2.3.3 Connecting to HP-UX Systems

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2.3.3 Connecting to HP-UX Systems

The following procedure explains how to connect the disk devices to an HP-UX system.

Connecting the SCSI/FC-SCSI card

Connect the SCSI card or Fibre Channel card to the server.

Connecting the SCSI/FC cable

Connect the SCSI card or Fibre Channel, which has just been connected to the server, to the disk array device (Fibre Channel switch/hub) with a cable.

Installing the SCSI/FC driver

Follow the instruction of the installation guide that came with the SCSI card or Fibre Channel card and install the SCSI/FC driver.

Setting the fabric environment

Information must be added to the system configuration file in the fabric environment. For more details on this setup, refer to the instructions that came with the Fibre Channel card or Fibre Channel switch.

Rebooting the system

Reboot the system in order for the installed SCSI/FC driver and disks in the disk array device to be recognized by the system.

Example

# sync
# reboot

Checking the connection of new disks

Use the ioscan command to check if the disk array device disk configured for the HP-UX is being recognized properly.

Example

# ioscan -funC disk
Class     I  H/W Path     Driver S/W State   H/W Type     Description
=====================================================================
disk      0  0/4/1/0.0.0.0.0       sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       HP      IR Volume
                         /dev/dsk/c0t0d0     /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
                         /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1   /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1
                         /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2   /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
                         /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3   /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3
disk    146  0/7/1/0.1.13.0.0.0.0  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c5t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0
disk    147  0/7/1/0.1.13.0.0.0.1  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c5t0d1   /dev/rdsk/c5t0d1
disk    148  0/7/1/0.1.13.0.0.0.2  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c5t0d2   /dev/rdsk/c5t0d2
disk      4  0/7/1/1.1.1.0.0.0.0   sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c3t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0
disk      5  0/7/1/1.1.1.0.0.0.1   sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c3t0d1   /dev/rdsk/c3t0d1
disk      6  0/7/1/1.1.1.0.0.0.2   sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       FUJITSU ETERNUS_DX8000
                         /dev/dsk/c3t0d2   /dev/rdsk/c3t0d2
disk      2  255/1/0.0.0  sdisk   CLAIMED     DEVICE       TEAC    DV-28E-N
                         /dev/dsk/c1t0d0   /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0

Make sure that the target-id and logical unit numbers in the displayed device file (/dev/dsk/cxtxdx) matches the information set in the disk array device.

This completes the connection of the disk array device.

Caution

Do not create a file system on the disk used as the data transfer volume.

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