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Set up persistent binding on an HBA


Chris Poelker
04.05.2004
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User question: How can I set up persistent binding on an HBA for a Unix host?

That is a function of the driver for the specific HBA and the SD.conf file. Use the GUI that came with the driver install software to set persistent bindings.

For JNI adapters, the utility is EZFibre. Use the target to WWN binding feature for the driver to set the WWN...



in the /kernel/drv/sd.conf file. You can set the proper bindings in the fcaw.conf file for JNI adapters like this:

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About the author:Christopher Poelker is Christopher Poelker is a storage architect at Hitachi Data Systems, and SearchStorage.com's storage networking expert.


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