Configure SAN Host Connections

Before you install the FSPM software, configure your SAN host connections for the Oracle FS System.

Prerequisites:
Verify that your host and Oracle FS System meets the following requirements:
  • Available FC or iSCSI ports on an Oracle FS System Controller or Pillar Axiom Slammer.
  • Supported HBA and converged network adapter (CNA) drivers.
  • Ethernet connections to the management ports on the Pilot.
  • A network configuration that enables an application on the SAN host to connect to an Pillar Axiom storage system TCP port 26004 or Oracle FS System TCP port 26012 on the Pilot. Make sure these TCP ports are open.
Prepare your SAN host components to connect with the Oracle FS System.
Note: In this section, all references to GUI screens refer to the layout of the Oracle FS System Manager (GUI) version 6.1. Other GUI versions are organized differently, but all versions offer equivalent functionality. Review the Administrator’s Guide for details on how to access the features in older versions of the GUI.
  1. Verify that all FC and iSCSI components and software are installed on the SAN host as described in this document.
  2. Set up the SAN (physical connectivity and any required switch zoning) so there is at least one path through the SAN the host and a Controller port on each Oracle FS System.
    This enables the FSPM Service to discover the Oracle FS System and automatically create host entries in the Oracle FS System Manager. Proper setup is necessary so that all required host ports can access the Controller ports on the Oracle FS System.
  3. If you are using iSCSI connections, verify that your network is configured for iSCSI multipathing, and the iSCSI software initiator is configured correctly. See the instructions in this document on configuring an iSCSI SAN.
    If you are using the iSCSI-to-Fibre Channel routing features of the Cisco MDS 9000, review the configuration information on iSCSI–to- FC Router in this document.
  4. From the GUI, navigate to the SAN > Storage > Hosts page.
  5. Verify the SAN connections.
    When hosts first make SAN connections to the Oracle FS System, all initiators that are not yet associated with a host entry are listed under a false host name Unassociated. Fibre Channel initiators are listed by their Port WWNs and iSCSI initiators are listed by their Initiator Names. This is shown in the following illustration:
    Figure 1 Example of Host Ports grouped under Unassociated Host Name Host Ports grouped under Unassociated Host Name 

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