Setting up shared storage- Fibre Channel

Last published : Jun 11, 2026
Perform the following steps to set up Fibre Channel.
To set up shared storage for Fibre Channel
  1. Connect the Fibre Channel disk to a cluster system.
  2. Boot the system and change the settings of the Fibre Channel. Perform the following tasks for all QLogic adapters in the system:
    • Press Alt+Q to bring up the QLogic adapter settings menu.
    • Choose Configuration Settings.
    • Click Enter.
    • Choose Advanced Adapter Settings.
    • Click Enter.
    • Set the Enable Target Reset option to Yes (the default value).
    • Save the configuration.
    • Reboot the system.
  3. Verify that the system detects the Fibre Channel disks properly.
  4. Create volumes. Format the shared disk and create required partitions on it and perform the following:
    • Identify your shared disk name. If you have two internal SCSI hard disks, your shared disk is /dev/sdc.
Identify whether the shared disk is sdc, sdb, and so on.
  • Type the following command:
    \# fdisk /dev/shareddiskname
    For example, if your shared disk is sdc, type:
    \# fdisk /dev/sdc
  • Create disk groups and volumes using Volume Manager utilities.
  • To apply a file system on the volumes, type: \# mkfs -t fs-type /dev/vx/rdsk/disk-group/volume

    For example, enter the following command:

    ```bash
    \# mkfs -t vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/dg/vol01
Where the name of the disk group is dg, the name of the volume is vol01, and the file system type is vxfs.
  1. Repeat step 2 and step 3 for all nodes in the clusters that require connections with Fibre Channel.
  2. Power off this cluster system.
  3. Connect the same disks to the next cluster system.
  4. Turn on the power for the second system.
  5. Verify that the second system can see the disk names correctly - the disk names should be the same.
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