FC Device Configuration Task Overview

This section provides a high level overview of the tasks for configuring Solaris I/O multipathing features for FC devices.

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.

Table 2-1 Tasks for Configuring Multipathed FC Devices

Configuration Task	Task Description	Reference Information
Enable multipathing features	Enabling multipathing is provided as follows: By default, for FC devices on x86/x64 platforms By manual configuration on SPARC platforms By manual configuration for SAS devices	The steps for enabling multipathing are outlined in Chapter 3, Configuring Solaris I/O Multipathing Features.
Configure FC devices	In the Oracle Solaris OS, FCAL, fabric, and point-to-point connected devices are made available to the host.	Chapter 5, Configuring SAN Devices
Configure virtual FC ports	You can configure N Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) ports, which is especially useful for virtualization environments.	Chapter 6, Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports
Set up FC boot device	Solaris I/O multipathing features enable a Solaris server to boot from a fabric device.	SAN Device Considerations
Configure IPFC SAN devices	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.	Chapter 9, Configuring IPFC SAN Devices
Configure SAS devices	In the Oracle Solaris OS, multipathing of SAS devices is supported.

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