HP XP7 Configuration Guide

Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................82
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................83
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................83
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................83
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................83
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................84
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................84
Verifying host recognition of disk array devices......................................................................84
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................85
Changing the device parameters.........................................................................................85
Assigning the new devices to volume groups.........................................................................87
Creating the journaled file systems.......................................................................................89
Mounting and verifying the file systems.................................................................................91
10 Citrix XenServer Enterprise.......................................................................93
Installation roadmap...............................................................................................................93
Installing and configuring the disk array....................................................................................93
Defining the paths..............................................................................................................93
Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports.........................................94
Configuring the Fibre Channel ports.....................................................................................96
Setting the system option modes..........................................................................................97
Installing and configuring the host.............................................................................................97
Installing and configuring the FCAs .....................................................................................97
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................97
Clustering and fabric zoning...............................................................................................97
Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems.................................................98
Connecting the disk array........................................................................................................98
Restarting the Linux server...................................................................................................98
Verifying new device recognition.........................................................................................98
Configuring disk array devices.................................................................................................99
Configuring multipathing....................................................................................................99
Creating a Storage Repository...........................................................................................102
Adding a Virtual Disk to a domU.......................................................................................104
Adding a dynamic LUN....................................................................................................106
11 Troubleshooting....................................................................................107
Error conditions....................................................................................................................107
12 Support and other resources...................................................................109
Contacting HP......................................................................................................................109
Related information...............................................................................................................109
Websites.............................................................................................................................109
Typographic conventions.......................................................................................................110
Customer self repair..............................................................................................................110
A Path worksheet.......................................................................................111
Worksheet...........................................................................................................................111
B Path worksheet (NonStop)........................................................................112
Worksheet...........................................................................................................................112
C Disk array supported emulations..............................................................113
HP-UX.................................................................................................................................113
Supported emulations.......................................................................................................113
Emulation specifications....................................................................................................113
LUSE device parameters....................................................................................................115
SCSI TID map for Fibre Channel adapters...........................................................................117
Windows............................................................................................................................118
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HP XP7 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	XP7
Category	Storage
Language	English