Without EMC Failover Software Checklist - New HP-UX Server and New Storage System
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HP-UX Installation Checklist
Without EMC Failover Software Checklist - New HP-UX Server and
New Storage System
Complete the tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist before the
service provider arrives.
Task
With Access Logix Reference Document
1 Server
Install HBAs,
drivers, cables
❑
Install the HBAs.
HBA documentation
❑
Connect a cable from each host HBA port to a switch port or an SP port.
❑
Install the HBA driver.
2 Server
Set HBA driver
parameters
❑
Set the HBA driver parameters to the values required for CLARiiON. Host connectivity guide
and HBA
documentation
❑
Reboot the server to complete the installation of the drivers.
❑
Checkpoint — For a SAN, verify the server connections to the switch by
checking the LED(s) for the switch port connected to each HBA port.
For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is green, which indicates that the HBA is logged
in to the switch port.
Switch documentation
For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the following:
• The left LED is green and the right LED is off, which indicates that a
1-Gbit SP port is logged in to the switch port.
• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both LEDs are green, which indicates that a
2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.
• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left LED is blue and the right LED is off, which
indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.
3Switches
Zone
For a SAN
❑
Zone the switches to provide a path from each host initiator to an SP.
Switch management
documentation
4 Server
Make target SPs
available
❑
Make sure each HBA sees only the targets (SPs) to which it is zoned with
the following HP-UX commands:
ioscan -fnC disk
insf -e
HP-UX documentation
❑
Checkpoint - Reverify that HP-UX sees device entries for all LUNS with
the following HP-UX command:
ioscan -fnC disk