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Oracle Solaris SAN Configuration and Multipathing Guide     Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library
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Preface

1.  Solaris I/0 Multipathing Overview

2.  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

How to Determine if Multipathing is Enabled or Disabled

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 to 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

Administering Solaris I/O Multipathing

Displaying Multipathing Support Information

How to Display Multipathing Support Information

How to Display Properties of a Specific Initiator Port

How to Display Specific LU Information

How to Display All LUs Associated With a Specific Target Port

How to Display a LU With a Specific Name

Configuring Automatic Failback for Multipathing Support

How to Configure Automatic Failback for Specific Multipathing Support

How to Fail Over a LU

How to Enable a LU Path

How to Disable a LU Path

3.  Configuring Fabric-Connected Devices

4.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Initiators

5.  Configuring SAS Domains

6.  Configuring IPFC SAN Devices

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

8.  Persistent Binding for Tape Devices

A.  Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices

B.  Supported FC-HBA API

C.  Troubleshooting Multipathing-Related Problems

Index

Chapter 2

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 covered: