FUJITSU P3AM-3842-05ENZ0 User Manual
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User's Guide -Server Connection-
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Preface
This manual briefly explains the operations that need to be performed by the user in order to connect an
ETERNUS DX Disk storage system to a server running Linux 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 Disk storage system, server, OS, Fibre Channel cards, and drivers.
This manual references the following documents:
Server Support Matrix
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Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH
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ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Disk Storage System
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Settings (ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2, ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2, ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2)
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Sys-
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tem Settings for ETERNUS DX60/DX60 S2, DX80, DX90
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Sys-
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tem Settings for ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch
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Settings
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) for Linux Driver Set-
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tings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel/FCoE/iSCSI/SAS) for Linux
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device-mapper multipath
Web GUI User's Guide
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ETERNUSmgr Install Guide
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ETERNUSmgr User Guide
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Other manuals provided with each product (server, Fibre Channel Cards, Fibre Channel Card Driver, Multi-
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path Driver, and VxVM)
This manual is designed for use with the following ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems:
ETERNUS DX60 S2/DX80 S2/DX90 S2 Disk storage system
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ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2 Disk storage system
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ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2 Disk storage system
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ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90 Disk storage system
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ETERNUS DX410/DX440 Disk storage system
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ETERNUS DX8100/DX8400/DX8700 Disk storage system
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The Contents and Structure of this Manual
This manual is composed of the following 11 chapters and an appendix.
"Chapter 1 Workflow " (page 11)
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This chapter describes how to connect the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems to a server running Linux.
"Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment" (page 15)
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This chapter describes which servers can be connected to ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
"Chapter 3 Notes " (page 17)
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This chapter describes issues that should be noted when connecting the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems
and server.
"Chapter 4 Installing and Setting Up ETERNUSmgr" (page 20)
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This chapter describes how to install ETERNUSmgr.
"Chapter 5 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage System" (page 21)
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This chapter describes how to use ETERNUSmgr to set up the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
"Chapter 6 Setting Up the Fibre Channel Switches " (page 22)
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This chapter describes how to set up the Fibre Channel switches.
"Chapter 7 Installing Drivers and Setting Up the Server" (page 24)
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This chapter describes how to install the Fibre Channel card drivers and set up the server.
"Chapter 8 Connecting the Server to the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Systems " (page 25)
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This chapter describes how to connect the server and ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
"Chapter 9 Setting Up the Server to Recognize the Logical Units " (page 26)
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This chapter describes how to make the server recognize the LUNs of the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system.
"Chapter 10 Setting Up and Checking the Multipath Driver" (page 29)
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This chapter describes how to set up and check the ETERNUS Multipath Driver.
"Chapter 11 Setting a File System" (page 30)
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This chapter describes how to create a file system.
The restoration procedure for when a path degrades in a VERITAS Volume Manager environment is described
in the appendix.
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Acknowledgments
Emulex is a trademark of Emulex Corp.
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QLogic is a trademark of QLogic Corp.
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Brocade and the Brocade logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Sys-
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tems, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc., in the United States and other countries.
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Symantec, the Symantec logo, VERITAS, and the VERITAS logo are registered trademarks of Symantec Cor-
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poration or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries.
VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS Cluster Server are trademarks of Symantec Corp. and its affiliated
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companies.
The company names, product names and service names mentioned in this document are registered trade-
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marks or trademarks of their respective companies.
Naming Conventions
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Product names
Red Hat Enterprise Linux series products are as described below.
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"xxx" in the following table indicates an architecture name (example: x86), and "x" indicates a version
number.
