Linux Installation Checklist

Task

 

With Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

5

Switches

For a SAN

Rails, cabinet, and

 

Install

Install switches, if not already installed.

switch documentation

 

 

 

 

Connect a cable from each host HBA port to a switch port.

 

 

 

Checkpoint - Verify the HBA connection to the switch by checking the

 

 

 

LED(s) for the switch port connected to the HBA port.

 

 

 

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is green, which indicates that the HBA is

 

 

 

logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the following:

 

 

 

• The left LED is green and the right LED is off, which indicates that a

 

 

 

1-Gbit SP port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both LEDs are green, which indicates that a

 

 

 

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left LED is blue and the right LED is off,

 

 

 

which indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Storage System

Install the storage system in the cabinet, if not already installed.

Rails and cabinet

 

Install

 

documentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Storage System

Install the Navisphere Initialization Utility on a host on the same subnet as

Storage-system setup

 

Initialize and

the storage-system management ports.

guide

 

 

 

 

install software

Use the Navisphere Initialization Utility to initialize the storage system.

 

 

enablers

 

 

 

 

If you have SAN Copy, SnapView, MirrorView, and/or MirrorView/A

Navisphere Manager

 

 

software, install their enablers.

administrator’s guide

 

 

 

and online help

 

 

 

 

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