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PowerPath Checklist — New Linux Server and Existing Storage System
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Linux Installation Checklist
PowerPath Checklist
—
New Linux Server and Existing Storage
System
Complete the tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist before the
service provider arrives.
The Without Access Logix column does not apply to CX300, CX500, and
CX700 storage systems because they ship from the factory with the Access
Logix enabler installed.
Task
With Access Logix Without Access Logix Reference Document
1 Server
Install HBAs and
drive
r
❑
Install HBAs.
❑
Install HBAs. HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-4)
PowerPath for Linux
installation guide
❑
Reboot host.
❑
Reboot 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.
❑
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.
❑
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.
❑
Reboot host.
3 Server
Install Host
Agent or Server
Utility
❑
Install the Navisphere Host Agent
or Navisphere Server Utility and
the Navisphere CLI.
❑
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.
N/A