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Chapter 1 Solaris I/O Multipathing Overview

Overview of Solaris I/O Multipathing

Fibre Channel Software Features

iSCSI Software Features

SAS Software Features

Solaris I/O Multipathing Features

Supported Device Standards

FC Device Configuration Overview

Configuring FC Devices With Multipathing Considerations

Chapter 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

Chapter 3 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

Chapter 4 Configuring Solaris iSCSI Initiators

Oracle Solaris iSCSI Technology (Overview)

Identifying Oracle Solaris iSCSI Software and Hardware Requirements

Configuring iSCSI Initiators Tasks

iSCSI Terminology

Recommended iSCSI Configuration Practices

Configuring Dynamic or Static Target Discovery

How to Configure an iSCSI Initiator

How to Access iSCSI Disks

How to Remove Discovered Target Devices

Configuring Authentication in Your iSCSI-Based Storage Network

How to Configure CHAP Authentication for Your iSCSI Initiator

How to Configure CHAP Authentication for Your iSCSI Target

Using a Third-Party RADIUS Server to Simplify CHAP Management in Your iSCSI Configuration

How to Configure a RADIUS Server for Your iSCSI Target

How to Configure a RADIUS Server for Your iSCSI Initiator

Oracle Solaris iSCSI and RADIUS Server Error Messages

Setting Up iSCSI Multipathed Devices in Oracle Solaris

How to Enable Multiple iSCSI Sessions for a Target

Monitoring Your iSCSI Configuration

How to Display iSCSI Configuration Information

Modifying iSCSI Initiator and Target Parameters

Tuning iSCSI Parameters

How to Tune iSCSI Parameters

How to Modify iSCSI Initiator and Target Parameters

Troubleshooting iSCSI Configuration Problems

No Connections to the iSCSI Target From the Local System

How to Troubleshoot iSCSI Connection Problems

iSCSI Device or Disk Is Not Available on the Local System

How to Troubleshoot iSCSI Device or Disk Unavailability

Use LUN Masking When Using the iSNS Discovery Method

General iSCSI Error Messages

Chapter 5 Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports

What Is NPIV?

Limitations of NPIV

Working With NPIV Ports

How to Create an NPIV Port

How to Delete an NPIV Port

How to Display NPIV Port Status

Chapter 6 Configuring FCoE Ports

What Is FCoE?

Limitations of FCoE

Configuring FCoE Ports

How to Create an FCoE Port

How to Delete an FCoE Port

How to Display FCoE Port Status

How to Force an FCoE Port Reinitialization

Configuring FCoE Hardware Offload

Chapter 7 Configuring SAS Domains

SAS Multipathing Considerations

Dynamic Discovery of SAS Devices

Configuring SAS Boot Devices

Chapter 8 Configuring IPFC SAN Devices

IPFC Considerations

Determining Fibre Channel Adapter Port Instances

How to Determine Port Instances

How to Create an IPFC Instance

Invoking and Configuring IPFC

How to Start a Network Interface Manually

How to Configure the Host for Automatic Network Configuration

Chapter 9 Booting the Oracle Solaris OS From Fibre Channel Devices on x86 Based Systems

Oracle Solaris OS Setup Requirements

Oracle Solaris OS Installation Overview

Oracle Solaris OS Installation Procedure

How to Install the Oracle Solaris OS

How to Perform a DVD or Network-Based OS Installation

Chapter 10 Persistent Binding for Tape Devices

Persistent Binding Overview

Creating Tape Links

How to Create Tape Device Links

Appendix A Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices

Manually Configuring FC Devices

How to Manually Configure a FC Device

Configuring Fabric Device Nodes

Ensuring That LUN Level Information Is Visible

How to Ensure LUN Level Information is Visible

How to Detect Visible Fabric Devices on a System

Configuring Device Nodes Without Multipathing Enabled

How to Manually Configure an FC Device Without Multipathing

How to Configure Multiple FC Devices Without Multipathing

Configuring Device Nodes With Solaris Multipathing Enabled

How to Configure Individual Multipathed FC Devices

How to Configure Multiple Multipathed FC Devices

Unconfiguring Fabric Devices

Unconfiguring a Fabric Device

How to Manually Unconfigure a FC Device

How to Unconfigure All FC Devices on a FC Host Port

How to Unconfigure a Multipathed FC Device

How to Unconfigure One Path to a Multipathed FC Device

How to Unconfigure All Multipathed FC Devices

Appendix B Supported FC-HBA API

Supported Fibre Channel HBA API

Appendix C Troubleshooting Multipathing-Related Problems

System Fails to Boot or Crashes During stmsboot

How to Recover Boot Failure in Single User Mode

How to Recover from a System Crash

Appendix D Tuning Disk Target Driver Properties

Tunable Parameters for Disk Drivers

Name:Value Pair Format to Tune Disk Drivers

Bit-Masking Format to Tune Disk Drivers

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