topic Re: SAN devices configuration in Operating System - HP-UX

SAN devices configuration

ajin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:50:16 GMT

How to configure SAN devices in HP 11i V3 ?
Please help me step by step configuration..

Re: SAN devices configuration

Steven E. Protter — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:02:08 GMT

Shalom,

use ioscan to detect the device:

ioscan
ioscan -fnC disk

insf -c disk

pvcreate the new device

create a new volume group with vgcreate or use vgextend to extend an existing volume group

lvcreate to create a logical volume
newfs to create a filesystem

SEP

Re: SAN devices configuration

skt_skt — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:33:05 GMT

SO r u going to make use of the Native MPIO available on 11.23? Or what is the plan for path faillver/load balance?

Re: SAN devices configuration

ajin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:52:45 GMT

hi
its fail over/load balance

Re: SAN devices configuration

Duncan Edmonstone — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:23:05 GMT

Given the complete lack of detail you've provided, your not going to get a detailed response.

What are you trying to do?
What sort of storage do you have?

A good starting point might be this doc:

http://docs.hp.com/en/MassStorageStack/The_Next_Generation_Mass_Storage_Stack.pdf

As well as the other white papers here:

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Storage%20Area%20Management

Note that if your storage is "supported" by 11iv3, then the chances are that all MPIO configuration will happen auto-magically. Supported disk arrays are listed here:

http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/support_matrices.html

and here:

http://www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/mass_storage_devices.html

HTH

Duncan