Installation and Setup of Related Software
Install and set up the software products required for using shared disk units. See the installation guides and manuals of each software product.
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If the disk unit uses a Fibre Channel interface, a Fibre Channel driver for the card needs to be installed and set up. For installation details, see "Installation Procedures" in "FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel x.x Guide for Solaris(TM) Environment."
If the disk array unit is used with a multipath configuration, refer to the following manuals for instructions on installing and setting up the software.
When the ETERNUS multipath driver (GRMPD) is used
"ETERNUS Multipath Driver User's Guide"
When the multipath disk control load balance option (MPLB) is used
"INSTALLATION GUIDE - Multipath Disk Control load balance option x.x for Solaris(TM) Environment"
"Multipath Disk Control Load Balance option x.x Guide"
When multipath disk control (MPHD) is used
"INSTALLATION GUIDE - Multipath Disk Control x.x for Solaris(TM) Environment "
"Multipath Disk Control x,x Guide"
If an ETERNUS2000, ETERNUS3000, ETERNUS4000, ETERNUS6000, or ETERNUS8000 disk array is used with a single-path configuration, you need to install and setup a hard disk driver (HDDV).
For details on installing HDDV, see the "Hard Disk Driver x.x Guide."
One of the following settings is necessary when the ETERNUS multipath driver is used and each node has local disks only used by the node itself:
Allocate an instance number that is not duplicate to the multipath device of the local disk on each node.
If the instance number is duplicate in the multipath device of the local disk on each node, register the multipath device of the local disk to the exclusive device list before automatic resource registration.
For details on the exclusive device list, see "PRIMECLUSTER Cluster Foundation (CF) Configuration and Administration Guide."
If the setting above is not performed even if the instance number is duplicate in the multipath device of the local disk on each node, the automatic resource registration fails.
Preparation for automatic shared disk configuration
Before executing automatic shared disk configuration, format the logical units and assign labels to the units.
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For information on the procedures, refer to the manual ("Multipath Disk Control x,x Guide," "Multipath Disk Control load balance option," or "ETERNUS Multipath Driver User's Guide") of the software product to be used.
For information on automatic configuration of shared disks, see "5.1.3 Initial Setup of the Cluster Resource Management Facility" and "Automatic Configuration of Shared Disks."
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At this stage, do not create logical paths for MPHD, MPLB, and GRMPD.
If a shared disk is automatically configured in a cluster system where MPLB or ETERNUS multipath driver is installed, and the disk supports the load balancing, the MPLB logical path will automatically be generated, then the resource will also be registered.
If you want to make the MPHD logical path automatically generate and the MPHD resource register by performing automatic configuration of a shared disk, it is necessary to set the parameter beforehand using the clsetacfparam(1M) command.
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For details on the parameters to be set with the clsetacfparam(1M) command, see "5.3 Setting Up Shared Disk Connection Confirmation."
Before executing automatic shared disk configuration, you need to assign a label to the disk by executing the "format(1M)" command.
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For information on automatic configuration of shared disks, see "5.1.3 Initial Setup of the Cluster Resource Management Facility" and "Automatic Configuration of Shared Disks."
