HP StorageWorks XP1024 Guida rapida

HP StorageWorks

Disk Array XP operating system

conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX

XP12000

XP10000

XP1024

XP128

This guide describes the requirements and procedures for connecting and conﬁguring the XP family of

disk arrays to work with an IBM system running the IBM AIX operating system.

Part number: A5951–96045

Seventh edition: November, 2005

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Disk Array XP operating system conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX

Contents

Preface ......................... 5

Aboutthisguide................................ 5

Intendedaudience............................... 5

Diskarrays.................................. 5

Relateddocumentation............................. 5

Documentconventionsandsymbols ....................... 6

HPtechnicalsupport.............................. 7

Subscriptionservice .............................. 7

OtherHPwebsites .............................. 7

1Installation....................... 9

Featuresandrequirements ........................... 9

FibreChannelinterface............................ 10

Deviceemulationtypes............................ 10

Failover .................................. 10

SNMP conﬁguration............................. 11

RAID Manager command devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installationprocedures ............................ 12

Install and conﬁgurethediskarray....................... 13

Settingthehostmodeforthediskarrayports .................. 13

SettingtheSystemOptionModes ....................... 15

ConﬁguringtheFibreChannelports ...................... 16

Fibre address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Fabricandconnectionparametersettings.................. 17

Install and conﬁgurethehost ......................... 18

LoadingtheOSandsoftware ......................... 18

Installing and conﬁguringtheHBAs....................... 18

SupportedHBAs............................. 18

ToverifythattheFC6227driversareinstalled:.............. 18

To check the ﬁrmwarelevel:...................... 19

ToinstallthedriversusingtheAIXcommandline:............. 19

ToinstallthedriversusingSMIT:.................... 19

Clusteringandfabriczoning ......................... 21

FabriczoningandLUNsecurityformultipleoperatingsystems ........... 22

Connectthediskarray............................ 22

Deﬁningthepaths.............................. 23

Verifyinghostrecognitionofdiskarraydevices.................. 24

Toverifythatthehostrecognizesthediskarraydevices:............ 24

Disk Array XP operating system conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX 3

Conﬁgurediskarraydevices ......................... 25

Changing the device parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Assigningthenewdevicestovolumegroups................... 28

CreatingtheJournaledFileSystems....................... 31

TocreatetheJournaledFileSystems: .................... 31

Mounting and verifying the ﬁlesystems ..................... 35

2Troubleshooting.................... 37

Errorconditions............................... 37

CallingtheHPsupportcenter ......................... 39

ContactInformation ........................... 39

Beforeyoucall ............................. 39

APathWorksheet.................... 41

BDiskarraysupportedemulations............. 43

Supportedemulations ............................ 43

Emulation speciﬁcations ........................... 44

Diskparametersbyemulationtype....................... 46

Byteinformationtable ............................ 56

Physicalpartitionsizetable .......................... 57

Glossary........................ 59

Index ......................... 63

Preface

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

•Requirements and procedures for connecting an XP disk array to a host system

•Conﬁguring the disk array for use with the IBM AIX operating system

Intended audience

This guide is intended for system administrators with knowledge of:

•The host hardware

•IBM AIX operating system

•XP disk arrays

Disk arrays

Unless otherwise noted, the term “disk array” refers to these disk arrays:

•HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP128

•HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP1024

•HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array

•HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array

Related documentation

The following documents provide related information:

•HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP128: Owner’s Guide

•HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP1024: Owner’s Guide

•HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array: Owner’s Guide

•HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array: Owner’s Guide

You can ﬁnd these documents on the storage web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/xparrays.html

Disk Array XP operating system conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX 5

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6Preface

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HP technical support

In North America, call technical support at 1-800-633-3600, available 24 hours a

day, 7 days a week.

Outside North America, call technical support at the location nearest you. Telephone

numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:

http://www.hp.com/support. From this web site, select your country.

Collect the following information before calling:

•Technical support registration number (if applicable)

•Product serial numbers

•Product model names and numbers

•Applicable error messages

•Operating system type and revision level

•Detailed questions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

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Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product

enhancements, newest driver versions, and ﬁrmware documentation updates as well as

instant access to numerous other product resources.

