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PowerPath Checklist — Existing Linux Server and New Storage System
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Linux Installation Checklist
PowerPath Checklist
—
Existing Linux Server and New Storage
System
Complete the tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist before the
service provider arrives.
Task
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1 Server
Install additional
HBAs
❑
If you need additional HBAs to provide more paths to the storage system,
install these HBAs.
CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to do so
later in this procedure.
HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-4)
2 Server
Update Software
❑
If the following software is currently installed and not at the required
minimum revision (page 3-3), update it:
• HBA driver (save the persistent bindings as you will need to add them
to the new driver)
•admsnap
HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-4)
SnapView installation
guide (revision A02 or
higher)
3 Server
Set HBA driver
properties
❑
Make sure the HBA driver parameters, except for the persistent bindings,
are set 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)
❑
If you added additional HBAs or drivers, reboot the host.
4Storage System
Install
❑
Install the storage system in the cabinet, if not already installed. Rails and cabinet
documentation
5Storage System
Initialize and
install software
enablers
❑
Install the Navisphere Initialization Utility on a host on the
same subnet
as
the storage-system management ports.
Storage-system setup
guide
❑
Use the Navisphere Initialization Utility to initialize the storage system.
❑
If you have SAN Copy, SnapView, MirrorView, and/or MirrorView/A
software, install their enablers.
Navisphere Manager
administrator’s guide
and online help