Managing san devices and io multipathing in oracle solaris 11. Eternus multipath driver oracle solaris version installation information. However current versions of software on solaris 10 list the ibmds4800 as supported. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. You probably havent noticed, but weve been doing continuous delivery in oracle solaris for quite some time now. Page 4 server multipathing sparc vendor model mpxio driver version qlogic qla2310f driver qla2300 4. We also extended our promise of oracle solaris active development and innovation through at least 2034. I know this thread is old, but from what ive got, ssi and mpxio with alua is only supported with v10u2 as mentioned before without a pvr. Solaris admin reference solaris storage multipathing. Emc supports zfs and mpxio in a oracle solaris cluster environment. Setting up iscsi multipathed devices in oracle solaris.
Once you see the new lun, make sure that multiple fc paths are enabled to that. Solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm command nixcraft. Update the hba firmware on oraclebranded hbas blogo thnet. Frequently asked questions about solaris multipath drivers.
Verify the driver version on a solaris platform sun dual. With the release of the solaris 10 update 4 os, the stmsboot1m command is now available for use on sparc, x86, and x64 based systems to enable or disable multipathing for fibre channel fc and sas devices. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. Whether you need to make the oracle solaris mpxio setting depends on the product name of the internal sas disk or ssd mounted in the sparc m12, and the oracle solaris version, as shown in table 41. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris administration. The eva 400060008000 and the eva 30005000 v4 are alua compliant arrays. The failover driver configuration might require tuning.
The os will then know how to use the proper new firmware when a lip is intentionally initiated from the command line. To ensure reliable operation, you must verify that your configuration is supported. I have been running some tests with solaris mpxio, dualpathed to hds san storage. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover.
From the output returned, select the port you would like to either enable or disable. Sun solaris system admin sun solaris how tos, tips. Normally if you have 5 luns with 4 paths each, format for example would show 20 devices. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. For full documentation on solaris and mpxio please reference. If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oracles supported devices. Notes on internal sas disk drives and oracle solaris mpxio. Ensure that the qlc driver configuration file kerneldrvnf does not contain the global setting. If mpxio is enabled, vxdmp may be present and active but it will only. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. Since updating the emlxs driver will no longer automatically updates the host bus adapters hba firmware on oraclebranded hbas, you have to do it through the proposed steps forced lip. Scsi3 persistent reservation fencing is supported only with dmp and the vxfen driver. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris.
Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage. This guide provides an overview of solaris io multipathing features for the oracle. If you have dual iscsi to fc bridges in an fc san, iscsi presents target paths to mpxio. Solaris mpxio nontpgs solaris version 10 or earlier solaris version 10 or earlier solaris mpxio tpgsalua solaris version 11 or later solaris version 10 or. Solaris 11 format command on guest ldom may hang when luns are under mpxio in control domain doc id 2233596.
World wide port name wwpn, a wwn assigned to a port on a fabric which is what you would be looking for most of the time. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000. The fcinfo command may not work in solaris 8 and 9. Below is a summary step by step get it working with pure. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris version installation information. X that contains the emlxs driver which is supplied with the installation cds of solaris 10. Make sure your solaris operating system releaseupdate, hba adapter, hba driverfirmware version, hba driver are supported in our netapp interoperability matrix. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. If still you are not able to see the new fcsan luns,then reboot the server and try. Oracle solaris iscsi, fibre channel fc, and mpxio the mpxio driver provides the following behavior in more complex iscsifc configurations. How do i know which host operating system type is correct. Adding vendor id etc to get mpxio to recognise an unrecognised array is only supported for symmetric arrays.
Storage arrays with an earlier version of the firmware are managed by the. Notes on internal sas disks, ssds, and oracle solaris. Eternus afdx to a server running solaris os via a fibre channel interface. Scsi3 persistent reservation fencing is not supported. Im not able to turn the multipath off on the solaris s10 x86. The location of the configuration files is etc driver drv.
