Hewlett-Packard Server (HP-UX) host attachment

This section describes how you attach a Hewlett-Packard (HP-UX) host system to a DS6000™ with fibre-channel adapters.

Before you attach a host, review the following information:

General requirements for attaching a host system
The DS6000 Interoperability Matrix at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/ which provides current information and details for hosts, operating systems, adapters, and switches
A list of supported host bus adapters (HBAs), firmware, and device driver information for your host system and host adapter at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/config/hba/index.wss
The IBM^® System Storage™ Multipath Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sdd

Notes:

To have failover protection on an open system, SDD allows a maximum of 32 paths, but requires a minimum of two paths.
Do not configure the same logical unit number (LUN) to be managed by both SDD and PVLINKS. Do not configure the same volume group with LUNs that are managed by both SDD and PVLINKS.
Due to limitations in the host operating system, LUNs greater than x'3FFF' are not supported. When you create or assign LUNs and volumes, only LUN and volume IDs less than x'3FFF' are supported. This limits the maximum number of volumes that are allowed for HP host types to 16384.

Setting the queue depth for an HP-UX host
This section describes the formula and the procedure for setting the queue depth.
Configuring clustering on a HP-UX host
This section describes how to configure a storage unit for clustering on a HP-UX host that uses the MC/ServiceGuard clustering software.
Locating the WWPN for a Hewlett-Packard host
Complete this task to locate the WWPN for a Hewlett-Packard host.

Parent topic: DS6000 host attachment

Related information

General requirements for attaching a host system