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Preface .............................. 5
Aboutthisguide....................................... 5
Intendedaudience...................................... 5
Diskarrays......................................... 5
Relateddocumentation.................................... 5
Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 6
HPtechnicalsupport..................................... 7
Subscriptionservice ..................................... 7
OtherHPwebsites ..................................... 7
Documentationfeedback ................................... 7
1Installation............................ 9
Featuresandrequirements .................................. 9
FibreChannelinterface................................. 10
Deviceemulationtypes................................. 10
Failover ....................................... 10
SNMP configuration.................................. 11
RAIDManagercommanddevices ............................ 11
Installationprocedures ................................... 12
Install and configurethediskarray.............................. 12
Settingthehostmodeandhostgroupmodeforthediskarrayports.............. 13
SettingtheSystemOptionMode............................. 14
ConfiguringtheFibreChannelports ........................... 15
Fibreaddress................................... 15
Fabric and connection parameter settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Install and configurethehost ................................ 16
LoadingtheOSandsoftware.............................. 16
Installing and configuringtheHBAs............................ 16
Cross-referencingHBAs............................... 17
FabriczoningandLUNsecurity ............................. 18
Connectthediskarray................................... 19
Definingthepaths................................... 19
Verifyingthehostrecognizesarraydevices ........................ 20
Configurediskdevices ................................... 20
Writingsignatures................................... 20
Creatingandformattingdiskpartitions .......................... 21
Verifying filesystemoperations ............................. 21
2Troubleshooting . ........................ 23
Errorconditions...................................... 24
CallingtheHPsupportcenter ................................ 25
Contactinformation .................................. 25
Beforeyoucall .................................... 25
A Path worksheet . . . . ..................... 27
BDiskarraysupportedemulations.................. 29
Supportedemulations ................................... 29
HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP operating system configuration guide: Windows 2000/2003
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