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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

Configuring Multipathing I/O Features

Multipathing Considerations

Enabling and Disabling Multipathing

How to Enable Multipathing

How to Disable Multipathing

Enabling or Disabling Multipathing on a Per-Port Basis

Port Configuration Considerations

How to Configure Multipathing by Port

Configuring Third-Party Storage Devices

Third-Party Device Configuration Considerations

Configuring Third-Party Storage Devices: New Devices

How o Configure Third-Party Devices

Configuring Third-Party Storage Devices: Disabling Devices

How to Disable Third-Party Devices

Displaying Device Name Changes

Configuring Automatic Failback

How to Configure Automatic Failback

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

B.  Supported FC-HBA API

C.  Troubleshooting Multipathed Device Problems

Index

Chapter 3

Configuring Solaris I/O Multipathing Features

This chapter explains how to configure Solaris I/O multipathing features for FC devices in the Oracle Solaris OS. It also provides the considerations while enabling or disabling the multipathing feature on SPARC based systems, x86 based systems, on a per-port basis, and third-party storage devices.

The following topics are discussed: