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Linux Installation Checklist
Without EMC Failover Software 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,
drivers, cables
❑
Install the HBAs. HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-48)
❑
Connect a cable from each host HBA port to a switch port or an SP port.
❑
Boot host.
❑
Install the HBA driver.
2 Server
Set the HBA
driver
parameters
❑
For a Qlogic HBA, set the SAN Topology value in the HBA BIOS. Host connectivity guide
and HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-48)
❑
Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify the server connections to the switch by
checking the LED(s) for the switch port connected to each HBA.
For 1-Gbit switch - LED is green, which indicates that the HBA is logged
in to the switch port.
For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the following:
• The left LED is green and the right LED is off, which indicates that a
1-Gbit SP port is logged in to the switch port.
• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both LEDs are green, which indicates that a
2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.
• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left LED is blue and the right LED is off,
which indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.
Host connectivity guide
and HBA documentation
(see URL on page 3-48)
3Switches
Zone
❑
Zone the switches to provide a path from each host initiator to an SP. Switch management
documentation
❑
Reboot the server.
❑
Checkpoint - Verify that each HBA sees only the targets (SPs) to which it
is zoned.
4Server
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
❑
If you installed the Host Agent, edit the agent.config file to add the
following entry if it does not already exist:
device auto auto