PowerPath Checklist — New AIX Server and New Storage System
1-9
AIX Installation Checklists
13 Switches
Zone
For a SAN
❑
Zone the switches to provide a path from each HBA port (host initiator) to
the appropriate SPs.
Switch management
documentation
❑
If MirrorView is installed, create any required zones for it.
❑
Checkpoint - Use switch management software to verify the switch
connections to the storage system.
14 Server
Make target SPs
available
❑
Execute the following AIX command:
emc_cfgmgr.sh
AIX documentation
❑
Checkpoint - Verify that AIX sees LUNZ devices with the following AIX
command:
lscfg | grep LUNZ
If AIX does not see LUNZ devices
• Verify that arraycommpath is set to 1 as described in step 12.
• Execute the following AIX command:
emc_cfgmgr.sh
❑
Restart the Navisphere Host Agent or run the Navisphere Server Utility
with the following AIX commands:
Host Agent
/
etc/rc.agent stop
/etc/rc.agent start
Server Utility
/usr/lpp/HOSTUTIL/naviserverutil
CX-Series Server
Software for AIX
Installation Guide
❑
Checkpoint - Use Navisphere Manager’s Connectivity Status dialog box
to verify that each HBA is registered with the storage system.
Navisphere Manager
administrator’s guide
and online help
❑
List the LUNZ devices with the following AIX command:
lscfg | grep LUNZ
AIX documentation
❑
Remove each LUNZ device with the following AIX command:
rmdev -dl hdisk
n
where
n
is the hdisk number for the LUNZ device.
❑
Execute the following AIX command:
emc_cfgmg.sh
Task
With Access Logix Reference Document