Configuring a PowerPath Boot Device on Solaris

Removing PowerPath Control Over a Boot Device

If your PowerPath installation uses a storage system device as the boot device, use the following procedure to remove PowerPath 4.0 control over the boot device:

1.Determine whether the boot path from the host to the storage system has changed since the storage system boot device was configured.

a.Examine the /etc/vfstab.no_EMCpower file to identify the native name for the boot device; for example, c1t6d0s0. Enter:

cat /etc/vfstab.no_EMCpower

b.Determine the boot path associated with this native device. For example, enter:

ls -al /dev/dsk/c1t6d0s0

An example of a boot path is

/pci@1f,4000/scsi@4/disk@6,0.

c.Compare the boot path from step 1.b. with the original boot path. Enter:

cat /etc/nvramrc.orig

2.If the boot path listed in step 1.b. differs from that in the nvramrc.orig file, update the boot path to reflect the value listed in step 1.b. For example, enter:

eeprom nvramrc=”devalias storagedisk /pci@1f,4000/scsi@4/disk@6,0”

3.Verify that the boot path was changed to the new value. Enter: eeprom

4.Restore the versions of /etc/system and /etc/vfstab that do not contain references to PowerPath. Enter:

cp /etc/system.no_EMCpower /etc/system cp /etc/vfstab.no_EMCpower /etc/vfstab

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