Solaris 2.6 and adding LUNS from CX700

Question

Hi all:

I am working on a Solaris 2.6 system, has the Emulex LP9802 FC adapters, and I am wanting to add another LUN to the Solaris. Looking on the Solaris box I do not see a naviagent running. In fact the NaviSphere GUI is showing the WWNP of the Emulex but responds that it cannot communicate with the host agent, so NaviSphere does not know anything about this box except the WWNP and the LUN assigned to it.

As stated, I am wanting to add another LUN but with no agent on the Solaris, how is this done? Also, if there is no agent, how is the LUN still visible and accessible? Why would there be no agent running on the Solaris? Is it another agent that establishes the connection?

AranH1 · Answer

That Navisphere agent talks over IP and registers host information on the array. It is not actually used for the LUN masking. The pWWN of the HBA is used for the LUN masking process, you don't even need the NaviAgent on the host to mask a LUN, just a manually registered HBA. The pWWN of the HBA would be visible to the array through your SAN switch zoning.

I don't know much about Solaris, there is a Navi Agent/CLI for Solaris on Powerlink but it sounds like the HBA and host were manually registered on the array.

raggmopp1 · Answer

So I still have the question, how to add a LUN to a Solaris 2.6.
Since it is possible that it manually registered, can I just assign another LUN to that specific storage group and the Solaris system will see the new disk?

dynamox · Answer

take a look at this thread:https://forums.emc.com/forums/thread.jspa?tstart=0&threadID=58380

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Solaris 2.6 and adding LUNS from CX700

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