EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris
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Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris P/N 300-000-607 REV 56 MAY 2020 Copyright © 2007 – 2020 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.” DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the propertyof their respective owners. Published in the USA. Dell EMC Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.DellEMC.com 2 Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris CONTENTS Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Part 1 Connecting Solaris to Dell EMC Storage Chapter 1 Solaris Operating System Solaris operating system overview........................................................................ 20 Multipathing software ........................................................................................... 21 MPxIO/STMS ................................................................................................ 21 Dell EMC PowerPath..................................................................................... 21 Veritas DMP................................................................................................... 21 Volume managers on a Solaris OS ........................................................................ 22 Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) ................................................................... 22 Solaris Zettabyte file system/zpool ................................................................ 22 Veritas Volume Manager ............................................................................... 22 HBAs and drivers .................................................................................................. 24 Host configuration with Emulex HBAs ......................................................... 24 emlxs driver.................................................................................................... 25 Host configuration with QLogic HBAs ......................................................... 25 qlc driver ........................................................................................................ 26 Host configuration with Oracle HBAs ........................................................... 26 Useful Solaris utilities and functions..................................................................... 28 System and error messages.................................................................................... 29 Chapter 2 Solaris Supported Connectivity Protocols Addressing Dell EMC storage devices using Fibre Channel ................................ 32 Arbitrated loop addressing ............................................................................. 32 Fabric addressing............................................................................................ 32 Solaris SPARC Fibre Channel environment.......................................................... 34 Software ......................................................................................................... 34 Solaris connection over iSCSI............................................................................... 35 Software ......................................................................................................... 35 Addressing...................................................................................................... 35 Configuring Solaris iSCSI initiators .............................................................. 35 Solaris iSCSI/Symmetrix case studies ........................................................... 35 Symmetrix configuration................................................................................ 36 Solaris 10 host configuration.......................................................................... 37 Solaris 11 host configuration.......................................................................... 38 Solaris Connection over FCoE .............................................................................. 40 Benefits........................................................................................................... 41 Enabling technologies .................................................................................... 42 Converged Network Adapter ......................................................................... 42 Fibre Channel Forwarder ............................................................................... 42 Priority Flow Control and PAUSE................................................................. 42 Data Center Bridging (lossless Ethernet) ....................................................... 44 Data Center Bridging eXchange .................................................................... 44 Configuring the Solaris host.................................................................................. 46 Dell EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris 3 Contents Chapter 3 Solaris Virtualization Solaris Zones ......................................................................................................... 48 Oracle VM Server for SPARC............................................................................... 49 Chapter 4 Solaris Cluster Solaris Cluster overview........................................................................................ 52 What is Solaris Cluster? ................................................................................. 52 Hardware components ........................................................................................... 53 Cluster nodes .................................................................................................. 53 Storage............................................................................................................ 53 Cluster interconnect........................................................................................ 53 Software components for cluster servers............................................................... 54 Supported software versions for Solaris Cluster............................................ 54 Solaris Cluster configuration examples................................................................. 55 Key Solaris Cluster concepts................................................................................. 59 Cluster Membership Monitor (CMM)............................................................ 59 Cluster Configuration Repository (CCR)....................................................... 59 Global devices ................................................................................................ 59 Device ID (DID)............................................................................................. 60 Global namespace .......................................................................................... 60 Cluster file systems ........................................................................................ 60 Solaris Cluster data services........................................................................... 60 Resource groups ............................................................................................. 61 Quorum and failure fencing ........................................................................... 61 Important Solaris Cluster utilities.......................................................................... 62 scinstall........................................................................................................... 62 clsetup............................................................................................................. 62 scconf ............................................................................................................. 62 scdidadm......................................................................................................... 63 scgdevs ........................................................................................................... 63 scstat............................................................................................................... 63 scswitch .......................................................................................................... 64 scshutdown..................................................................................................... 64 Configuring VMAX/PowerMax with Solaris Cluster........................................... 65 VMAX/PowerMax setup for Solaris Cluster ................................................. 65 FA port sharing............................................................................................... 65 Configuring VNX/Unity series with Solaris Cluster............................................. 66 Installation guidelines .................................................................................... 66 Solaris Cluster servers...................................................................................