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PowerPath Checklist — Existing AIX Server and New Storage System
1-23
AIX Installation Checklists
Task
With Access Logix Reference Document
1 Server
Unmount file
systems and vary
off volumes
❑
Unmount any file systems that reside on the storage system. AIX documentation
❑
Vary off any volume groups that reside on the storage systems.
2 Server
Replace
CLARiiON HBA
driver
If the CLARiiON HBA driver is installed
❑
Remove the hdisk devices for LUNs in the storage system. AIX documentation
❑
Replace it with the IBM HBA driver. HBA driver
documentation
3 Server
Remove ATF or
CDE
❑
If ATF or CDE is installed, then before continuing either remove it yourself
(see caution before this checklist) or arrange to have EMC Professional
Services remove it.
Removing ATF or CDE
4 Server
Install EMC ODM
Support software
❑
Remove the DiskArray software,.
CAUTION Do not reboot the server.
AIX utilities
administrator’s guide
❑
Disconnect any non-FC4700 or non-CX-Series storage systems.
PowerPath does not support these storage systems.
❑
Insert the AIX Utilities Kit CD and mount it.
❑
Install EMC ODM Support using SMIT or ODM or the command line.
Note: The EMC ODM Support package is available on the ftp site
ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_DEFINITIONS
❑
Reboot the server.
5 Server
Replace IBM
HBAs and/or
Install additional
HBAs
Note: PowerPath requires IBM PCI HBAs and the driver supported by IBM for
AIX.
❑
If the server has IBM HBAs connected to the storage system, replace them
with the IBM HBAs.
HBA documentation
❑
If you need additional HBAs to provide more paths to the storage system,
install these HBAs.
CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to do so
later in this procedure.
6 Server
Update Software
❑
If the following software is currently installed and not at the required
minimum revision, update it:
• HBA driver
• Navisphere Host Agent and CLI
• admsnap
HBA driver
documentation
CX-Series Server
Software for AIX
installation Guide
❑
Execute the following command:
cfgmgr
AIX documentation