World wide name wwn are unique 8 byte 64bit identifiers in scsi or fibre channel similar to that of mac addresses on a network interface card nic. If mpxio is enabled, vxdmp may be present and active but it. The information in this table is intended to provide general guidelines. If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oracle s supported devices. The windows server os and windows mpio with a dsm driver. Solaris operating system version 10 1 u11 and later. Summary of changes for multipath drivers guide netapp support. Notes the driver for solaris 11 os and solaris 10 os 1. To prepare for either enabling or disabling mpxio on a specific drive port, specify ls l devcfg on the command line. Solaris fibre channel and storage multipathing software enables fc connectivity for the solaris hosts.
Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solarisillumos. For full documentation on solaris and mpxio please reference oracles. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure. Ive got a ds3500 setup that is, apparently, seeing both the active and inactive paths to the luns and im pretty sure we have the. I know how to do lun rescan under linux using echo command. However, it does not recover on reinstatement of the.
It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a. Sun solaris mpxiomultipathing and veritas vxvmdmp multipathing software require at least one fca connected to. Mpxio functionality requires enabling the symmetrix director cbitflag. Audience this guide is intended for use by storage administrators, system programmers, or operators who are involved in acquiring, managing, or operating vmaxpowermax, vnx series, unity. How to enable multipathing on solaris 10 x86 connected. How to change emulex drivers in solaris from lpfc to emxls for use with mpxio.
Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic multipathing. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the next reboot. How do i rescan lun under solaris unix operating systems. Entries that use a sign will work with or without spaces around the sign. Updating the emlxs driver will no longer automatically update the hba firmware on. The solaris io multipathing feature is a multipathing solution for storage devices that is part of the solaris operating environment. Problems with solaris 10 x86 mpxio and ibm ds4800 oracle. The symmetric option really doesnt matter since the addition of loadbalancenone will ensure there are no partnerpath misconfigure errors. For asymmetric arrays you have to use a version of mpxio that specifically supports that array.
For solaris 11 in case of solaris 11, files in the directory kerneldrv and etc driver drv are the sample default configuration files delivered with os not used by mpxio. Last january, oracle solaris moved from a big bang release model to a continuous delivery model. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. The 4 configuration files used in case of solaris 11 are the same, performing the same task. Both hosts must have the same operating system version installed.
A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio. The oracle solaris io multipathing feature, previously known as mpxio, enables an oracle. Driver oracle solaris oracle san driver bundled in os for oracle solaris 10 host adapters3 sgxpci1fcqf2, sgxpci1fcql2, sgxpci2fcqf2, sgxpci2fcqf2z. Dmp is included with storage foundation and is the preferred multipathing solution for device presentation. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or stms. Ads are annoying but they help continue reading solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm. Veritas provides support if you run solaris mpxio in conjunction with veritas dynamic multipathing dmp as outlined in the configuration requirements above.
Should the mpxio driver find the appropriate disks when used with a ds3500 series storage array without the need to trick it. When i take a path offline, solaris recognised this and a path is shown as offline in luxadm display. Mpxio matches the unique scsi per lun identifier, and if they are identical, presents one path to the iscsi driver. This feature was formerly known as sun storedge traffic manager stms or mpxio. Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic. The mpxio nontpgs multipath driver is no longer supported for solaris. Perform the following steps to enable multipathing on all multipathcapable devices on sparc or x86 based systems. This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. Check multipathing software in use mpxio, vxdmp, emc power path.
How to change emulex drivers in solaris from lpfc to emxls. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris pn 300000607 rev a53. Solaris version 10 or earlier the solaris 10 or earlier os and the native mpxio driver. If you enable mpxio without taking care to do it safely on an already running system, you could be in for a world of hurt. Step 3 reboot the server after the hba firmware version upgraded and mpxio driver enabled, sever has to be rebooted so that the new configuration will take affect. Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh. Solaris version 11 or later the solaris 11 or later os and the native mpxio driver.
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