PowerPath Checklist — Existing AIX Server and Existing Storage System
1-35
AIX Installation Checklists
10 Server
Install PowerPath
❑
Insert the PowerPath installation
CD and mount it.
❑
Insert the PowerPath installation
CD and mount it.
PowerPath Release
Notes and PowerPath
for UNIX installation and
administrator’s guide
❑
Install PowerPath from the
command line or using SMIT.
❑
Install PowerPath from the
command line or using SMIT.
❑
Register PowerPath.
❑
Register PowerPath.
❑
Install any PowerPath patches
from the Software downloads
page on the EMC Powerlink
website:
http://powerlink.emc.com
❑
Install any PowerPath patches
from the Software downloads
page on the EMC Powerlink
website:
http://powerlink.emc.com
11 Server
Cable additional
or replacement
HBAs to switches
or storage
system
❑
Cable any additional or
replacement HBA ports to the
switch connected to the storage
system or to SP ports.
❑
Cable any additional or
replacement HBA ports to the
switch connected to the storage
system or to SP ports.
Storage-system setup
guide.
❑
Execute the following AIX
command:
cfgmgr
❑
Execute the following AIX
command:
cfgmgr
AIX documentation
❑
Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify
the HBA connections to the
switch by checking the LED(s) for
the switch port connected to each
additional HBA port.
For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is
green, which indicates that the
HBA port is logged in to the
switch port.
Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify
the HBA connections to the
switch by checking the LED(s) for
the switch port connected to each
additional HBA port.
For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is
green, which indicates that the
HBA port is logged in to the
switch port.
Switch documentation
Task
With Access Logix Without Access Logix Reference Document