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EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic
Fibre Channel and iSCSI Host Bus Adapters
(HBAs) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
for the Linux Environment
P/N 300-002-803
REV A20
EMC Corporation
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Hopkinton, MA 01748-9103
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Contents Preface............................................................................................................................ 11 Chapter 1 Introduction Purpose of this document................................................................ 16 Host connectivity .............................................................................. 16 Fibre Channel ..............................................................................16 Fibre Channel over Ethernet ..................
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Contents Manually setting the topology for QLogic Fibre Channel adapters.............................................................................................. 43 Manually setting the data rate for QLogic Fibre Channel adapters.............................................................................................. 44 Chapter 4 Installing and Configuring the Linux Host with the QLogic Driver Introduction..............................................................................
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Contents Chapter 6 Connecting to the Storage Zoning and connection planning in a Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet environment............................................ 134 Planning procedure ..................................................................134 Establishing connectivity to the storage array......................134 Zoning and connection planning in an iSCSI environment...... 135 Configuring the QLA40xx-Series HBA to discover iSCSI targets..........................
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Contents SLES 11 OS SAN-boot installation with QLogic FCoE adapters...................................................................................... 167 Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for iSCSI 3.x.................. 168 Preparing the Symmetrix storage array ................................ 168 Preparing the host .................................................................... 168 Configuring the QLogic BIOS for SAN boot ........................ 169 Configuring a VNX series or CLAR
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Contents Unloading and reloading the modular QLogic driver........203 Device reconfiguration: Device numbering ................................ 206 HPQ server-specific note................................................................ 207 (VNX series or CLARiiON Only) disconnected ghost LUNs ... 208 Appendix A Setting Up External Boot for IBM Blade Server HS40 (8839) Configure HS40 BladeCenter server to boot from external array... 210 Appendix B Special Instructions CLARiiON CX200 direct-co
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Contents 8 EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment
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Tables Title Page 1 Installation steps ..............................................................................................24 2 Slot requirements of EMC-supported QLogic adapters ............................32 3 QLogic BIOS settings for Fibre Channel HBAs ..........................................40 4 Supported FC and FCoE in kernel driver versions ........
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Tables 10 EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment
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Preface As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of its hardware and software. Therefore, some functions described in this document may not be supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in use. For the most up-to-date information on product features, refer to your product release notes. If a product does not function properly or does not function as described in this docu
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Preface Related The following related documents are available on Powerlink: documentation ◆ EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Linux ◆ EMC Linux iSCSI Attach Release Notes ◆ The EMC Networked Storage Topology Guide has been divided into several TechBooks and reference manuals. These are available through the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator, Topology Resource Center tab, at http://elabnavigator.EMC.com. ◆ For information on Unisphsere and Navisphere, refer to the documentation on EMC Powerlink
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Preface Your comments Your suggestions will help us continue to improve the accuracy, organization, and overall quality of the user publications. Please send your opinion of this document to: techpub_comments@EMC.com 14 EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment
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1 Invisible Body Tag Introduction This document describes the procedures for installing an EMC-approved QLogic host bus adapter (HBA) or converged network adapter (CNA) into a Linux host environment and configuring the host for connection to an EMC storage array over Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), or iSCSI. ◆ Purpose of this document................................................................. 16 ◆ Host connectivity ....................................................
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Introduction Purpose of this document This document is meant to assist in the installation and configuration of QLogic Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapters (CNAs), and iSCSI HBAs in Linux environments. The focus of this document is to enable the integrated QLogic driver in the Linux distributions ® for EMC -supported QLogic adapters or Fibre Channel adapters or to set up Linux hosts using the EMC-supported driver for QLogi
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Introduction ◆ In virtualization environments, where several physical storage and network links are commonly required. The installation of the QLogic FCoE CNA provides the host with an Intel-based 10 gigabit Ethernet interface (using the existing in-box drivers), and an QLogic Fibre Channel adapter interface, which requires the installation of the supported driver revision. Following installation of the proper driver for the FCoE CNA, the Fibre Channel interface will function identically to
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Introduction Boot device support Linux hosts using QLogic adapters have been qualified for booting from EMC storage array devices interfaced through Fibre Channel and iSCSI as specified in the EMC Support Matrix. ® ™ ® The EMC Symmetrix , EMC VNX series, or EMC CLARiiON device that is to contain the Master Boot Record (MBR) for the host must have a lower logical unit number (LUN) than any other device visible to the host. This device should be mapped as /dev/sda by the Linux operating sys
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Introduction Zoning This section contains general configuration guidelines when connecting a Linux server via Fibre Channel or iSCSI to an EMC storage array. Note: Multi-initiator zones are not recommended in a Linux fabric environment. FC and FCoE When using Linux hosts in a fabric environment, the zoning must be set up as single initiator and single target zoning. A single initiator/single target zone is composed of one adapter and one EMC storage array port. Storage array ports can be s
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Introduction Figure 1 provides a zoning example. Linux Server HBA or NIC HBA or NIC sub-network sub-network SPA 0 SPA 1 SPB 0 SPB 1 Array Figure 1 Zoning example EMC storage array-specific settings Refer to the EMC Host Connectivity Guide for Linux, available at http://Powerlink.EMC.com, for EMC storage array-specific settings. 20 EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic FC and iSCSI HBAs and FCoE CNAs for the Linux Environment
