channel card. This setting optimizes the con-nection between the ETERNUS Disk storage systems and the server.The command queue depth setting will depend on the number of the ETERNUS Disk storagesystem LUNs recognized by the server on a single path, as shown in the table below.

For the single path connection example shown below, 10 LUNs are recognized on the singlepath, so the command queue depth is set to "8".

No. of LUNs recognized by the server on a single path

Command queue depth

1 to 16 8

17 or more 4

Server

FC Port FC Port

ETERNUS Disk Storage System

Affinity Group

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For connection schemes in which an ETERNUS Disk storage system FC port is shared by multi-ple servers, the command queue depth is again determined by the number of LUNs recognizedby each server on the single path. In this example, "8" is set as the command queue depth forboth servers.

For multipath connection, the command queue depth is determined similarly.For the multipath connection example shown below, 20 LUNs are recognized on each path, sothe command queue depth is set to "4". For all types of multipath, the command queue depth isalways decided by the number of LUNs recognized on each individual path.

Command queue depth setting procedure depends on the HP-UX version:

• For HP-UX11iv3Set the command queue depth using the LU property "max_q_depth". The "max_q_depth" isset using the "scsimgr" command.

- Example procedure: Setting the command queue depth of disk20 to 4

Refer to the HP-UX manuals for details of the "scsimgr" command.

Server A

FC Port FC Port


FC Port

Affinity Group A

Affinity Group B

Server B



Number of LUNs: 10

Number of LUNs: 12

Server

FC Port FC Port


FC Port FC Port

Affinity Group20 LUNs recognized on this path


Number of LUNs: 20

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• For HP-UX11iv1/HP-UX11iv2Set the command queue depth using the kernel parameter "scsi_max_qdepth".The "scsi_max_qdepth" is set using System Administration Manager (SAM).When the command queue depth is set using SAM, all SCSI devices are affected.When changing the command queue depth of a particular SCSI device, the "scsictl"command is used. However, because the information set by the "scsictl" command becomesinvalid when the server is shut down, it is necessary to carry out setting every time the serveris activated. For details about the "scsictl" command, refer to the HP-UX manual.

8.2.2 Maximum Number of Volume Group Settings

Set the kernel parameter maxvgs that limits the number of volume groups. Default value is 10. If 11 or more volume groups are to be created, maxvgs will need to be changed.Kernel parameter maxvgs is set using System Administration Manager (SAM).

For HP-UX11iv3, this setting is not required.

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9.1 Turning on the Devices

To turn on the connected devices, use the following procedures:

Procedure

1 Turn on the Fibre Channel switch power (if used).

2 After checking that the Ready (or equivalent) LED of the Fibre Channel switch is lit, turn on the ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

3 After checking that the ETERNUS Disk storage systems' Ready LED is lit, turn on the server.

End of procedure

9.2 Logical Unit Recognition

Make the server recognize the logical units (LUN) set in the ETERNUS Disk storage systems.

Procedure

1 Use the "ioscan" command to check which devices are connected.Enter as follows for LegacyView (old format) results:

Enter as follows for AgileView (HP-UX11iv3 and newer format) results:

Check that all connected devices are listed in the ioscan output and "CLAIMED" isdisplayed in "S/W State".The following shows the output of ioscan (LegacyView) when ETERNUS Disk storagesystems are directly connected to system.

# ioscan -fn

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The device file is displayed in the following format.

• LegacyDSF- Format

X: Position of Fibre Channel cardY: Target number (0 to 15)Z: LUN (0 to 7)

• Persistent DSF- Format

X: disk instance number

End of procedure

When the ETERNUS Disk storage systems are connected for thefirst time, the device file (for example, /dev/dsk/c4t0d0) sometimesmay not be created.If this happens, use the "insf" command to create the device file.Specify the hardware path name as follows, and execute.