Product names
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHEL6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x RHEL6.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (for xxx) RHEL6 (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (for xxx) RHEL6.x (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHEL5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x RHEL5.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for xxx) RHEL5 (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (for xxx) RHEL5.x (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4 RHEL-AS4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4 Update x RHEL-AS4 Update x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.x RHEL-AS4.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for xxx) RHEL-AS4 (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v.4 for xxx) Update x RHEL-AS4 (xxx) Update x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (4.x for x86) RHEL-AS4.x (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 RHEL-ES4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 Update x RHEL-ES4 Update x
Abbreviation
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Product names Abbreviation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.x RHEL-ES4.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v.4 for xxx) RHEL-ES4 (xxx)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v.4 for xxx) Update x RHEL-ES4 (xxx) Update x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (4.x for xxx) RHEL-ES4.x (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server series products are as described below.
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"xxx" in the following table indicates an architecture name (example: x86), and "x" indicates a version
number.
Product names Abbreviation
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SLES11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Packx SLES11 SPx
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for xxx SLES11 (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Packx for xxx SLES11 SPx (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SLES10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Packx SLES10 SPx
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for xxx SLES10 (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Packx for xxx SLES10 SPx (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Packx SLES9 SPx
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for xxx SLES9 (xxx)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for xxx Service Packx SLES9 (xxx) SPx
Oracle Linux series products are as described below.
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"xxx" in the following table indicates an architecture name (example: x86), and "x" indicates a version
number.
Product names
Oracle Linux 6.x Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 1 (for xxx) Oracle Linux 6.x UEK (for xxx)
Oracle Linux 6.x Red Hat Compatible Kernel (for xxx) Oracle Linux 6.x (for xxx)
Oracle Linux 5.x Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 1 (for xxx) Oracle Linux 5.x UEK (for xxx)
Oracle Linux 5.x Red Hat Compatible Kernel (for xxx) Oracle Linux 5.x (for xxx)
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Other names
"CA" refers to a host interface module that is used in an ETERNUS DX Disk storage system to connect to a
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server.
"Fibre Channel card" refers to a Fibre Channel interface module that is normally used in a server. A "Host
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Bus Adapter" (HBA) or "Channel Adapter" (CA) may be used instead, depending on the server.
"Fibre Channel cable" refers to a cable that is used to connect an ETERNUS DX Disk storage system and a
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server via a Fibre Channel interface. "FC cable", "optical fibre cable", or "multi mode Fibre Channel cable"
may be used instead, depending on the storage system.
Italics are used to show variables such as values and characters that appear in command parameters and
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output examples.
Abbreviation
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ETERNUS Disk storage system models
The following naming conventions are used to describe ETERNUS Disk storage system models in this manual.
ETERNUS Disk storage system model Naming conventions
ETERNUS DX60 S2/DX80 S2/DX90 S2
ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2
ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2
ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90
ETERNUS DX410/DX440
ETERNUS DX8100/DX8400/DX8700
ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90
ETERNUS DX410/DX440
ETERNUS DX8100/DX8400/DX8700
ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2 ETERNUS DX400 S2 series
ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2 ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series
ETERNUS DX410/DX440 ETERNUS DX400 series
ETERNUS DX8100/DX8400/DX8700 ETERNUS DX8000 series
ETERNUS DX Disk storage system
ETERNUS DX Disk storage system (excluding S2)
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Fibre Channel card names
Refer to "Server Support Matrix" to check the Fibre Channel cards.
"Fujitsu Emulex Fibre Channel cards" refers to Fibre Channel cards with the following product IDs.
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PG-FC105
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PG-FC106
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PG-FC107
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PG-FC201
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PG-FC202/PG-FC202L
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PG-FC203/PG-FC203L
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PY-FC201/PY-FC201L
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PG-FC204/PG-FC204L
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PY-FC202/PY-FC202L
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PG-FCD201
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PG-FCD202
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MC-0JFC11/MC-0JFC1L
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MC-0JFC21/MC-0JFC2L
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MC-08FC11/MC-08FC71
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MC-08FC31/MC-08FC41
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MC-08FC51/MC-08FC61
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MC-08FC81/MC-08FC91
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S26361-F2624-E1
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S26361-F2843-E1/S26361-F2843-E201
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S26361-F3141-E10/S26361-F3141-E210
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S26361-F3141-E1
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S26361-F3306-L1/S26361-F3306-L201
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S26361-F3961-L1/S26361-F3961-L201
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S26361-F3961-L2/S26361-F3961-L202
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S26361-F3306-E601/BX600-FC42E
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MC-FC82E
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"Fujitsu QLogic Fibre Channel cards" refers to Fibre Channel cards with the following product IDs.
