EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris P/N 300-000-607 REV A53 EMC Corporation Corporate Headquarters: Hopkinton, MA 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 www.EMC.com Copyright © 2007 – 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Published March 2017 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." EMC CORPORATION 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 EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. Dell, EMC2, EMC, and the EMC logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. For the most up-to-date regulator document for your product line, go to EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com). 2 EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris Contents Preface............................................................................................................................ 15 PART 1 Connecting Solaris to EMC Storage Chapter 1 Solaris Operating System Solaris operating system overview ................................................ 24 Multipathing software...................................................................... 25 MPxIO/STMS............................................................................. 25 EMC PowerPath......................................................................... 25 Veritas DMP ............................................................................... 25 Volume managers on a Solaris OS.................................................. 27 Solaris Volume Manager (SVM).............................................. 27 Solaris Zettabyte file system/zpool ........................................ 28 Veritas Volume Manager.......................................................... 28 HBAs and drivers ............................................................................. 29 Host configuration with Emulex HBAs ................................. 30 emlxs driver................................................................................ 31 Host configuration with QLogic HBAs .................................. 32 qlc driver ..................................................................................... 32 Host configuration with Oracle HBAs ................................... 33 Useful Solaris utilities and functions ............................................. 35 System and error messages ............................................................. 36 Chapter 2 Solaris Supported Connectivity Protocols Addressing EMC storage devices using Fibre Channel.............. 38 Arbitrated loop addressing ...................................................... 38 Fabric addressing....................................................................... 38 Solaris SPARC Fibre Channel environment .................................. 40 EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris 3 Contents Software ...................................................................................... 40 Solaris connection over iSCSI.......................................................... 41 Software ...................................................................................... 41 Addressing ................................................................................. 41 Configuring Solaris iSCSI initiators........................................ 41 Solaris iSCSI/Symmetrix case studies.................................... 41 Symmetrix configuration.......................................................... 42 Solaris 10 host configuration.................................................... 43 Solaris 11 host configuration.................................................... 45 Solaris Connection over FCoE ........................................................ 47 Benefits........................................................................................ 48 Enabling technologies............................................................... 49 Converged Network Adapter.................................................. 49 Fibre Channel Forwarder ......................................................... 50 Priority Flow Control and PAUSE.......................................... 50 Data Center Bridging (lossless Ethernet) ............................... 52 Data Center Bridging eXchange.............................................. 53 Configuring the Solaris host ........................................................... 55 Chapter 3 Solaris Virtualization Solaris Zones...................................................................................... 58 Oracle VM Server for SPARC.......................................................... 59 Chapter 4 Solaris Cluster Solaris Cluster overview.................................................................. 62 What is Solaris Cluster?............................................................ 62 Hardware components..................................................................... 63 Cluster nodes.............................................................................. 63 Storage......................................................................................... 63 Cluster interconnect .................................................................. 64 Software components for cluster servers ...................................... 65 Supported software versions for Solaris Cluster .................. 65 Solaris Cluster configuration examples......................................... 66 Key Solaris Cluster concepts........................................................... 70 Cluster Membership Monitor (CMM).................................... 70 Cluster Configuration Repository (CCR)............................... 70 Global devices ............................................................................ 71 Device ID (DID) ......................................................................... 71 Global namespace...................................................................... 71 Cluster file systems ................................................................... 72 Solaris Cluster data services .................................................... 72 4 EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Oracle Solaris Contents Resource groups......................................................................... 72 Quorum and failure fencing..................................................... 73 Important Solaris Cluster utilities................................................... 74 scinstall ........................................................................................ 74 clsetup.......................................................................................... 74 scconf ........................................................................................... 75 scdidadm..................................................................................... 75 scgdevs ........................................................................................ 76 scstat............................................................................................. 76 scswitch ....................................................................................... 77 scshutdown................................................................................. 77 Configuring Symmetrix with Solaris Cluster................................ 78 Symmetrix setup for Solaris Cluster ....................................... 78 FA port sharing .......................................................................... 78 Configuring VNX/Unity series with Solaris Cluster................... 80 Installation guidelines ............................................................... 80 Solaris Cluster servers ............................................................... 81 Examples ............................................................................................ 82 Setting up a Solaris Cluster quorum device on EMC storage................................................................................ 82 Creating a cluster file system ................................................... 83 Configuring the Solaris Cluster Data Service for Network File System (NFS) ...................................................... 83 Setting up Solaris Cluster data service for RAC.................... 86 General setup guidelines for configuring Solaris Cluster OPS/RAC data service.............................................................. 86 Chapter 5 Provisioning from EMC storage to Solaris Configuring MPxIO for VNX/Unity devices ............................... 90 Creating and mounting a file system ............................................. 91 Intent logging ............................................................................. 91 VxFS and VxVM intent logging............................................... 91 SVM intent logging.................................................................... 91 UFS on raw devices ................................................................... 92 VxFS on raw device ................................................................... 93 UFS on SDS device....................................................................