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Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: SAN Configuration and Multipathing     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

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

FC Device Considerations

Adding FC Devices

How to Add a FC Device

Configuring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC

Fabric Boot Device Considerations

6.  Configuring Solaris iSCSI Initiators

7.  Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel Ports

8.  Configuring FCoE Ports

9.  Configuring SAS Domains

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

B.  Supported FC-HBA API

C.  Troubleshooting Multipathed Device Problems

Index

Configuring Fabric Boot Devices on SPARC

You can set up a SPARC server that is running the Oracle Solaris OS to be booted from a fabric disk device.

Fabric Boot Device Considerations

Fabric boot devices can be accessed through the Oracle Solaris installation methods just as internal boot devices have been accessed in the previous Solaris OS releases. Refer to the Oracle Solaris installation guide for details. Consider the following points while enabling a fabric boot device: