Linux Installation Checklist

You must have planned your LUNs and RAID Groups, and Storage Groups if you have Access Logix. Be sure to consider requirements for SAN Copy, SnapView, MirrorView, and MirrorView/A if you have this software. The following documents will help you with this planning:

 

EMC Fibre Channel Storage System CX200-Series Configuration

 

 

Planning Guide (P/N 014003115)

 

EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage

 

 

Systems Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 300-001-273)

 

EMC CX400-Series and CX600-Series Storage Systems

 

 

Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003113)

 

EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700-2

 

 

Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003087)

 

EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700 Configuration

 

 

Planning Guide (P/N 014003016)

 

EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4500, FC5300, and

 

 

FC5700 Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003039)

 

 

 

Documentation

Each checklist refers to some or all of the documents listed below. We

 

recommend that you load these documents on your service laptop or,

 

for an FC4500 or FC4700, on the computer you will connect to the

 

storage system, before starting the installation.

 

Documentation that ships with

 

HBA and HBA driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

This documentation is also available from the following website:

 

 

For Qlogic HBAs and drivers:

 

 

http://www.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.asp

 

 

and select EMC in the OEM-approved Drivers/Firmware list at the

 

 

bottom of the page.

 

 

 

 

 

Switches and switch management software

 

Red Hat Linux operating system

PowerPath Version 4.3 Product Guide (P/N 300-001-673)

or

PowerPath Version 3.0 Product Guide (P/N 300-001-047)

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EMC Installation Roadmap for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems

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EMC 69001166 manual EMC Fibre Channel Storage System CX200-Series Configuration