HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software - Manual (Page 151)

3. Creating an HDLM Environment
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3.1.12 Number of Paths Supported in HDLM
Table 3-46: Number of LUs and Paths Supported in HDLM lists the number of LUs,
number of paths per LU, and total number of paths supported in HDLM.
Table 3-46: Number of LUs and Paths Supported in HDLM
#
The following shows the range of values that can be assigned to LUNs:
• Hitachi USP: From 0 to 1023
• Universal Storage Platform V/VM or Virtual Storage Platform: From 0 to
2047
Note that the range of values supported by HDLM is from 0 to 255. Therefore, do
not assign an LU whose LUN is 256 or greater.
3.1.13 Virtual Environments Supported by HDLM
HDLM supports the following virtual environments:
• HVM where the server virtualization mechanism is mounted on a
BladeSymphony blade server
• Xen
If you choose to use Xen, make sure that HDLM is installed in domain0.
Target Supported
number
Number of paths per LU Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 1 to 64
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 1 to 32
Number of LUs for one port
in a storage system
#
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 1 to 256
Total number of paths
(Number of LU
x Number of
paths per LU)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 1 to 1024
Total number of LUs Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 1 to 512