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EMC Installation Roadmap for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems
Solaris Installation Checklists
PowerPath Checklist
—
New Solaris 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
driver
❑
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 5-4)
❑
Install HBA driver.
2 Server
Set HBA driver
properties
❑
Set the HBA driver parameters, except for the persistent bindings, to the
values required for CLARiiON and PowerPath.
You will set the persistent bindings after the storage system is installed
and the switches are zoned.
For an Emulex HBA driver, be sure to set the following parameter:
no-device-delay=0
CAUTION Using improper settings can cause erratic failover behavior,
such as greatly increased I/O delays.
Solaris host
connectivity guide
HBA documentation
(see URL on page 5-4)
3 Server
I
nstall PowerPath
❑
Install PowerPath. PowerPath release
notes and PowerPath
for UNIX installation
and administrator’s
guide
❑
If you have a PowerPath license key, register it.
❑
Reboot the server to complete the installation of PowerPath.
❑
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 Solaris
Installation Guide
5 Server
Install admsna
p
❑
If the server will be a SnapView production or secondary host, install the
admsnap utility.