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The Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing Administration Guide provides an overview of the Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing software for the SolarisTM 10 Operating System This guide includes instructions about how to install and configure the software and devices.
This guide is intended for system, storage, and network administrators who create and maintain storage area networks (SANs) and have a high level of expertise in the management and maintenance of SANs.
Before you read this book, read the Solaris 10 Operating System 3/05 Release Notes.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing software.
Chapter 2 provides an overview of configuring the Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing software.
Chapter 3 explains how to configure multipathing feature for FC devices provided in the Solaris Operating System.
Chapter 4 provide an overview of steps used to configure SAN devices.
Chapter 5 explains the considerations to configure IPFC SAN Devices.
Appendix A explains Manual configuration for Fabric Connected Devices.
Appendix B provides details on Supported FC-HBA API.
Appendix C provides trouble shooting information for potential problems that may occur while you run the Solaris Fibre Channel and Storage Multipathing software.
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