Re: How to configure: FCA 2214 HBA cards on HP DL380 clustersolution

[Ed Wilts <ewilts ewilts org>]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 04:24:36PM -0000, James Marcinek wrote:
> Is there some type of conf file that the WWN of the SAN controller
> gets placed to bind the SAN to the card? 

Not on Linux.  The binding is typically done the other way - on the SAN
controller, it presents specific volumes to certain WWNs.  The host can
then just do a bus scan to find the luns.

> Also you mentioned (in a post on redhat-list) that some entries would
> have to be placed in modules.conf? I can't seem to locate that file on
> my RHEL4 system. Are you refering to modprobe.conf? 

Yes, it's modprobe.conf on RHEL 4.  I think this is the 3rd name for
this file in Red Hat releases (conf.modules, modules.conf, and now
modprobe.conf).

> If so are these
> typical types of entries or should there be documentation that comes
> with the card?

I had suggested that you install the driver and fiber utilities packages
from HP for connecting to the MSA1000.  This package will write the
entries to modprobe.conf for you (at least it does to modules.conf on
RHEL 3).

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