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6 – Solaris Driver Installation Target and LUN Support for Disk Devices

12.Type y and press ENTER to continue the driver installation. The pkgadd program notifies you when the driver installation is complete. For example:

Installing QLogic QLA4000 driver as <QLA4000-0>

##Installing part 1 of 1. /kernel/drv/qla4000 /kernel/drv/sparcv9/qla4000 [ verifying class <none> ]

##Executing postinstall script. Reboot client to install driver.

Installation of <QLA4000-0> was successful.

13. Type the following text to restart and reconfigure the system:

reboot -- -r

After installing the driver, you need to modify the sd.conf file for the operating system (OS) to recognize all the targets and LUNs attached to the QLA4000 (see section 6.3).

If you have tape devices with target IDs greater than ID6 and/or more than one LUN attached, you need to modify the st.conf file for the OS to support your configuration (see section 6.4).

6.3

Target and LUN Support for Disk Devices

Currently, the Solaris 8 OS is configured to support up to seven targets and only one LUN (LUN 0) per target.

Perform the following steps for the OS and SANblade Control iX to support

255 targets and LUNs:

1.Login as root.

2.Edit the sd.conf file with your favorite editor. For example:

vi/kernel/drv/sd.conf

3.Locate the following line:

name="sd" class="scsi" target=6 lun=x

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Q-Logic 4000 SERIES manual Target and LUN Support for Disk Devices, Installing QLogic QLA4000 driver as QLA4000-0

4000 SERIES specifications

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