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ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch Settings • ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) for Linux Driver Set- tings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel/FCoE/iSCSI/SAS) for Linux • device-mapper multipath Web GUI User's Guide •...
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This chapter describes how to create a file system. The restoration procedure for when a path degrades in a VERITAS Volume Manager environment is described in the appendix. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (4.x for x86) RHEL-AS4.x (xxx) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 RHEL-ES4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 Update x RHEL-ES4 Update x ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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Italics are used to show variables such as values and characters that appear in command parameters and • output examples. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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ETERNUS DX8100/DX8400/DX8700 ETERNUS DX8000 series ■ Fibre Channel card names Refer to "Server Support Matrix" to check the Fibre Channel cards. "Fujitsu Emulex Fibre Channel cards" refers to Fibre Channel cards with the following product IDs. • PG-FC105 PG-FC106 PG-FC107...
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Preface S26361-F3306-L1/S26361-F3306-L201 S26361-F3961-L1/S26361-F3961-L201 S26361-F3961-L2/S26361-F3961-L202 S26361-F3306-E601/BX600-FC42E MC-FC82E "Fujitsu QLogic Fibre Channel cards" refers to Fibre Channel cards with the following product IDs. • PG-FCD101 PG-FCD102 PG-FC205/PG-FC205L PY-FC211/PY-FC211L PG-FC206/PG-FC206L PY-FC212/PY-FC212L S26361-F3023-E1 S26361-F3631-L1/S26361-F3631-L201 S26361-F3631-L2/S26361-F3631-L202 ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux...
Chapter 4 Installing and Setting Up ETERNUSmgr Chapter 5 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage System Chapter 6 Setting Up the Fibre Channel Switches ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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10.2 Setting Up and Checking the device-mapper multipath .............. 29 Chapter 11 Setting a File System Appendix A Restoration Procedure for when a Path Degrades in a VERITAS Volume Manager Environment ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
• Settings ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) for Linux Driver Set- • tings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel/FCoE/iSCSI/SAS) for Linux • device-mapper multipath Web GUI User's Guide •...
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"ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) Fibre Channel Switch Settings" • Checking the Fibre Channel switch connection requirements "Server Support Matrix for FC-SWITCH" ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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• Installing Fibre Channel cards, installing drivers, and performing setup "ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Channel) for Linux Driver Settings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards" Checking the Fibre Channel card driver versions • "Server Support Matrix"...
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Li- nux device-mapper multi- path" Creating a File System Create a file system. "Chapter 11 Setting a File System" (page 30) • ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Refer to the "Server Support Matrix". VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Refer to the "Server Support Matrix". device-mapper multipath Refer to the "Server Support Matrix". ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) Refer to the "Server Support Matrix". ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
For details involving RHEL, refer to the Red Hat web-site and any documentation available. SLES Notes For details involving SLES, refer to the Novell web-site and any documentation available. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Creating a system design sheet makes installation and maintenance of the system easy. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
When an ETERNUS DX Disk storage system LUN is to be used as a boot disk, it must be provided with suffi- cient capacity to install the OS. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
If ETERNUSmgr is to be used, install it according to the directions given in the "ETERNUSmgr Install Guide". After installation is complete, follow the instructions in "ETERNUSmgr User Guide" and set up ETERNUSmgr. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
"ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Sys- • tem Settings for ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series" "Web GUI User's Guide" or "ETERNUSmgr User Guide" • ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
FC switch Port1 Port3 Port5 Port7 Port1 Port3 Port5 Port7 Cascading CA00 CA01 CA10 CA11 line ETERNUS DX Disk storage system Name : RAID#1 ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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Port0 Port2 Port4 Port6 FC switch FC switch Port1 Port3 Port5 Port7 Port1 Port3 Port5 Port7 Cascading line ETERNUS DX Disk storage system ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Settings for Non-Fujitsu Fibre Channel Cards" for detailed setting procedures. • When Emulex Fibre Channel cards or Fujitsu Emulex Fibre Channel cards are used, refer to the "Operations When Using Emulex Fibre Channel Cards" chapter. When QLogic Fibre Channel cards or Fujitsu QLogic Fibre Channel cards are used, refer to the "Operations •...
Connect the shutdown server to the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems using Fibre Channel cables, then re- start the OS. The server and ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems must be connected for the procedures that follow. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
Set up and check the device-mapper multipath. For the procedures, refer to "ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection- (Fibre Chan- nel/FCoE/iSCSI/SAS) for Linux device-mapper multipath". ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
If by-id names are being used with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.4 Update 4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.4 Update 4 or later, then the accessible device names will be by-id names. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
In this step, check the controller number corresponding to the volume for which "DISABLED" is dis- played. # vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c The underlined portion indicates the controller number. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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Check that the status of a volume that was "DISABLED" in Step (2) is changed to "ENABLED". # vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c The underlined portion indicates the controller number. ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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Example (for ETERNUS DX410) # vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c7 NAME STATE PATH-TYPE DMPNODENAME ENCLR-TYPE ENCLR-NAME ========================================================================== ENABLED FJ_DX400 fj_dx400 ENABLED FJ_DX400 fj_dx400 ENABLED FJ_DX400 fj_dx400 ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems User's Guide -Server Connection-(Fibre Channel) for Linux Copyright 2013 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM-3842-12ENZ0...
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However, Fujitsu shall assume no responsibility for any operational problems as the result of errors, omissions, or the use of information in this manual. Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information •...