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PowerPath Configurations for Linux
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Linux Installation Checklist
Required Host
Software Revisions
◆ Linux operating system revision and errata listed in the EMC
Support Matrix on the Powerlink website
(http://powerlink.emc.com)
◆ HBA driver revision listed in the EMC Support Matrix on the
Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com)
◆ Linux PowerPath
• For CX200, CX400, CX600, and FC4700-Series storage systems
Version 3.0.2 or higher
• For CX300, CX500, and CX700, and storage systems
Version 3.0.3 or higher
Refer to the EMC Support Matrix and the EMC PowerPath for Linux on the
Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com) for the specific revision
required for your Linux version.
Prerequisites
◆ You must have a host that is
• Running an operating system that can support the Navisphere
Manager 6.X browser-based client. For an up-to-date list of
such operating systems, refer to the Navisphere Manager 6.X
release notes on http://powerlink.emc.com).
• On a network that is connected to the storage-system servers
and that will be connected to the SPs in CX200, CX300, CX400,
CX500, CX600, CX700 or FC4700-Series storage systems.
◆ For most configurations, you must also have a host that is
• Running Navisphere 6.X CLI.
• On a network that is connected to the storage-system server
and that you will connect to SPs in CX200, CX300, CX400,
CX500, CX600, CX700 or FC4700-Series storage systems.
◆ For an FC4500 storage system connected to a server on which you
will install PowerPath, you must have a computer that you can
connect to the storage system. This computer must run
• RedHat 2.1 Advance Server e.9 or higher kernel and
• Navisphere Host Agent and CLI version 6.4 or higher