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PowerPath Checklist — New Linux Server and New Storage System
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Linux Installation Checklist
PowerPath Checklist
—
New Linux 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 and
drive
r
❑
Install HBAs. HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-4)
PowerPath for Linux
installation guide
❑
Boot host.
❑
Install the appropriate version of the HBA driver.
Make sure the QLogic HBA driver is always loaded after the internal SCSI
adapter driver as specified by the /etc/modules.conf file.
2 Server
Set HBA driver
properties
❑
Set the HBA driver parameters, except for the persistent bindings, to the
values required for CLARiiON and PowerPath.
❑
You will set the persistent bindings after the storage system is installed
and the switches are zoned.
CAUTION Using improper settings can cause erratic failover behavior,
such as greatly increased I/O delays.
Linux host connectivity
guide and HBA
documentation (see
URL on page 3-4)
❑
Reboot host.
3 Server
Install Host
Agent or Server
Utility
❑
Install the Navisphere Host Agent or Navisphere Server Utility and the
Navisphere CLI.
CX-Series Server
Software for Linux
Installation Guide
4 Server
Install admsnap
❑
If the server will be a SnapView production or secondary host, install the
admsnap utility.