After subscribing, locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage

under Product Category.

Other HP web sites

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•h

ttp://www.hp.com/go/storage

•http://www.hp.com/support/

•http://www.hp.com/service_locator

•http://www.docs.hp.com

Disk Array XP operating system conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX 7

8Preface

1 Installation

You and your HP service representative each play a role in installation. Your HP service

representative is responsible for installing the disk array and formatting the disk devices.

You are responsible for conﬁguring the host server for the new devices with assistance

from your HP service representative.

Features and requirements

Ask your HP service representative about the latest supported hardware and software.

The disk array has the following features:

•Storage capacity. The capacity for each model is listed below:

XP128: From8to128drivesforupto36TB,48FCports

XP1024: From8to1024drivesforupto149TB,64FCports

XP10000: Up to 240drivesforupto69.2TB,48FCports

XP12000: Up to 1152 drives for up to 332 TB, 128 FC ports

•Server support. IBM RS/6000 series, POWERstation, POWERserver, or SP series

•Operating system support. IBM AIX OS with current OS patches

Before installing the array, conform the environment to these requirements:

•Superuser access. Make sure you have superuser (root) access

•Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). Install HBAs and all utilities and drivers. Refer to the

adapter documentation for installation details

•(Recommended) HP StorageWorks Remote Web Console XP, Command View

XP Advanced Edition or Command View XP with LUN management feature for

conﬁguring disk array ports and paths

•(Recommended) HP StorageWorks LUN Conﬁguration and Security Manager XP

•(Optional) OtheravailableXPsoftware(somemaynotbesupportedbyyour

system):

HP StorageWorks Business Copy XP

HP StorageWorks Continuous Access XP

HP StorageWorks Continuous Access Extension XP

HP StorageWorks Auto LUN XP

HP StorageWorks Data Exchange XP

HP StorageWorks Resource Manager XP

HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP

Disk Array XP operating system conﬁguration guide: IBM AIX 9

HP StorageWorks Cache LUN XP

HP StorageWorks Auto Path XP

HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension XP

HP StorageWorks Performance Advisor XP

Fibre Channel interface

The XP family of disk arrays supports these Fibre Channel elements:

•Connection speed of 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps

•Short-wave non-OFC (open ﬁber control) optical interface

•Multimode opticalcableswithSCorLCconnectors

•Public or private arbitrated loop (FC-AL) or direct fabric attach

•Fibre Channel switches

Even though the interface is Fibre Channel, this guide uses the term “SCSI disk” because

disk array devices are deﬁned to the host as SCSI disks.

Device emulation types

The XP family of disk arrays supports these device emulation types:

•OPEN-x devices: OPEN-x logical units represent disk devices. Except for

OPEN-V, these devices are based on ﬁxed sizes. OPEN-V is a user-deﬁned size.

Supported emulations include OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9, OPEN-E, OPEN-L,

and OPEN-V devices.

•LUSE devices (OPEN-

): Logical Unit Size Expansion (LUSE) devices combine 2

to 36 OPEN-x devices to create expanded LDEVs larger than standard OPEN-x

disk devices. For example, an OPEN-x LUSE volume created from ten OPEN-x

volumesisdesignatedasOPEN-x*10.

•CVS devices (OPEN-x CVS): Volume Size Conﬁguration (VSC) deﬁnes custom

volumes (CVS) that are smaller than normal ﬁxed-sized logical disk devices

(volumes). (OPEN-V is a CVS-based custom disk size that you determine. OPEN-L

does not support CVS.)

•LUSE (expanded) CVS devices (OPEN-x*n CVS): LUSE CVS combines CVS devices

to create an expanded device. This is done by ﬁrst creating CVS custom-sized

devices and then using LUSE to combine from 2 to 36 CVS devices. For example,

if three OPEN-9 CVS volumes are combined to create an expanded device, this

device is designated as OPEN-9*3-CVS.

Failover

The disk arrays support many standard software products that provide host, application,

or I/O path failover and management.

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