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PowerPath Checklist — New NetWare Server and New Storage System
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NetWare Installation Checklists
PowerPath Checklist
—
New NetWare Server and New Storage
System
Tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist should be completed
before the service provider arrives.
Task
With Access Logix Reference Document
1 Server
Install HBAs and
drive
r
❑
Install 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 4-4)
❑
Verify HBA BIOS settings.
❑
Install HBA driver.
2 Server
Set HBA driver
parameters
❑
Set the HBA driver parameters to the values required for CLARiiON and
PowerPath.
CAUTION Using improper settings can cause erratic failover behavior,
such as greatly increased I/O delays.
Host connectivity guide
and HBA documentation
(see URL on page 4-4)
3 Server
Install PowerPath
❑
Make sure the SCSISAN.CDM module is not installed. NetWare documentation
❑
Install PowerPath. PowerPath release
notes and PowerPath for
NetWare installation and
administrator’s guide
PowerPath product
guide
Note After PowerPath is installed on a NetWare 6 server, a device named
EMC PowerPath Control Device
appears under ConsoleOne > Tools >
Disk Management > Devices.This device is always inactive and is
unavailable for I/O.
CAUTION If you use the server -ns command to bring up NetWare, you
must either load the PowerPath driver manually or remove all redundant
paths. Failure to do so may result in LUN corruption.
PowerPath product
guide
❑
Install any PowerPath patches from the Software downloads page on the
EMC Powerlink website:
http://powerlink.emc.com
4 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 NetWare
Installation Guide
5 Server
Install admsnap
❑
If the server will be a SnapView production or secondary host, install the
admsnap utility.