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Configuration Overview |
This chapter provides information about configuring the Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing software.
This chapter contains the following sections:
This section provides a high level overview of the tasks that you should perform to configure the Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing software.
The following table lists the configuration tasks, description about each task and the reference information where you can find the procedures to perform each task.
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Multipathing capability is provided by the Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing software in the Solaris 10 OS. This software enables multipathing: |
The steps for enabling multipathing are outlined in Configuring Multipathing. |
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In the Solaris 10 OS, FCAL and fabric-connected devices are made available to the host. This differs from previous versions of the multipathing software running on the Solaris 8 or 9 OS. In those versions, manual configuration steps were required to achieve fabric-connected device availability on the Solaris host. |
Please refer to the chapter Configuring SAN Devices for more information. |
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The Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing software allows a Solaris server to boot from a fabric device. |
Please refer to the section SAN Device Considerations for more information. |
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You can configure host recognition of IPFC devices and implementation of IP over FC in a SAN. Configuration of IPFC depends on the instance of the Fabric Port (FP) driver for the FC adapter ports. |
This information is outlined in Configuring IPFC SAN Devices. |
Before you configure the Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing software, consider the following:
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