HP (Hewlett-Packard) SR2122-2 manual

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    Rel ea se N ot es hp S tor age W orks SR212 2 - 2 IP St or age R outer Pr oduct V e rsion : 3 .4. 5b F ourt h E diti on (Mar ch 2005) Pa r t N u m b e r : AA-R V 20C- TE Th ese r e leas e not es ar e f or t he HP St or ag e W or ks SR212 2 - 2 IP St or age R ou te r runni ng f ir m w ar e v ersi on 3 .4. 5b and pro vides im portant in f ormation n [...]

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    2 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes © Cop yr ight 2004 - 2005 Hewlett-P ac kar d Development C ompany , L.P . He wle tt-P a ck ar d Com pan y mak es no w arr an ty of any kind with reg ard t o this mat er ial , incl uding , but no t limited to , the im plie d wa rr a nties of me r chan ta bility an d f itness f or a parti cu lar pur pos[...]

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    Abou t this documen t 3 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Router R elease Notes About this d oc u ment This sec tion desc ribes the content ref lected i n this document , includi ng: ■ Rele ase note s info rmation , p age 3 ■ Intende d audien ce , page 3 ■ Other SR212 2-2 IP Stor age Router documentation , page 3 Release notes info rmation Thes e Releas[...]

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    Ov ervie w 4 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes Overvie w These re lease not es are for t he HP Storage w orks SR2122- 2 IP Stora ge Router runni ng f irmware v ersi on 3.4.5b . This document pro vides impor tant infor mation that is not co vered i n other do cumentati on. Important : R ead this entire doc ument befor e installing and con[...]

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    Id en ti f yin g t he SR 21 22 - 2 Vers io n L evel 5 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Router R elease Notes Identifying the SR212 2 - 2 V ersion Le v el Y o u can de termine t he SR21 22-2 so ftware vers ion level by typin g the foll o win g comma nd at the SR2122-2 CLI prompt: [SR2122-2]# sho version The resulting display lists the sof tware version level:[...]

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    Identifying the HP -U X iS CSI So ftware Initiator v er sion 6 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes Identifying the HP -UX iSCSI So ft w are Initiator v ersion T o ide ntify the HP-UX i SCSI Soft ware Init iator dr i ver version, enter the following co mmand while lo gged in as r oot or su peruser . root-> /usr/sbin/swlist iSCSI-00 Ident[...]

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    Identif y ing the Linux R ed Hat iSCSI dri ver v ersion lev el 7 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Router R elease Notes Identifying the L inu x Red Hat iS CSI dri v er v ersion le vel T o v erify th e iSCSI d riv er on a Li nux Red Hat h ost, type t he follo win g command: cat /proc/scsi/iscsi/0 | grep "iSCS I driver Version" The resul ting dis pla[...]

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    Ha rdwa re a nd sof t wa re s upp or t 8 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes Hardw ar e and soft w are support Refe r to the SR2122-2 IP St ora ge Route r Pr oduc t Support T ables fo r the lat est hard ware and softw are suppor t informa tion. The T a bles are a v ailabl e at: htt p://h18 000.w ww1.hp .com/pr oducts/storag ew orks/san/doc[...]

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    SR2122 - 2 conf igurati on rules 9 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Router R elease Notes SR212 2 - 2 configur ation rules SR212 2 - 2 router rules ■ The SR2122’ s 2 nd f ibre Cha nnel port (FC2) is not s upported a s a redundant S AN port for FC1. ■ Direct connect of the SR2122-2 Fibre Channe l ports t o any HP storage a rray is not support ed. ■ Th[...]

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    SR2122 - 2 conf igurati on rules 10 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes Storag e array rule s ■ W it hout HP Secure P ath the Enterpri se V irtual Array i s support ed with th e SR2122-2 accessi ng only one EV A contr oller po rt. This will disable cont roller failo ver protect ion. ■ The SR2122-2 fi bre channel ports ap pear as ho st [...]

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    Known problems 11 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Router Release Notes Kno wn pr oblems C-series MD S v2. 01b sw itch firm w are r equir ements ■ For iSC SI with C-S eries s witches, the Fibr e Channe l port on the C-se ries swi tch that connects to the SR21 22-2 must be set to FL-P ort mode if using MDS v2.01b or later switc h f irm ware. ■ For FCIP wi[...]

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    Known problems 12 SR2122 - 2 IP Stor age Rou ter Release Notes F or exam ple, if t he of fset for the SR2122-2 connectio n is 80 and L UNs 81 and 82 ar e present ed to the SR2122-2 then th ey ma y appear on the SR2122-2 as LUN 81 and 82 for the control ler . A reboot o f the SR2122- 2 will set t hem correctl y to LUN 1 and LUN 2. P orts FC1 and FC2[...]