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Oracle Solaris Administration: SAN Configuration and Multipathing     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Solaris I/0 Multipathing Overview

2.  Fibre Channel Multipathing Configuration Overview

3.  Configuring Solaris I/O Multipathing Features

4.  Administering Multipathing Devices (mpathadm)

5.  Configuring SAN Devices

6.  Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports

7.  Configuring FCoE Ports

8.  Configuring SAS Domains

9.  Configuring IPFC SAN Devices

10.  Booting the Solaris OS From Fibre Channel Devices on x86 Systems

11.  Persistent Binding for Tape Devices

A.  Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices

Manually Configuring FC Devices

How to Manually Configure a FC Device

Configuring Fabric Device Nodes

Ensuring That LUN Level Information Is Visible

How to Ensure LUN Level Information is Visible

How to Detect Visible Fabric Devices on a System

Configuring Device Nodes Without Multipathing Enabled

How to Manually Configure an FC Device Without Multipathing

How to Configure Multiple FC Devices Without Multipathing

Configuring Device Nodes With Solaris Multipathing Enabled

How to Configure Individual Multipathed FC Devices

How to Configure Multiple Multipathed FC Devices

Unconfiguring Fabric Devices

Unconfiguring a Fabric Device

How to Manually Unconfigure a FC Device

How to Unconfigure All FC Devices on a FC Host Port

How to Unconfigure a Multipathed FC Device

How to Unconfigure One Path to a Multipathed FC Device

How to Unconfigure All Multipathed FC Devices

B.  Supported FC-HBA API

C.  Troubleshooting Multipathed Device Problems

Index

Configuring Fabric Device Nodes

After you configure the hardware in your direct-attach system or SAN, you must ensure that the systems recognize the devices. This section explains host recognition of fabric devices, also known as 24-bit FC addressing devices on the SAN. After configuring the devices, ports, and zones in your SAN, make sure that the system is aware of the devices. You can have up to 16 million fabric devices connected together on a SAN with FC support.

This section is limited to the operations required from the perspective of the Oracle Solaris OS. It does not cover other aspects, such as device availability and device-specific management. If devices are managed by other software, such as a volume manager, refer to the volume manager product documentation for additional instructions.

Ensuring That LUN Level Information Is Visible