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PowerPath Checklist — Existing Linux Server and New Storage System
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Linux Installation Checklist
16 Server
Install PowerPath
❑
Mount the CD-ROM. PowerPath release
notes and PowerPath for
Linux installation guide
❑
Install PowerPath.
❑
Unmount the CD-ROM and remove it from the drive.
❑
If you have a PowerPath license key, register it.
❑
Reboot the server to complete the installation of PowerPath.
❑
If you loaded the HBA driver as a module, verify that all extensions are
loaded.
❑
Install any PowerPath patches from the Software downloads page on the
EMC Powerlink website:
http://powerlink.emc.com
17 Storage System
Set up Event
Monitor
❑
Plan your monitoring configuration. Navisphere Manager
administrator’s guide
and online help
❑
Use Navisphere Manager to set user options, create templates, and set up
your monitoring configuration.
18 Server
Make LUNs
available to
additional HBAs
❑
Use Navisphere Manager to disconnect and then reconnect the server
and its Storage Group.
Navisphere Manager
administrator’s guide
and online help
❑
Reboot the server to scan for new LUNs.
❑
Checkpoint - Make sure all LUNs have entries in the /proc/scsi/scsi
directory and in the file for the HBAs in the /proc/scsi directory.
If any LUN entries are missing from the file, verify the zoning.
Linux documentation
❑
Checkpoint - Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs using
the following PowerPath command:
powermt display dev=all class=clariion
If PowerPath does not see the LUNs
• Verify the server’s connection to the Storage Group.
• Make sure that you registered your PowerPath license key if you have
one.
• Verify that the storage-system properties are as defined in step 10.
• Verify that you have the appropriate revision of the HBA driver loaded.
PowerPath product
guide
Task
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