Fujitsu ETERNUS DX S4 Series, ETERNUS AF Series, ETERNUS DX S3 Series, ETERNUS DX200F Configuration Manual

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FUJITSU Storage
ETERNUS DX, ETERNUS AF
Configuration Guide -Server Connection-

(Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series Hybrid Storage Systems,
ETERNUS AF series, ETERNUS DX200F All-Flash Arrays 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/AF 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/AF, server, OS, Fibre Channel cards, and drivers.

Refer to "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/AF.

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 a storage system.

"Chapter 2 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX/AF" (page 8)

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This chapter describes how to set up a storage system.

Preface

15th Edition

December 2017

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Workflow 6

Chapter 2 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX/AF 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)...................................................................9

2.1.3 Setting the Host Responses ................................................................................................................................10

2.1.4 Setting the CA Port Groups..................................................................................................................................12

2.1.5 Registering the WWNs of the Accessing Fibre Channel Cards (Setting FC Host)...................................................12

2.1.6 Allocating LUN Groups (Setting the Host Affinity)...............................................................................................12

2.2 Specific Settings ........................................................................................................................... 13

2.2.1 Setting the CA Reset Groups................................................................................................................................13

2.2.2 Setting the Subsystem Parameters .....................................................................................................................14

2.3 Checking the WWNs ..................................................................................................................... 14

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List of Tables

Table 2.1 Combinations of the transfer rates and the connection types (when using direct connections to Fibre

Channel cards) ...........................................................................................................................................8

Table 2.2 Combinations of the transfer rates and the connection types (when connecting to Fibre Channel

switches)....................................................................................................................................................8

Table 2.3 FC port parameter settings (when the connection type is FC-AL) ...............................................................9

Table 2.4 FC port parameter settings (when the connection type is Fabric)...............................................................9

Table 2.5 Host response settings .............................................................................................................................10

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