PowerPath Checklist — New AIX Server and Existing Storage System
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You are now ready to set up any optional software, such as SnapView
or MirrorView, on the storage system.
16 Server
Test PowerPath
with a license ke
y
(cont.)
❑
View the output of the powermt
display dev=
x
every=2
command, and verify that
• The state of the uncabled
paths becomes “dead.”
• I/O continues to the remaining
path(s) to the LUN
,
indicating
that the path failover was
successful, and PowerPath is
working properly.
❑
View the output of the powermt
display dev=
x
every=2
command, and verify that
• The state of the uncabled
paths becomes “dead.”
• I/O continues to the remaining
path(s) to the LUN
,
indicating
that the path failover was
successful, and PowerPath is
working properly.
PowerPath product
guide
❑
Reconnect the cable that you
disconnected from the HBA.
❑
Reconnect the cable that you
disconnected from the HBA.
❑
If you did not follow the above
steps exactly and caused any
LUNs to trespass, restore the
LUNs to their original state with
the following PowerPath
command:
powermt restore
❑
If you did not follow the above
steps exactly and caused any
LUNs to trespass, restore the
LUNs to their original state with
the following PowerPath
command:
powermt restore
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