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1Hardware NotesThis document provides hardware support information for VERITAS Volume Manager™ (VxVM) Release 4.0.This release of VxVM has been tested

Hardware Support in VxVM 4.02 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notes◆ SCSI 3 JBOD; arrays that support SCSI Inquiry Vital Product Data (VPD), pages 128

Hardware Support in VxVM 4.03Vendor ASL packages for Supported ArraysThis section lists the disk arrays that are supported by Vendor ASL packages that

Arrays Supported for Boot Mirroring4 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesFor the most up to date list of supported ASLs, you should visit The VERITAS

Using Prestoserve With VxVM5Using Prestoserve With VxVMPrestoserve is designed to accelerate performance of file systems, particularly when used on a

Using Prestoserve With VxVM6 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesEdit the /etc/init.d/prestoserve file and replace the following line:presto -uwith t

The DMP Command Utility (vxdmpadm)7The DMP Command Utility (vxdmpadm)The vxdmpadm utility administers the DMP functionality of VxVM. Refer to the manu

The DMP Command Utility (vxdmpadm)8 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notesc1t16d0s2 ENABLED - c2t16d0s2 Disk Diskc1t17d0s2 ENABLE

Dynamic LUN Expansion9Dynamic LUN ExpansionThe following form of the vxdisk command can be used to make VxVM aware of the new size of a virtual disk d

ii VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesDisclaimerThe information contained in this publication is subject to change without notice. VERITAS Software

Dynamic LUN Expansion10 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesIf the device that is being resized has the only valid configuration copy for a disk grou

Installing an Array Support Library (ASL)11Installing an Array Support Library (ASL)VxVM provides Dynamic MultiPathing (DMP) support for new disk arra

Installing an Array Support Library (ASL)12 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesAdding an ASL packageOnly one version of an ASL can be active in the

Installing an Array Support Library (ASL)136. Verify that disk array was claimed by the ASL_name library:# vxdmpadm listenclosure all# vxdisk list cxt

Installing an Array Support Library (ASL)14 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesUpgrading an ASL PackageBefore upgrading an ASL package (installing a

Extended Copy Service15Extended Copy ServiceThe Extended Copy Service feature of VxVM automatically works in tandem with the extended copy engines fro

JNI Host Bus Adapters (HBA)16 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesJNI Host Bus Adapters (HBA)If your JNI card has Model numbers FCE-1063, FCE2-1063,

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates17VxVM Disk Array Configuration UpdatesThis section lists some of the disk arrays supported for Dynamic Multipath

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates18 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesDMP supports the Ultra SCSI and the fast-wide differential (FWD) SCSI con

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates19c5t11d10s2 ENABLED - c5t11d10s2 XP256 xp2560 -c5t11d11s2 ENABLED - c5t11d11s2

iiiContentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viiAudi

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates20 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesMultipathing information:numpaths: 2c5t11d12s2 state=enabledc6t8d1

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates21# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c6NAME STATE PATH-TYPE DMPNODENAME ENCLR-TYPE ENCLR-NAME=============

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates22 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notespublic: slice=4 offset=0 len=14417280 disk_offset=5112private: slice

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates23NAME STATE PATH-TYPE(M) DMPNODENAME ENCLR-TYPE ENCLR-NAME ATTRS======================================

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates24 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notesconfigs: count=1 len=2808logs: count=1 len=425Defined regions: con

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates25Support for IBM-SDD (Subsystem Device Driver)VxVM now supports the co-existence of IBM-SDD (vpath) on the Solar

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates26 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesYou can extract a list of supported hardware including arrays from the VE

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates27Caution If any disk does not provide a unique serial number, DMP cannot detect multiple paths to the disk corre

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates28 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesIf the system has a version of AP lower than 2.3.1 or the system does not

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates29# vxdisk listDEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS==========================================

iv VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesJNI Host Bus Adapters (HBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates30 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesUsing the ATF Driver with VxVMCLARiiON ATF driver and DMP co-existence is

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates31DMP and ATF Driver Co-existence ProcedureThe following warning messages may be displayed after the ATF driver i

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates32 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notesheaders: 0 248ssb: actual_seqno=0.0configs: count=1 len=3448logs:

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates33Similarly, the output of the vxdmpadm command also displays the NONAME string for the names of the paths that h

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates34 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesAn example of such a configuration is shown in the following illustration

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates35# vxdmpadm disable ctlr=C1# vxdmpadm disable ctlr=C2This command insures that I/Os are shifted over from the sp

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates36 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesDomain Configuration Type 2The following procedure is used for this confi

VxVM Disk Array Configuration Updates37Domain Configuration Type 3In this case, the system board being detached has disk arrays connected as follows:◆

Using the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array with VxVM38 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesUsing the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array with VxVMNote The i

Using the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array with VxVM39Installation of VxVM with the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 ArrayThe Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array ins

Contents vStable Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Dynamic Part

Using the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array with VxVM40 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesAfter the host system reboot, the original set of device nod

Using the Sun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array with VxVM41Online Data Movement Between LUNsThe backup/reconfigure/reload cycle required to change the layout

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM42 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesSun StorEdge A3000/A3500 Array Unsupported ConfigurationsThe followin

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM43In this mode, the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager (SSTM) driver or DMP can be used to handle multipathing. To

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM44 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesRemoving or Uninitializing a Disk on a T3 orT3+ Array in c#t#d# Mode1

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM45Using a T3+ as a Boot DeviceTo use a T3 as a boot device, the T3 needs to satisfy some requirements:1. All

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM46 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notesdm new-dg02 c2t1d0s2 sliced 6143 212146176 -v mirror

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM475. Follow the upgrade procedures to upgrade T3B firmware from 2.0 to 2.1, as specified in the upgrade docum

Using the Sun StorEdge T3 Array with VxVM48 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notes9. Wait until the mirrors are in sync for the volume. This can be det

49IndexAarray support librariesadding 12installing 11older releases 14removing 13supported 3upgrading 14arrays 25HDS 5700E 25HDS 5800E/9200 26HDS 7700

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50 VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware Notessupported configurations 41unsupported configurations 42Sun StorEdge A5x00 31VVRTSexplorer ixVxVMobtaining sys

viiPrefaceThe VERITAS Volume ManagerTM Hardware Notes provides hardware information on VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) Release 4.0.Audience and ScopeThi

Related Documentsviii VERITAS Volume Manager Hardware NotesRelated Documents The following documents provide information related to VxVM: ◆ VERITAS Vo

Preface ixGetting HelpGetting HelpIf you have any comments or problems with VERITAS products, contact VERITAS Technical Support: ◆ U.S. and Canadian C