Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 7
About this guide ......................................................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 7
Related documentation ................................................................................................................ 7
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 9
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 9
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 10
Features and requirements ......................................................................................................... 11
Fibre Channel interface ............................................................................................................. 11
Device emulation types .............................................................................................................. 12
Partitions ................................................................................................................................. 12
Failover ................................................................................................................................... 12
SNMP configuration .................................................................................................................. 13
Installation roadmap ................................................................................................................. 13
Fibre address .............................................................................................................. 17
Connecting the disk array .......................................................................................................... 18
Defining the paths .............................................................................................................. 20
Partitioning the devices ....................................................................................................... 21
Creating the file systems ...................................................................................................... 21
Creating the mount table ..................................................................................................... 22
XP Disk Array Configuration Guide for Linux
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