
FUJITSU Storage
ETERNUS DX
Configuration Guide -Server Connection-
(Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2,
ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2,
ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2 Disk Storage System Settings
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This manual briefly explains the operations that need to be performed by the user in order to connect an
ETERNUS DX to a server running Solaris OS, HP-UX, AIX, Windows®, Linux, VMware ESX, PAN Manager, Citrix
XenServer®, Oracle Linux, or Oracle VM Server for x86 via a Fibre Channel interface.
This manual should be used in conjunction with any other applicable user manuals, such as those for the
ETERNUS DX, server, OS, Fibre Channel cards, and drivers.
Refer to "FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration Guide -Server Connection- Notations" for the notations
used in this manual such as product trademarks and product names. For storage systems that are supported
by the OS, refer to the Server Support Matrix of the ETERNUS DX.
The Contents and Structure of this Manual
This manual is composed of the following two chapters.
"Chapter 1 Workflow" (page 6)
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This chapter describes the workflow when setting up an ETERNUS DX.
"Chapter 2 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX" (page 8)
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This chapter describes how to set up an ETERNUS DX.
Preface
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15th Edition
June 2015
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Workflow 6
Chapter 2 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX 8
2.1 Common Settings ........................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Setting the To-server Connection Type (Setting the FC Port Parameters) ..............................................................8
2.1.2 Creating the Server Accessible LUN Groups (Setting the LUN Groups).................................................................10
2.1.3 Setting the Host Responses ................................................................................................................................10
2.1.4 Setting the Host Response for the ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series using the ETERNUS Multipath Driver...................11
2.1.5 Setting the CA Port Groups..................................................................................................................................11
2.1.6 Registering the WWNs of the Accessing Fibre Channel Cards (Setting FC Host)...................................................11
2.1.7 Allocating LUN Groups (Setting the Host Affinity)...............................................................................................12
2.2 Specific Settings ........................................................................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Setting the CA Reset Groups................................................................................................................................12
2.2.2 Setting the Subsystem Parameters .....................................................................................................................12
2.3 Checking the WWNs ..................................................................................................................... 13
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List of Tables
Table 2.1 FC port parameter settings (FC-AL connection) ..........................................................................................8
Table 2.2 Transfer Rate setting values (for FC-AL connection) ...................................................................................9
Table 2.3 FC port parameter settings (Fabric connection) .........................................................................................9
Table 2.4 Transfer Rate setting values (for Fabric connection) ..................................................................................9
Table 2.5 Host response settings .............................................................................................................................10
Table 2.6 Host response settings for the ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series when using the TPG Referrals function ..........11
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