FC Device Configuration 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, a description of each task, and the reference information where you
can find related procedures.
Table 1-1 Tasks for Configuring Multipathed FC Devices
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Enable multipathing features
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Multipathing is enabled as follows:
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By default, for FC devices on x86/x64 platforms
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By manual configuration on SPARC platforms
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By manual configuration for SAS devices
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Configure FC devices
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In the Oracle Solaris OS, FCAL, fabric, and point-to-point connected devices are made
available to the host.
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Configure virtual FC ports
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You can configure N Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) ports, which is especially useful for
virtualization environments.
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Set up FC boot device
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Solaris I/O multipathing features enable a Solaris server to boot from a fabric device.
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Configure IPFC SAN devices
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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.
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Configure SAS devices
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In the Oracle Solaris OS, multipathing of SAS devices is supported.
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