HP 6100 User Manual

Creating and presenting virtual disks....................................................................................82
Verifying virtual disks from the host.......................................................................................82
Linux.....................................................................................................................................83
Driver failover mode...........................................................................................................83
Installing a Qlogic driver....................................................................................................83
Upgrading Linux components..............................................................................................84
Upgrading qla2x00 RPMs..............................................................................................84
Detecting third-party storage...........................................................................................84
Compiling the driver for multiple kernels...........................................................................85
Uninstalling the Linux components........................................................................................85
Using the source RPM.........................................................................................................85
Verifying virtual disks from the host.......................................................................................86
OpenVMS.............................................................................................................................86
Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre Channel FCA
firmware...........................................................................................................................86
Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation........................................................86
Console LUN ID and OS unit ID...........................................................................................86
Adding OpenVMS hosts.....................................................................................................87
Scanning the bus...............................................................................................................88
Configuring virtual disks from the OpenVMS host...................................................................89
Setting preferred paths.......................................................................................................89
Sun Solaris............................................................................................................................89
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................89
Configuring FCAs with the Sun SAN driver stack....................................................................89
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................90
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................91
Fabric setup and zoning.....................................................................................................93
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager (MPxIO)/Sun Storage Multipathing...........................................93
Configuring with Veritas Volume Manager............................................................................93
Configuring virtual disks from the host...................................................................................95
Verifying virtual disks from the host..................................................................................96
Labeling and partitioning the devices...............................................................................97
VMware................................................................................................................................98
Installing or upgrading VMware .........................................................................................98
Configuring the EVA with VMware host servers......................................................................98
Configuring an ESX server ..................................................................................................99
Loading the FCA NVRAM..............................................................................................99
Setting the multipathing policy........................................................................................99
Specifying DiskMaxLUN...............................................................................................100
Verifying connectivity...................................................................................................100
Verifying virtual disks from the host.....................................................................................101
6 Customer replaceable units......................................................................102
Customer self repair (CSR).....................................................................................................102
Parts only warranty service................................................................................................102
Best practices for replacing hardware components....................................................................102
Component replacement videos.........................................................................................102
Verifying component failure...............................................................................................102
Procuring the spare part....................................................................................................102
Replaceable parts.......................................................................................................103
Replacing the failed component.........................................................................................106
Returning the defective part...............................................................................................106
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HP 6100 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	6100
Category	Storage
Language	English