Solaris 10, 2 hbas, mpxio and a few luns zoned to both hbas. The following entry in this file, means that mpxio is enabled. Solution providers can learn about topics ranging from using dynamic domains to maximize workload isolation on sun sparc. Overview of solaris io multipathing oracle solaris. Here, i found interesting fact to take remote of solaris 10 machine. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. Customer configured mpxio on solaris 10 with huawei storage 18800 but failed. Ensure that the qlc driver configuration file kerneldrvnf does not contain the global setting. Fail to enable mpxio on solaris 10 with huawei storage.
Solaris unix lun rescan with cfgadm command nixcraft. Gnu wget a utility to retrieve files from the world wide web root components 1. Before enabling multipathing we see two copies of each disk in the output of format. Jul 28, 2016 hi i need to send mail from command prompt in solaris to public domain, i have my email account in some popular service provider like aol, gmail, yahoo, hotmail. In this instance i use luxadm to get the true device name for my disk. Due to that if you try to connect to server over xdmcp using exceed on demand or something you wont get connection. System should only shows 17 luns only but it is showing 34. Solaris mpxio enables the storage device to be accessed by multiple host controller interfaces from a single os interface. Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi.
And of course there is lot of engineering activity involved in certifying a process, that defines the guidelines on what hardware software matrix should be used for stabled operating environment. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. Our san team is going to perform an upgrade on the san switches and i want to disable one of the hbas during this upgrade. Pass the l option to lists the state and condition of attachment.
In the solaris 8 and solaris 9 os, the stmsboot command is used to enable or disable multipathing on the boot device only for sparc based hosts only. Hi i need to send mail from command prompt in solaris to public domain, i have my email account in some popular service provider like aol, gmail, yahoo, hotmail. Configuring, implementing logical domains in oracle solaris 10. Oct 26, 20 mpxio configuration files for solaris 10. We share how to take remote of solaris 10 box from window box. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solaris os. Removing mpxio devices without a reboot on solaris 10. The behavior of the stmsboot command in the solaris 10 os differs from the stmsboot command provided by sun storedge san foundation software in the solaris 8 and solaris 9 os. We can check paths to a disk by issuing luxadm command. For solaris 10 sparcrun the stmsboot command and confirm the reboot. Summary how to reenable remote gnome login on solaris 10 807 withsecureby default network. He is an opensolaris zones community leader, the creator of the zonestat opensource program, and a regular author, contributor and speaker at corporate and industry events.
The steps are the same as for solaris 10, its just that the files are different. Multipathing provides the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover. Hello experts, we need to installconfigure mpxio on a solaris 9 server. Solaris add install new software packages last updated february 1, 2005 in categories news package can be install from cdrom, network i. Hello admins, how do i enable stmsmpxio on solaris 10. In current oracle solaris releases, the command is used to enable or disable multipathing on serialattached scsi devices as well as fc devices. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. This utility displays information about luns on the storage system that are available to this host. This command displays the version of the san toolkit that you are running. Enabling mpxio on solaris 10 solaris mpxio provides a multipathing solution for storage devices accessible through multiple physical paths. Eternus disk storage systems server connection guide fibre. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or stms. Configuring solaris 10 host with san storage configuring san storage is usual task of system administration in enterprise network environment.
I know how to do lun rescan under linux using echo command. Ibm system storage n series solaris host utilities 6. Processes and process control ps displays processes running on a host prstat displays iterating list of. Oracle call mpxio storagetek traffic manager software or stms which made the docs harder to find. If sun cluster software is already installed, do not issue this command. San configuration and multipathing on the oracle website s. I recommend not to use emc powerpath on a system where mpxio is enabled. Customer allocated 17 huawei luns on this system with mpxio enable.
In case of solaris 11, files in the directory kerneldrv and etcdriver. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide doc. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. But i want to send a mail using cli prompt, can someone tell me which client can help me to achieve this and the way to configure that. When mpxio is enabled using the stmsboot e see man page for stmsboot the discovered. Solaris 10 mpxio configuration problem 807559 apr 19, 2007 2. Jeff victor is the principal author of solaris 10 system virtualization essentials and a principal sales consultant at oracle corporation. I havent been able to find docs for earlier version but the lack of the fcinfo command and preleadville fc drivers must make it a real chore. This command modifies the scsi retry and timeout values in the following files. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. This command is available for both sparc and x86 systems, and provides support for sas multipathing. Change the hosts ip in etchosts for the change to take effect after reboot. The cfgadm command provides configuration administration operations on dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources. Once you see the new lun, make sure that multiple fc paths are enabled to that.
Check multipathing software in use mpxio, vxdmp, emc power path. For solaris 10 and earlier releases of the os there are four major modifiable configuration files used by mpxio. Introducing the basics of service management facility smf. In solaris 10, mpxio provides this layer of abstraction to solve this issue. Enabling device multipathing using solaris native mpxio. Suns solaris 10 operating system allows programs that are expected to be running all of the time to be run as a service, which allows them to be automatically restarted. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun cluster. Nfs or downloading from internet and then add it to system, or from existing location such as varspoolpkg directory if frequently required packages are copied to this location. From the output returned, select the port you would like to either enable or disable.
