Introduction. In preparing the server to connect to the SAN, I am assuming that the necessary fibre optic HBAs (host bus adapter), as well as the relevant driver software have been installed into the server. Seeing that it is easier to do when building the SAN, rather than changing to dual redundant HBAs at a … Continue reading
Introduction In this series of blog posts I will be discussing building a SAN, using IBM V7000 STORWYSE arrays, CISCO MDS 9148 SAN switches, and we will be connecting to this SAN from SUN/ORACLE servers using the SOLARIS 10 and SOLARIS 11 operating system. We will be connecting everything with optical fibre links, except for … Continue reading