6 Sun (Solaris) servers and workstations
For supported versions of Solaris, see
.
Fibre Channel drives
Before configuring your system to support an HP LTO Ultrium drive, ensure that the drive is visible to
the Sun system HBA by correctly zoning the fabric switch (if one is being used).
Configuring the device files
Before configuring FC-attached drives, ensure the operating system is updated with the latest
recommended patches. On Solaris 9 you also need to install the Sun/StorageTek StorEdge SAN
Foundation software from
(select the Storage Management link, then
StorageTek SAN x.x
).
When SAN configuration is complete, verify that the drive is visible to the HBA by typing:
% cfgadm -al
This should produce an output similar to:
...
c3::50060b000xxxxxxx
tape
connected
configured
unknown
...
This indicates that the drive is configured and the device files built. In this example
c3::50060b000
xxxxxxx
is the attachment point identifier with
50060b000
xxxxxxx
being the
WWN of the drive port attached to the SAN and visible to the HBA.
If you do not see anything similar to the example above, recheck the SAN connections and the zoning
configuration to ensure that the HBA and drive ports are visible to each other.
If the tape device shows as
unconfigured
, type the following:
% cfgadm -c configure c3::50060b000
xxxxxxx
This will build the necessary device file in the
/dev/rmt
directory.
To verify the particular devices associated with a specific WWN then use the following command:
% ls -al /dev/rmt | grep 50060b000
xxxxxxx
Replace
50060b000
xxxxxxx
with the appropriate WWN for the drive.
SAS drives
Identifying attached devices
Use the
cfgadm
command to list attached tape devices:
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