Preface
ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) for Linux
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Copyright 2010 FUJITSU LIMITED
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The Contents and Structure of this Manual
This document is composed of the following 11 chapters and an appendix.
• Chapter 1 Workflow
This describes how to connect the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems to a server running
Linux
• Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment
This describes which servers can be connected to ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
• Chapter 3 Notes
This describes issues that should be noted when connecting the ETERNUS DX Disk storage
systems and server.
• Chapter 4 Installing and Setting Up the ETERNUSmgr
This describes how to install ETERNUSmgr.
• Chapter 5 Setting Up the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Systems
This describes how to use ETERNUSmgr to set up the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
• Chapter 6 Setting the Fibre Channel Switches
This describes how to set up the Fibre Channel switches.
• Chapter 7 Installing and Setting Up the Drivers
This describes how to install the Fibre Channel card drivers and set up the server.
• Chapter 8 Connecting the Server to the ETERNUS DX Disk Storage Systems
This describes how to connect the server and ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
• Chapter 9 Logical Unit Recognition
This describes how to recognize the ETERNUS DX Disk storage system logical units from
server.
• Chapter 10 Setting Up and Checking the Multipath Driver
This describes how to set up and check the ETERNUS Multipath Driver.
• Chapter 11 Setting Up the File System
This describes how to create a file system on the ETERNUS DX Disk storage systems.
The restoration procedure for when a path degrades in a VERITAS Volume Manager
environment is described in the appendix.