Supported multi
pathing combinations
The combinatio
nofMPxIOandSecurePathonthesameservercanonlybesupportedifFCA2257Pis
used for Secure Path and Sun native or Emulex adapters are used for MPxIO.
To view more multipathing combinations supported by MPxIO, go to h
ttp://www. hp.com/go/
sandesignguide. From the web page, select the complete HP StorageWorks SAN design reference guide
(1-5) and check
the table Sun Solaris multipathing coexistence support.
Preparing the host system
To set up the host system:
1. For Solaris 8 & 9 a nd Fibre Channel Adapters (FCAs) from Sun or QLogic:
If the OS has been installed before ad ding QLogic b ased FCAs, you may need to install SUNWqlc
and SUNWqlcx first. See h
ttp://sunsolve.sun.com (and select Document id 74507)forfurtherdetails.
2. Install the necessary software components for the different Solaris versions:
a. For Solaris 8 and 9, download the Sun SAN Foundation Software (SFS) 4.4.8 or later,
SAN_4.4.x_install_it.tar.Z which includes all the patches. Install it with the included
install_it script, available at h
ttp://www. sun.com/storagetek/storage_networking/ by
selecting SAN 4.4 release Software/Firmware Upgrades & Documentation.Toverifywhich
version of SFS has been installed, go to h
ttp://sunsolve.sun.com (see Document id 77230).
b. For Solaris 10 (SPARC), the required patches depend on the FCA.
• With QLogic based FCAs (from Sun or QLogic) SUNWqlc with patch 119130–26 or
later is required
• With Emulex based FCAs (from Sun or Emulex), SUNWemlxs a nd SUNWemlxu with
patches 120222–11 and 119130-26 or later
•Use/usr/bin/updatemanager (see h
ttp://www.sun.com/service/sunupdate/)to
update to the current Sun SAN patch level
c. For Solaris 10 (x86), the required patches depend on the FCA. Choose from one of the
following
• For QLogic FCAs (from Sun or QLogic) SUNWqlc with patch 119131-24 or later
• For Emulex FCAs (from Sun or Emulex) SUNWemlxs and SUNWemlxu with patches
119131-24 and 120223-11 or later are required
• To update to the current Sun Solaris SAN patch level, enter/usr/bin/updatemanager
See h
ttp://www. s un.com/service/su nup date for more information.
3. Reboot the Host after installing the (software and) patches.
4. Upgrade each FCA to the latest FCA Fcode/OpenBoot if required (typically requires single user
mode and no I/O activity) :
• For FCAs from Sun, go to h
ttp://sunsolve.sun.com/ or check with Sun if the FCA requires an
fcode update and follow the instructions in the patch description in case a patch is available
• For native Emulex FCAs, check the Emulex web site (h
ttp://www.emulex.com) for the latest
OpenBoot version for the given FCA. Download the fcode and FCA utilities from that web
site and use /opt/EMLXemlxu/bin/emlxadm to check and update the fcode
• For native QLogic FCAs, check the QLogic web site at h
ttp://www. qlogic.com for the
latest qlc Fcode. Download the fcode and SANSurfer CLI from that web site and use
/opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI/scli to check and update the fcode
5. Reboot the Host after updating the Fcode on the FCAs.
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