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. If you are using solaris 10, you must also change the hosts ip in etcinetipnodes for the change to take effect after reboot. Log in as root open a terminal type gdmsetup a dialog box will appear click on the xdmcp tab check the enable xdmcp box press close. Aug 30, 20 if still you are not able to see the new fcsan luns,then reboot the server and try. Apr 19, 2007 solaris 10 mpxio configuration problem 807559 apr 19, 2007 2. I manage to set up both hbas to connect to the luns on the san however i dont manage to enable multipathing. The only lun which i mapped to default storage domain is showing four paths instead of one. Solaris 10 mpxio disabling an hba for san maintenance. Plugins for sap, oracle, informix, serviceguard, fiber channelsan, tipix, opentext ixoslea, sn mass storage like mas, emc, eva, xps, network node manager and. Nov 02, 2006 suns solaris 10 operating system allows programs that are expected to be running all of the time to be run as a service, which allows them to be automatically restarted.
Note in previous oracle solaris releases, the stmsboot command was used to enable or disable multipathing on the boot device only for sparc based hosts only. May 28, 2008 i was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. How do i rescan lun under solaris unix operating systems. L mpxio is bundled with solaris 10 os from update 1 onwards, so separate installation is not. Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. I know veritas takes care of dual path by using rdmp. Without trim, i suggest reserving 10 15% of the drive, so the ssds garbage collection can be more effective at reducing write amplification. Eternus disk storage systems server connection guide. Solaris x64x86 operating system version 10 1 u11 and later information in this document applies to any platform.
This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. I have a sunfire v120 that i have solaris 10 811 installed on. Solaris 10 fully up to date with latest patches iscsi hba. 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. This chapter excerpt on oracle vm server for sparc download pdf is taken from the book oracle solaris 10 system virtualization essentials. Get a grasp on the basics of the oracle solaris and opensolaris operating systems in this book. Dec 10, 2009 solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solaris os. Enabling or disabling mpxio multipathing per port azizs. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris.
The service management facility smf, first introduced in oracle solaris 10, is a feature of the operating system for managing system and application services, replacing the legacy init scripting startup mechanism common to prior releases of oracle solaris and other unix operating systems. Check multipathing software in use mpxio, vxdmp, emc. Solaris 10 mpxio configuration problem oracle community. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solarisillumos. Smf improves the availability of a system by ensuring.
Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris 11. A solaris service is any longlived software object with a welldefined state, start and stop, and relationship to other services on the system. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all. It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a. Jun 11, 2019 solaris x64x86 operating system version 10 1 u11 and later information in this document applies to any platform. Solaris 10 is the easier, because the mpxio capability is builtin. If you want to disable it, write yes instead of no.
How to enable solaris multipathing mpxio or stms for emc. How to send mail using command prompt in solaris 10. Gnu wget utility to retrieve files from the world wide web root category. Run the cfgadm command on the host to check whether the hba drivers are normal. Command history in solaris 10 solutions experts exchange. The steps are the same as for solaris 10, its just that. For the solaris 10 os, you enable the solaris multipathing feature, which is installed by. Sun recommend to change it to mpxio disableno and run stmsboot e command. Enter the devfsadm command to build the appropriate device files. Os native multipathing software huawei technical support. To prepare for either enabling or disabling mpxio on a specific drive port, specify ls l devcfg on the command line. The syntax of the command stmsboot used to enable disable mpxio is. It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a single operating system instance. After these system should respond to xdmcp broadcast queries.
Aug 03, 2011 in solaris 10, mpxio provides this layer of abstraction to solve this issue. Solaris add install new software packages nixcraft. Hi all, today i came to an strange situation, i need to take remote desktop of solaris 10 machine but the question is how. In solaris 8 and 9, you must install the multipathing software manually. Multipathing has been enabled on solaris with the command stmsboot e. If one of the io controller fails mpxio architecture automatically switches to another available one. Apart from that, in the ouput of format command, the initial devices several. One thought on verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure san disk hanspaul drumm. I believe solaris 11 supports trim with zfs, but not with svm. The software is available in solaris 10, but for earlier releases youll need to download and install the san foundation kit and associated patches. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio.
For solaris 8 or 9run a reconfiguration reboot in order to activate the changes. What i want to avoid is using mpathadm on each lun that. Enabling or disabling mpxio multipathing per port azizs blog. If still you are not able to see the new fcsan luns,then reboot the server and try. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. Solaris admin reference solaris storage multipathing.
This is what i did to enable to dual pathmultipath using solaris native mpxio drivers. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Solaris 10s desktop environment is jds which is based off of gnome. For sparcbased servers, use patch 12712711 and for x86 based servers use patch 12712811. 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. I installed soralis 10, but when i type a command in console and see my command history with arrow keys arrow up, console does not show me the last command but show a special character like. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or. 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 solaris illumos. For solaris 10 x86reboot the system to load the new definition if you are configuring for xp. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the next reboot. Solaris 10 is secure by default and starts services on localhost instead of system name or all hosts. But no one can tell will it affect the system or not and the system is sol 10 and using veritas volume manager and attached.
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