Adding FC Devices

Document Information

Preface

1. Solaris I/0 Multipathing Overview

2. Fibre Channel Multipathing Configuration Overview

3. Configuring Solaris I/O Multipathing Features

4. Administering Multipathing Devices

5. Configuring Fabric-Connected Devices

FC Device Considerations

Adding FC Devices

How to Add a FC Device

Configuring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC

Fabric Boot Device Considerations

6. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Initiators

7. Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports

8. Configuring FCoE Ports

9. Configuring SAS Domains

10. Configuring IPFC SAN Devices

11. Booting the Oracle Solaris OS From Fibre Channel Devices on x86 Based Systems

12. Persistent Binding for Tape Devices

A. Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices

B. Supported FC-HBA API

C. Troubleshooting Multipathed Device Problems

Index

The following table lists the common commands used when adding and removing FC devices

Command	Description	For More Information
`cfgadm` and `cfgadm_fp`	Dynamically reconfigures devices and FC devices. These commands are used most frequently to configure storage devices on a SAN.	`cfgadm`(1M) and `cfgadm_fp`(1M)
`format`	Identifies devices that are connected to the system and provides the ability to label a disk.	`format`(1M)
`luxadm`	Administers storage devices and FC_AL devices.	`luxadm`(1M)

Note - If you use the format command when the multipathing features are enabled, you will see only one instance of a device identifier for each LUN. Without the multipathing features enabled, you will see one identifier for each path.

How to Add a FC Device

Create the LUNs desired on the FC device.
If necessary, apply LUN masking for HBA control on the FC device.
Connect the storage device to the system.
If necessary, create port-based or WWN zones on the switch on the FC device.
Mount any existing file systems available on the storage device’s LUNs or disk groups.

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