HP 6400.8400 Enterprise Virtual Array - Manual (Page 5)

Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre Channel FCA
firmware...........................................................................................................................53
Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation........................................................53
Console LUN ID and OS unit ID...........................................................................................53
Adding OpenVMS hosts.....................................................................................................54
Scanning the bus...............................................................................................................55
Configuring virtual disks from the OpenVMS host...................................................................56
Setting preferred paths.......................................................................................................56
Oracle Solaris........................................................................................................................56
Loading the operating system and software...........................................................................56
Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack...............................................................56
Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver....................................................................57
Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver.............................................................58
Fabric setup and zoning.....................................................................................................60
Oracle StorEdge Traffic Manager (MPxIO)/Oracle Storage Multipathing..................................60
Configuring with Veritas Volume Manager............................................................................60
Configuring virtual disks from the host...................................................................................61
Verifying virtual disks from the host..................................................................................63
Labeling and partitioning the devices...............................................................................63
VMware................................................................................................................................64
Configuring the EVA6400/8400 with VMware host servers....................................................64
Configuring an ESX server ..................................................................................................64
Loading the FCA NVRAM..............................................................................................64
Setting the multipathing policy........................................................................................65
Specifying DiskMaxLUN.................................................................................................66
Verifying connectivity.....................................................................................................66
Verifying virtual disks from the host.......................................................................................66
Verifying virtual disks from the host.......................................................................................66
HP EVA P6000 Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI.................................................................67
System prerequisites......................................................................................................67
Enabling vSphere Storage API for Array Integration (VAAI).................................................67
Installing the VAAI Plug-in...............................................................................................68
Installation overview.................................................................................................68
Installing the HP EVA VAAI Plug-in using ESX host console utilities...................................69
Installing the HP VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA.............................................................70
Installing the VAAI Plug-in using VUM.........................................................................72
Uninstalling the VAAI Plug-in...........................................................................................74
Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using the automated script (hpeva.pl).......................................74
Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA (vihostupdate)...............................................74
Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using VMware native tools (esxupdate)....................................74
Windows..............................................................................................................................75
Verifying virtual disk access from the host..............................................................................75
Setting the Pending Timeout value for large cluster configurations.............................................75
5 Customer replaceable units........................................................................76
Customer self repair (CSR).......................................................................................................76
Parts only warranty service..................................................................................................76
Best practices for replacing hardware components......................................................................76
Component replacement videos...........................................................................................76
Verifying component failure.................................................................................................76
Identifying the spare part....................................................................................................76
Replaceable parts...................................................................................................................77
Replacing the failed component................................................................................................79
Replacement instructions..........................................................................................................79
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