PowerPath Configurations for Solaris
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Solaris Installation Checklists
Required Host
Software Revisions
◆ Solaris operating system revision and patches listed in the EMC
Support Matrix on the Powerlink website
(http://powerlink.emc.com)
◆ HBA driver revision listed in the EMC Support Matrix on the
Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com)
◆ Solaris PowerPath
• For CX400, CX600, FC4500, and FC4700-Series storage systems
Version 3.0.0 with Patch 3.0.2 or higher, except for Solaris 9,
which requires PowerPath 3.0.3 or higher
• For CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage systems
Version 3.0.4 or higher
Refer to the EMC Support Matrix and the EMC PowerPath Release Notes for
UNIX on the Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com) for the
specific revision required for your Solaris version.
Prerequisites
◆ You must have a host that is
• Running an operating system that can support the Navisphere
Manager 6.X browser-based client. For an up-to-date list of
such operating systems, refer to the Navisphere Manager 6.X
release notes on http://powerlink.emc.com.
• On a network that is connected to the storage-system server
and that you will connect to the SPs in CX300, CX400,CX500,
CX600, CX700, or FC4700-Series storage system.
◆ For most configurations, you must also have a host that is
• Running Navisphere 6.X
• On a network that is connected to the storage-system server
and that you will connect to SPs in CX300, CX400, CX500,
CX600, CX700, or FC4700-Series storage system.
◆ For an FC4500 storage system connected to a server on which you
will install PowerPath, you must have a computer that you can
connect to the storage system. This computer must run
• Windows 2000
• Navisphere Host Agent and CLI version 6.1 or higher.