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Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: SAN Configuration and Multipathing Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library |
1. Solaris I/0 Multipathing Overview
2. Fibre Channel Multipathing Configuration Overview
3. Configuring Solaris I/O Multipathing Features
4. Administering Multipathing Devices
5. Configuring Fabric-Connected Devices
Configuring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC
Fabric Boot Device Considerations
6. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Initiators
7. Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports
10. Configuring IPFC SAN Devices
11. Booting the Oracle Solaris OS From Fibre Channel Devices on x86 Based Systems
12. Persistent Binding for Tape Devices
A. Manual Configuration for Fabric-Connected Devices
Review the following considerations before configuring Solaris I/O multipathing features:
Configure ports and zones according to the vendor-specific documentation for storage and switches.
You no longer are required to manually configure devices.
LUN masking enables specific LUNs to be seen by specific systems. See the vendor-specific storage documentation that describes masking.
Connect arrays and other storage devices to the SAN with or without multipathing capability. Solaris multipathing is an associated application that is bundled with the product name.
The STMS boot utility is included with Solaris I/O multipathing features that manage the SAN booting process. Issuing the stmsboot command activates the automatic update of /etc/vfstab and the dump configuration to reflect device name changes when enabling or disabling the multipathing software. Note that the software is disabled by default for devices on SPARC based systems and enabled by default for devices on x86 based systems.