Dot Hill Systems II 200 FC Configuring an HP Server Running the HP-UX Operating System, Appendix

APPENDIX I

Configuring an HP Server Running the HP-UX Operating System

This appendix provides platform-specific host installation and configuration information to use when you connect a FC or SATA array to an HP server running the HP-UX operating system.

The FC, SATA, and SATA SE arrays support the HP-UX operating system Level 11.0 and Level 11.i in dual-path configurations using multipath failover drivers for the HP- UX operating system.

The information in this appendix covers the following steps:

■“Setting Up a Serial Port Connection” on page I-1

■“Accessing the Firmware Application From an HP Server Running HP-UX” on page I-2

■“Attaching the Disk Array” on page I-4

■“Logical Volume Manager” on page I-4

■“Definitions of Common Terms” on page I-5

■“Creating a Physical Volume” on page I-5

■“Creating a Volume Group” on page I-6

■“Creating a Logical Volume” on page I-7

■“Creating an HP-UX File System” on page I-8

■“Mounting the File System Manually” on page I-8

■“Mounting the File System Automatically” on page I-8

■“Determining the Worldwide Name for HP-UX Hosts” on page I-9

I.1 Setting Up a Serial Port Connection

The RAID controller can be configured by means of a host system running a VT100 terminal emulation program or by a Microsoft Windows terminal emulation program such as Hyperterminal.

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