⁠12.8. Adding FCP Storage

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform supports SAN storage by creating a storage domain from a volume group made of pre-existing LUNs. Neither volume groups nor LUNs can be attached to more than one storage domain at a time.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization system administrators need a working knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) concepts. SAN usually uses Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) for traffic between hosts and shared external storage. For this reason, SAN may occasionally be referred to as FCP storage.
For information regarding the setup and configuration of FCP or multipathing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see the Storage Administration Guide and DM Multipath Guide.
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Procedure 12.4. Adding FCP Storage

  1. Click the Storage resource tab to list all storage domains in the virtualized environment.
  2. Click New Domain to open the New Domain window.
  3. Enter the Name of the storage domain.
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    Adding FCP Storage

    Figure 12.3. Adding FCP Storage

  4. Use the Data Center drop-down menu to select an FCP data center.
    If you do not yet have an appropriate FCP data center, select (none).
  5. Use the drop-down menus to select the Domain Function / Storage Type and the Format. The storage domain types that are not compatible with the chosen data center are not available.
  6. Select an active host in the Use Host field. If this is not the first data domain in a data center, you must select the data center's SPM host.

    Important

    All communication to the storage domain is through the selected host and not directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. At least one active host must exist in the system and be attached to the chosen data center. All hosts must have access to the storage device before the storage domain can be configured.
  7. The New Domain window automatically displays known targets with unused LUNs when Data / Fibre Channel is selected as the storage type. Select the LUN ID check box to select all of the available LUNs.
  8. Click OK to create the storage domain and close the window.
The new FCP data domain displays on the Storage tab. It will remain with a Locked status while it is being prepared for use. When ready, it is automatically attached to the data center.