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CHAPTER
9
Managing the SAN
This chapter explains how to manage the SAN system. For information about
managing device-node creation on SANs, see “Creating On-Demand Device Nodes
on Hosts for Fabric Configurations” on page 89. The scope of this chapter is limited
to the operations required from the perspective of the Solaris operating
environment. It does not cover other aspects such as device availability and device-
specific management. If devices are managed by other software, such as a volume
manager, please refer to the respective product documentation for additional
instructions.
This chapter contains the following topics:
■ “Managing Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager with a Volume Manager” on page 117
■ “Managing Switch Zones” on page 119
■ “Rezoning Hosts and Arrays” on page 119
■ “Adding Storage Devices” on page 123
■ “Removing Storage Devices” on page 124
■ “Managing Fabric Devices Through Dynamic Reconfiguration” on page 126
■ “Managing IP Networks Over Fibre Channel Networks” on page 127
■ “Managing IP Networks in a SAN” on page 128
Managing Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager
with a Volume Manager
This section contains the following topics:
■ “Managing Without a Volume Manager” on page 118
■ “Managing With VxVM/VxDMP” on page 118
■ “Managing With the Solstice DiskSuite Software” on page 118