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PowerPath Checklist — Existing AIX Server and New Storage System
1-27
AIX Installation Checklists
19 Server
Configure
devices
❑
Execute the following command:
emc_cfgmgr.sh
AIX documentation
❑
Execute the following PowerPath command:
powermt config
PowerPath product
guide
❑
Checkpoint - Verify that the server sees hdiskpower devices for the
LUNs.
❑
Checkpoint - Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs with the
following PowerPath command:
powermt display dev=all class=clariion
If PowerPath does not see the LUNs
• Verify the server’s connection to the Storage Group.
• Verify that you registered your PowerPath license key if you have one.
• Verify that the storage-system properties are as defined in step 13.
❑
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 if the Host Agent is installed - Use Navisphere Manager to
verify that the LUNs are mapped to hdiskpower devices.
Navisphere Manager
administrator’s guide
and online help
20 Server
Make LUNs
available to AIX
❑
Create partitions or the pertinent database file systems on the LUNs.
If AIX does not recognize any LUNs, verify the connection to the Storage
Group.
Host connectivity guide
or AIX documentation
21 Server
Test PowerPath
with a license key
If you have a PowerPath license key
Note If your PowerPath license key is not registered, the load balancing policy is
restricted to basic failover.
PowerPath product
guide
❑
View the LUNs available to the server using the following PowerPath
command:
powermt display dev=all class=clariion
❑
Choose one available LUN to receive I/O for the test.
❑
View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath
command:
powermt display dev=
x
every=2
where
x
is pseudo device that represents the chosen LUN.
Task
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