ETERNUS Disk storage systems' LUNs and device files correspondas follows:

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description=============================================================================disk 7 0/2/1/0.8.0.2.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE FUJITSU E4000

# insf -H hw_path_to_device -e

/dev/(r)dsk/cXtYdZ

ETERNUS4000 Server device file --------------------------------------- LUN#0x00 cXt0d0 : : LUN#0x07 cXt0d7 LUN#0x08 cXt1d0 : : LUN#0x0F cXt1d7 LUN#0x10 cXt2d0 : :

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Three types of multipath configurations are available for the connection between the ETERNUSDisk storage system and an HP-UX server: "PV-Links", "Native Multipaths", and VxVM's "DMP".

This chapter explains how to set up the HP-UX default "PV-Links" or "Native Multipaths". Refer tothe Symantec Corp. manuals for VxVM's "DMP" details.

10.1 Multipath Configuration using PV-Links

"PV-Links" is a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) function, available for all HP-UX versions.LVM for HP-UX supplies PV-Links as a standard function for configuring paths in a redundantconfiguration (path failover function).PV-Links is set by including multiple paths connected to one physical volume in one volumegroup.Only one of the paths will be set as the Active path, with the other paths being made Standbypaths.However, load on the system may be better balanced by spreading the server accesses overmultiple Active paths. PV-Links are only available for LVM configurations.

When using PV-Links, note the following:

• Confirm that the PV-Links paths have identical target IDs.For an FC-AL connection, confirm that the PV-Links paths have identical target IDs, bychecking the ETERNUS Disk storage system CA port settings for each PV-Link path andcomparing the target IDs. When set correctly, the device files for all paths that connect to agiven ETERNUS Disk storage system LUN should all be the same after the "t" part of thename (e.g. "/dev/dsk/c4t0d0" → "0d0").

• Disable Native Multipaths when HP-UX11iv3 is used.For HP-UX11iv3, Native Multipaths are enabled by default. To enable PV-Links equivalentoperation, the Native Multipaths must be disabled.Native Multipaths are disabled by setting the "leg_mpath_enable" parameter to "false" andusing Legacy DSF for access.Native Multipaths are always enabled when using Persistent DSF access.

- ReferenceDevice special file type Example device special file

Legacy DSF /dev/dsk/c4t0d0/dev/rdsk/c4t0d0

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- Example procedure: Setting "leg_mpath_enable" to "false"

Execute this "leg_mpath_enable" setting command for all LUNs in the ETERNUS Diskstorage system.

10.2 Multipath Configuration using Native Multipath

"Native Multipaths" is an OS function available for HP-UX11iv3 onwards.Native Multipaths can be used to set the I/O load balance policy (load_bal_policy).Set the I/O load balance policy to match the ETERNUS Disk storage system model.

• I/O load balance policy setting vs ETERNUS Disk storage system model

• Example procedureI/O load balance policy setting

- Setting the I/O load balance policy to "round_robin"

Execute this "load_bal_policy" setting command for all LUNs in the ETERNUS Diskstorage system.If the I/O load balance policy is "preferred_path", a priority path must be set.Set the path associated with CA port with the CM which owns the target RAID Group asthe priority path.

• Example procedurePriority path setting

- Specify the hardware path of the "Lunpath" that is to be the priority path.

Lunpath hardware paths can be checked using the "ioscan -m lun" and "scsimgr lun_map"commands.The desired priority Lunpath hardware path will contain the ETERNUS Disk storagesystem's Fibre Channel port WWN.

# scsimgr save_attr -D /dev/rdisk/diskX -a leg_mpath_enable=false

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round_robin

# scsimgr save_attr -D /dev/rdisk/disk25 -a load_bal_policy=round_robin

# scsimgr save_attr -D /dev/rdisk/disk25 -a preferred_path=0/3/1/1.0x2041000b5d6a0109.0x0



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- Lunpath hardware path format

- Lunpath hardware path format example

HBA_hardware_path.ETERNUS_disk_storage_system_Fibre_Channel_port_WWN.LUN

0/3/1/1.0x2041000b5d6a0109.0x4000000000000000

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This chapter explains how to create LVM logical volumes using commands.Refer to the applicable manuals for more on how to use these commands.

