HP XP7 Configuration Guide

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................8
What's in this guide..................................................................................................................8
Audience.................................................................................................................................8
Features and requirements.........................................................................................................8
Fibre Channel interface.............................................................................................................9
Device emulation types............................................................................................................10
Failover.................................................................................................................................10
SNMP configuration................................................................................................................11
RAID Manager command devices.............................................................................................11
2 HP-UX.....................................................................................................12
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................12
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................12
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................13
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................13
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................15
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................15
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................15
Installing and configuring the FCAs, CNAs...........................................................................15
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................15
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................16
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................16
Verifying FCA installation....................................................................................................17
Verifying device recognition................................................................................................17
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................18
Verifying the device files and drivers.....................................................................................19
Creating the physical volumes.............................................................................................19
Creating new volume groups...............................................................................................19
Creating logical volumes....................................................................................................20
Creating the file systems.....................................................................................................22
Setting the I/O timeout parameter........................................................................................22
Creating the mount directories.............................................................................................23
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................24
Setting and verifying the auto-mount parameters....................................................................24
3 Windows................................................................................................26
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................26
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................26
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................26
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................27
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................29
Configuring the Fibre Channel and FCoE ports......................................................................29
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................30
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................30
Installing and configuring the FCAs, CNAs...........................................................................30
Fabric zoning and LUN security...........................................................................................30
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................31
Verifying the host recognizes array devices............................................................................31
Configuring disk devices..........................................................................................................32
Writing signatures..............................................................................................................32
Creating and formatting disk partitions.................................................................................34
Verifying file system operations ...........................................................................................34
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HP XP7 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	XP7
Category	Storage
Language	English