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Using Fibre Channel Storage
This chapter provides an overview of Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel
configuration examples, and information on Fibre Channel hardware
installation and configuration in a Tru64 UNIX or TruCluster Server Version
5.1 configuration.
The information includes an example storageset configuration, how to
determine the /dev/disk/dskn value that corresponds to the Fibre
Channel storagesets that have been set up as the Tru64 UNIX boot disk,
cluster root (/), cluster /usr, cluster /var, cluster member boot, and
quorum disks, and how to set up the bootdef_dev console environment
variable to facilitate Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1 and TruCluster Server Version
5.1 installation.
______________________ Note _______________________
TruCluster Server Version 5.1 configurations require one or more
disks to hold the Tru64 UNIX operating system. The disk(s) are
either private disk(s) on the system that will become the first
cluster member, or disk(s) on a shared bus that the system can
access.
Whether or not you install the base operating system on a shared
disk, always shut down the cluster before booting the Tru64
UNIX disk.
All configurations in this chapter are shown with the Memory
Channel interconnect, required for TruCluster Server. The
illustrations could represent multiple standalone systems by
removing the Memory Channel.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• A procedure for Tru64 UNIX Version 5.1 or TruCluster Server Version
5.1 installation using Fibre Channel disks (Section 6.1).
• Fibre Channel overview (Section 6.2).
• Example cluster configurations using Fibre Channel storage (Section 6.3).
• A brief discussion of zoning and cascaded switches (Section 6.4).
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