Dell EMC AX4-5 manual Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs, Installing EMC PowerPath

4The shared storage system

5A failover cluster

Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs

For dual-HBA configurations, It is recommended that you install the Fibre Channel HBAs on separate peripheral component interconnect (PCI) buses. Placing the adapters on separate buses improves availability and performance. See the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High Availability Clustering website at dell.com/ha for more information about your system's PCI bus configuration and supported HBAs.

Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers

See the EMC documentation that is included with your HBA kit for more information.

See the Emulex support website located at emulex.com or the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for information about installing and configuring Emulex HBAs and EMC-approved drivers.

See the QLogic support website at qlogic.com or the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for information about installing and configuring QLogic HBAs and EMC-approved drivers.

See the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High Availability Clustering website at dell.com/ha for information about supported HBA controllers and drivers.

Installing EMC PowerPath

EMC® PowerPath® detects a failed storage path and automatically re-routes I/Os through an alternate path. PowerPath also provides load balancing of data from the server to the storage system. To install PowerPath:

1Insert the PowerPath installation media in the CD/DVD drive.

2On the Getting Started screen, go to the Installation section, and click the appropriate link for the operating system that is running on the node.

3Select Run this program from its current location and click OK.

4In the Choose Language Setup screen, select the required language, and click OK.

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