EMC Host Connectivity Guidefor Oracle Solaris

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EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris

Contents

Preface............................................................................................................................ 15

PART 1 Connecting Solaris to EMC Storage

Chapter 1 Solaris Operating SystemSolaris operating system overview ................................................ 24Multipathing software...................................................................... 25

MPxIO/STMS............................................................................. 25EMC PowerPath......................................................................... 25Veritas DMP ............................................................................... 25

Volume managers on a Solaris OS.................................................. 27Solaris Volume Manager (SVM).............................................. 27Solaris Zettabyte file system/zpool ........................................ 28Veritas Volume Manager.......................................................... 28

HBAs and drivers ............................................................................. 29Host configuration with Emulex HBAs ................................. 30emlxs driver................................................................................ 31Host configuration with QLogic HBAs .................................. 32qlc driver ..................................................................................... 32Host configuration with Oracle HBAs ................................... 33

Useful Solaris utilities and functions ............................................. 35System and error messages ............................................................. 36

Chapter 2 Solaris Supported Connectivity ProtocolsAddressing EMC storage devices using Fibre Channel .............. 38

Arbitrated loop addressing ...................................................... 38Fabric addressing....................................................................... 38

Solaris SPARC Fibre Channel environment .................................. 40

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Software ...................................................................................... 40Solaris connection over iSCSI.......................................................... 41

Software ...................................................................................... 41Addressing ................................................................................. 41Configuring Solaris iSCSI initiators........................................ 41Solaris iSCSI/Symmetrix case studies.................................... 41Symmetrix configuration.......................................................... 42Solaris 10 host configuration.................................................... 43Solaris 11 host configuration.................................................... 45

Solaris Connection over FCoE ........................................................ 47Benefits ........................................................................................ 48Enabling technologies ............................................................... 49Converged Network Adapter.................................................. 49Fibre Channel Forwarder ......................................................... 50Priority Flow Control and PAUSE.......................................... 50Data Center Bridging (lossless Ethernet) ............................... 52Data Center Bridging eXchange .............................................. 53

Configuring the Solaris host ........................................................... 55

Chapter 3 Solaris VirtualizationSolaris Zones...................................................................................... 58Oracle VM Server for SPARC.......................................................... 59

Chapter 4 Solaris ClusterSolaris Cluster overview.................................................................. 62

What is Solaris Cluster? ............................................................ 62Hardware components..................................................................... 63

Cluster nodes.............................................................................. 63Storage......................................................................................... 63Cluster interconnect .................................................................. 64

Software components for cluster servers ...................................... 65Supported software versions for Solaris Cluster .................. 65

Solaris Cluster configuration examples......................................... 66Key Solaris Cluster concepts ........................................................... 70

Cluster Membership Monitor (CMM).................................... 70Cluster Configuration Repository (CCR)............................... 70Global devices ............................................................................ 71Device ID (DID) ......................................................................... 71Global namespace...................................................................... 71Cluster file systems ................................................................... 72Solaris Cluster data services .................................................... 72

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Resource groups......................................................................... 72Quorum and failure fencing..................................................... 73

Important Solaris Cluster utilities................................................... 74scinstall ........................................................................................ 74clsetup.......................................................................................... 74scconf ........................................................................................... 75scdidadm ..................................................................................... 75scgdevs ........................................................................................ 76scstat............................................................................................. 76scswitch ....................................................................................... 77scshutdown................................................................................. 77

Configuring Symmetrix with Solaris Cluster................................ 78Symmetrix setup for Solaris Cluster ....................................... 78FA port sharing .......................................................................... 78

Configuring VNX/Unity series with Solaris Cluster................... 80Installation guidelines ............................................................... 80Solaris Cluster servers ............................................................... 81

Examples ............................................................................................ 82Setting up a Solaris Cluster quorum device onEMC storage................................................................................ 82Creating a cluster file system ................................................... 83Configuring the Solaris Cluster Data Service forNetwork File System (NFS) ...................................................... 83Setting up Solaris Cluster data service for RAC.................... 86General setup guidelines for configuring Solaris ClusterOPS/RAC data service.............................................................. 86

Chapter 5 Provisioning from EMC storage to SolarisConfiguring MPxIO for VNX/Unity devices ............................... 90Creating and mounting a file system ............................................. 91

Intent logging ............................................................................. 91VxFS and VxVM intent logging ............................................... 91SVM intent logging.................................................................... 91UFS on raw devices ................................................................... 92VxFS on raw device ................................................................... 93UFS on SDS device..................................................................... 94VxFS on SDS device ................................................................... 94UFS on VxVM devices...............