HP (Hewlett-Packard) AA-RW7CE-TE User Manual
HP StorageWorks
MPxIO for Sun Solaris
application n
otes
Part number: AA-RW7CE-TE
Third edition: December 2006
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About this document
This section describes the following topics:
• Application
• Intended audience
• Other do cumentation
Application notes information
These application notes describe the following:
•
MPxIO overview,page3
•
New features, page 3
• Supported hardware and software, page 4
• Preparing the host system, page 5
•
Configure and verify the host, page 6
•
Enabling MPxIO, page 9
•
Verify the MPxIO configuration, page 10
Intended audience
This document is intended for customers who are using Sun Solaris MPxIO with HP storage systems.
Other documentation
A complete library of related documentation is available at:
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
notes information
For Solaris 8 & 9, the following documentation is available at h
hardware/docs/Network_Storage_Solutions/SAN/san_software/index.htm:
• Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software 4.4 Installation Guide
• Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software 4.4 Configuration Guide
• Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Soft ware 4.4.x Release Notes, including Sun StorEdge Traffic
Manager for the Solaris Operating System
• Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager Installation and Configuration Guide For the Solaris Operating System
• Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software 4.4
For Solaris 10, the Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing Administration Guide is available at
h
ttp://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-0139.
MPxIO overview
O provides basic failover and load-balancing capability to HP StorageWorks EVA3000/5000 V4,
MPxI
000/6000/8000, and the XP line of storage systems. Different storage devices can connect to the
EVA4
same system. Failover to other storage devices is allowed.
New features
This release provides support for Sun Solaris MPxIO multipathing on EVA3000/5000 4.004 and
EVA4000/6000/8000 disk arrays.
ttp://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/
MPxIO for Sun Solaris
3
NOTE:
MPxIO is not supported on versions of the EVA3000/5000 prior to 4.004.
Supported hardware and software
Table 1 describes supported hardware and software.
Table 1 Supported hardware and software
Component Version
Operating system
Solaris8,9,10(SPARC)
1
Sun native adapters
QLogic adapters
Emulex adapters
Storage Systems
SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 (X6767A)
SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 (X6768A)
SG-XPCI2FC-QF2–Z
SG-XPCI1FC-QF4
SG-XPCI2FC-QF4
SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z
SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z
SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z
SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4
SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4
2
2
2
SG-XPCI1FC-QL2
SG-XPCI1FC-EM2
SG-XPCI2FC-EM2
SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4
SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4
2
2
QLA2310F
QLA2340
QLA2342
QLA2460
QLA2462
QLE2460
QLE2462
2
2
LP10000
LP10000DC
LP11000
LP11002
LPe11000
LPe11002
2
2
HP StorageWorks EVA3000/5000 4.004
HP StorageWorks EVA4000/6000/8000
HP StorageWorks XP128/1024
HP StorageWorks XP10000/12000
1
For Solaris 10 x86 only Sun native adapters or specific FCAs for HP Proliant Blade servers are supported. Please check
the array release notes or with your HP representative for the supported FCAs.
2
PCI-Express FCAs are not supported on Solaris 8 and are supported on Solaris 9 only with some server models.
4
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