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PowerPath Checklist — New AIX Server and New Storage System
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AIX Installation Checklists
6 Server
Install
PowerPath
❑
Insert the PowerPath installation CD and mount it. PowerPath Release
Notes and PowerPath
for UNIX installation and
administrator’s guide
❑
Install PowerPath using SMIT or from the command line.
❑
Register PowerPath.
❑
Install any PowerPath patches from the Software downloads page on the
EMC Powerlink website:
http://powerlink.emc.com
7Switches
Install
For a SAN
❑
Install switches, if not already installed.
Rails, cabinet, and
switch documentation
❑
Connect a cable from each host HBA port to a switch port.
❑
On the server:
• Download emc_cfgmgr.sh from ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/
powerpath/aix.
• Execute the following commands
cfgmgr
AIX documentation
❑
Checkpoint - Verify the HBA connection to the switch by checking the
LED(s) for the switch port connected to the HBA port.
For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is green, which indicates that the HBA is logged
in to the switch port.
Switch documentation
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.
8Storage System
Install
❑
Install the storage system in the cabinet, if not already installed. Rails and cabinet
documentation
Task
With Access Logix Reference Document