How to configure fibre card on RHAS

[Ed Wilts]

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:26:54PM -0000, James Marcinek wrote:
> I found that they are using following:  FCA 2214 HBA cards
>                                         Oracle 10G
>                                         RHAS 4
> 
> So there's nothing that needs to be done as far as the fabric
> communication? (eg WWW names, etc). My experience with working with
> SAN devices is very limited until now?

On the MSA1000, I believe that you need to present the storage to the
right host and that's normally done by WWN (World Wide Name).  It's been
a couple of years since I saw an MSA1000 being configured (for a Windows
server) but the concept should be the same as any other SAN controller.
The WWN you can get by looking at the switch (if the MSA1000 is
connected to a switch) or from the host.  e.g.:

[ewilts at corpftp ewilts]$ grep adapter-node /proc/scsi/qla2300/?
/proc/scsi/qla2300/0:scsi-qla0-adapter-node=200000e08b191b91;
/proc/scsi/qla2300/1:scsi-qla1-adapter-node=200000e08b19a7a3;

Cheers,
        .../Ed


> 
> Ed Wilts <ewilts at ewilts.org> wrote: 
> > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 05:31:49PM -0000, James Marcinek wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply. I had been subscribed on the taroon list;
> > > however I could not find the link to the nahant-list (or new the name
> > > of the release) when I was on the Redhat mailling list site. 
> > 
> > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo
> > 
> > > Do you know if there are separate lists for RHAS or not? 
> > 
> > AS users are on the taroon and nahant lists.  They're both listed on the
> > web page aove.
> > 
> > > This will be a fresh install of RHAS. The solution will be Oracle RAC
> > > so, and I haven't checked to see if RHAS 4 is supporting this
> > > officially or not yet. I would prefer to deploy the latest version if
> > > possible. If not RHAS 3 will be the next candidate. At this point I'm
> > > not sure... I know it supports 9i.
> > > 
> > > The solution will also be a cluster (using the RAC). Each node will be
> > > an HP DL380 system with an MSA 1000 as the SAN. It's a package deal.
> > > Each node will have a single fibre card. Unfortunately I haven't yet
> > > found out the model of the cards yet.
> > 
> > The problem is a LOT easier if you have a single path to your storage
> > like you're proposing.  I'd recommend the Qlogic HBAs - they work just
> > fine.  Pop the card in, add a few entries into modules.conf, and you're
> > done.  The disks come up as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc.
> > 
> > HP has a platform kit with the fibre utilities for the HBAs and you can
> > use those for the modules.conf configuration.
> > 
> > Here's the link to the single-port HBA that HP sells:
> > http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/fca2214/index.html
> > Click on the software link and you'll find HP's version of the driver
> > and utilities rpms.
> > 
> > We currently run with the stock Red Hat-supplied drivers, not the HP
> > variants.  I don't have any Linux systems talking to an MSA1000 but
> > they're talking to our EVAs without any issues.
> > 
> > If my memory serves me correctly, Oracle support is pretty good and I'd
> > be surprised if RHEL 4 wasn't supported.  All of Oracle's internal
> > systems are actually running Linux.  We've got 10g on RHEL 4 here on a
> > test server.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >         .../Ed
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ed Wilts, RHCE
> > Mounds View, MN, USA
> > mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
> > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program
> > 
> 

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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