Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System: Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance to work in Oracle Solaris Cluster

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Update Date:	2012-03-15
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Solution 1380870.1 : Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System: Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance to work in Oracle Solaris Cluster

Applies to:

Sun ZFS Storage 7420 - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable - Release: N/A to N/A
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable   [Release: N/A to N/A]
Sun ZFS Storage 7120 - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable   [Release: N/A to N/A]
Sun Storage 7720 Unified Storage System - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable   [Release: N/A to N/A]
Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable   [Release: N/A to N/A]
7000 Appliance OS (Fishworks)

Purpose

The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance 7000 series is now fully supported in Oracle Solaris Cluster. This document explains the requirements to ensure that a configuration is fully supported and provides links to a configuration example.

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Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System: Configuring the ZFS Storage Appliance to work in Oracle Solaris Cluster

As of Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 update 5/11 the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance is fully supported to provide shares over any of it's supported protocols to Highly Available applications running in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment. The use of the ZFS Storage Appliance as a quorum device is also fully supported.

Please see ORACLE SOLARIS CLUSTER | WHAT'S NEW for full details of the announcement.

Requirements

Oracle Solaris Cluster must be at version 3.3 update 5/11.
The ZFS Storage Appliance must be at version 2010.08.17.3.1 (2010.Q3.3.1) or later to support the use of the Oracle Solaris Cluster plugin workflows.

See <CR 7018284> Sun ZFS Storage Appliance NFS Plug In for Oracle Solaris Cluster version 1.0 workflow support.

Configuration

Please see Configuring Oracle Solaris Cluster with a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance NAS for a full example of how to configure both the ZFS Storage Appliance and Oracle Solaris Cluster to work together.

References

<BUG:7018284> - SUN ZFS STORAGE APPLIANCE NFS PLUG IN FOR ORACLE SOLARIS CLUSTER VERSION 1.0 WORKFLOW SUPPORT.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris-cluster/overview/oracle-solaris-cluster-whatsnew-170557.pdf?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/o11-088-zfs-nas-cluster-1371042.html

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