PowerPath Administration on Solaris
The screen displays the emcpower device’s inquiry data; for example:
Vendor: EMC
Product: SYMMETRIX
Revision: 5x6x format>
5.Enter quit, to end the format process.
6.Create the new device nodes. Enter: powercf
PowerPath displays the following message as it creates new devices:
Creating new device nodes
7.Verify that the emcpower devices are accessible. For example, enter:
format /dev/rdsk/emcpower1a
The screen displays the following information:
FORMAT MENU: |
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disk | - select a disk |
type | - select (define) a disk type |
partition | - select (define) a partition table |
current | - describe the current disk |
format | - format and analyze the disk |
repair | - repair a defective sector |
label | - write label to the disk |
analyze | - surface analysis |
defect | - defect list management |
backup | - search for backup labels |
verify | - read and display labels |
save | - save new disk/partition definitions |
inquiry | - show vendor, product and revision |
volname | - set |
quit |
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format> |
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8.Display the new device. Enter: powermt display dev=all
Reconfiguring PowerPath Devices Online | |
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