12 Using Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters

This chapter describes how to use virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) with Oracle VM Server for SPARC software.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Virtual SCSI Host Bus Adapters

• Operational Model for Virtual SCSI HBAs

• Discovering SCSI Devices

• Protocol Version Combinations

• The Hidden Device at LUN0

• Virtual SCSI HBA Subsystem Limitations

• Virtual SCSI HBA Identifier and Device Name

• Managing Virtual SCSI HBAs

• Appearance of Virtual LUNs in a Guest Domain

• Virtual SCSI HBA and Virtual SAN Configurations

• Configuring Virtual SCSI HBA Multipathing

• Booting From SCSI Devices

• Installing a Virtual LUN

• Virtual SCSI HBA Timeout

• Virtual SCSI HBA and SCSI

• Simulating a LUN0

• Managing the Physical Devices in a Virtual Storage Area Network