11.1 Creating the Volume Group

Procedure

1 Create a directory with the same name as the volume group that is to be created. E.g. if volume group "/dev/vg01" is to be created:

2 Create a character special file called "group".Create this character special file in the directory created in Step 1.

In order to prevent volume group overlaps, a 0xNN0000 (minor number) must be specifiedfor the "mknod" command (where NN is some value between 00 and FF). For HP-UX11iv2/HP-UX11iv1, the upper limit for NN is determined by the "maxvgs" tunable kernelparameter (default is 10, max is 256). The "ls" command may be used to check the0xNN0000 values currently being used by "group" files.

• Example: Checking the 0xNN0000 in current use

In this example, only the "dev/vg00" volume group exists, with a "group" file minornumber (NN) of "00".

Do not execute the "mediainit" command on ETERNUS Disk storagesystems. No problems in operation will occur even if this command is notused.

# mkdir /dev/vg01

# mknod /dev/vg01/group c 64 0x010000

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3 Use the "pvcreate" command to create an LVM logical volume for the volume group.Format this disk ("c4t0d0") as an LVM compatible physical disk.

Note that if the LUN is accessible via multiple paths, this procedure only needs to beexecuted for one of them.

4 Create the volume group.Create the volume group "/dev/vg01" on the physical volume "/dev/dsk/c4t0d0".

Use the following, if alternative paths are to be configured using the PV-Links function:

Here "/dev/dsk/c4t0d0" and "/dev/dsk/c5t0d0" are different paths that access the samephysical volume. In this example "/dev/dsk/c4t0d0" is the primary link (that is normallyused) and "/dev/dsk/c5t0d0" is the alternative link (that is used if the primary link fails).

5 Confirm the details of the created volume group.Display and confirm the volume group information for "dev/vg01":

For a PV-Links configuration, confirm that the alternative path is set as planned.This is indicated by an "Alternative Link" note after the device path in the "PV Name"column.The maximum available logical volume capacity may also be confirmed from the outputinformation.

End of procedure

# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0

# vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c4t0d0

# vgcreate /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c4t0d0 /dev/dsk/c5t0d0

# vgdisplay -v /dev/vg01

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11.2 Creating the LVM Logical Volume

Procedure

1 Create a 100MB logical volume "lvol1" in the volume group "/dev/vg01".

The logical volume capacity may be increased as necessary.The logical volume capacity should be a multiple of the PE Size. When the specifiedlogical volume capacity is not an exact multiple of the PE Size, it is rounded up to the nextmultiple of the PE Size.

2 Disable Bad Block Relocation.Disable [Bad Block Relocation] for all LVM logical volumes created on the ETERNUS Diskstorage system LUNs.Add a "N" (upper-case) after the "-r" option.

This command must be executed for all logical volumes created onETERNUS Disk storage system LUNs. If Bad Block Relocation is notdisabled on all logical volumes, the file system may be damaged.

# lvcreate -L 100 -n lvol1 /dev/vg01

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3 Confirm the details of the created LVM logical volume.Display and confirm the LVM logical volume information for "/dev/vg01/lvol1":

Double-check that the "Bad block" row shows a value of "NONE" in the output.This indicates that Bad Block Relocation is totally disabled.

End of procedure

# lvdisplay /dev/vg01/lvol1

--- Logical volumes ---LV Name /dev/vg01/lvol1VG Name /dev/vg01LV Permission read/writeLV Status available/syncdMirror copies 0Consistency Recovery MWCSchedule parallelLV Size (Mbytes) 100Current LE 25Allocated PE 25Stripes 0Stripe Size (Kbytes) 0Bad block NONEAllocation strictIO Timeout (Seconds) default

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• If a logical unit (LUN) of the ETERNUS Disk storage systems is used as a boot disk, refer to "Server Support Matrix" to check the server environment.

• When using a LUN as a boot disk, make sure that the LUN has enough capacity to install the OS in the ETERNUS Disk storage system.



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