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PG-FCD101
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PG-FCD102
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PG-FC205/PG-FC205L
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PY-FC211/PY-FC211L
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PG-FC206/PG-FC206L
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PY-FC212/PY-FC212L
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S26361-F3023-E1
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S26361-F3631-L1/S26361-F3631-L201
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S26361-F3631-L2/S26361-F3631-L202
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Workflow 11
Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment 15
2.1 Hardware ...................................................................................................................................... 15
2.2 OS (Operating System).................................................................................................................. 15
2.3 Fibre Channel Cards....................................................................................................................... 15
2.4 ETERNUS Multipath Driver ............................................................................................................. 15
2.5 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)................................................................................................. 15
2.6 device-mapper multipath.............................................................................................................. 15
2.7 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS).......................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 3 Notes 17
3.1 Connection Notes ......................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.1 SCSI Devices and Linux.........................................................................................................................................17
3.2 RHEL Notes ................................................................................................................................... 17
3.3 SLES Notes .................................................................................................................................... 17
3.4 Fibre Channel Card Notes .............................................................................................................. 18
3.5 Fibre Channel Switch Notes........................................................................................................... 18
3.6 Server Startup and Power Supply Control Notes............................................................................. 18
3.7 System Design Sheet Notes .......................................................................................................... 18
3.8 VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Notes....................................................................................... 19
3.9 VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) Notes ............................................................................................... 19
3.10 Notes on Connecting the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage System to a Server ...................................... 19
3.11 SAN Boot Notes ........................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 4 Installing and Setting Up ETERNUSmgr 20
Chapter 5 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage System 21
Chapter 6 Setting Up the Fibre Channel Switches 22
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Chapter 7 Installing Drivers and Setting Up the Server 24
Chapter 8 Connecting the Server to the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Systems 25
Chapter 9 Setting Up the Server to Recognize the Logical Units 26
9.1 Displaying the Recognized Logical Units ....................................................................................... 26
9.1.1 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...............................................................................................................................26
9.1.2 For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server .........................................................................................................................27
Chapter 10 Setting Up and Checking the Multipath Driver 29
10.1 ETERNUS Multipath Driver .......................................................................................................... 29
10.2 Setting Up and Checking the device-mapper multipath .............................................................. 29
Chapter 11 Setting a File System 30
Appendix A Restoration Procedure for when a Path Degrades in a VERITAS Volume
Manager Environment 31
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Workflow
This chapter describes how to connect the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system to a server running Linux.
Procedure varies according to whether a single-path or multipath configuration is used.
When a Fibre Channel switch is used to make the connection, refer to the "ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch Settings" and use the procedure described.
The workflow is shown below.
Usable Multipath Drivers
ETERNUS Multipath Driver
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VERITAS Volume Manager
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device-mapper multipath
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Required Documents
Server Support Matrix
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Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH
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ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Disk Storage System
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Settings (ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2, ETERNUS DX410 S2/DX440 S2, ETERNUS DX8100 S2/DX8700 S2)
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Sys-
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tem Settings for ETERNUS DX60/DX60 S2, DX80, DX90
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Sys-
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tem Settings for ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch
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Settings
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) for Linux Driver Set-
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tings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel/FCoE/iSCSI/SAS) for Linux
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device-mapper multipath
Web GUI User's Guide
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ETERNUSmgr Install Guide
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ETERNUSmgr User Guide
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Other manuals provided with each product (server, Fibre Channel Cards, Fibre Channel Card Driver, Multi-
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path Driver, and VxVM)
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