Configuring the operating system for HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers

You must configure the operating system before you can use the HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers with the system.

Before you configure the host operating system, the following tasks must be completed:
After the prerequisite tasks are complete, use the following general steps to configure your host system:
  1. Zone the host to the system on the Fibre Channel SAN.
  2. Install the appropriate multipathing driver for your host to enable the management of multiple paths to system volumes.
    Notes:
    1. For HP-UX version 11.31, HP does not require installing a separate multipath driver. As part of this version, the native multipathing solution is supported by the mass storage stack feature.
    2. The IBMMultipath Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) supports only the HP-UX 11iv1 and HP-UX 11iv2 operating systems in a clustered-system environment. The SDD does not support the HP-UX 11.0 operating systems in a clustered-system environment.
    3. The SDD does not support an HP-UX 32-bit mode operating environment.
    4. To have failover protection on an open system, SDD requires a minimum of two Fibre Channel adapters. The maximum number of supported Fibre Channel adapters is four, on a total of four Fibre Channel ports.
  3. Create the host on the system by using the worldwide port names (WWPNs). Map the volumes to the host as necessary.
  4. Create volumes/disks on your host by using the instructions that are provided in your host publications.
Parent topic: HP 9000 and HP Integrity