EMC 69001166 manual For PowerPath

Linux Installation Checklist

Task		With Access Logix	Reference Document
12	Server	❑ Add persistent bindings to the HBA driver configuration file.	HBA documentation
	Make target SPs	Note: You need the WWPN of each SP port for the bindings.	(see URL on page 3-4)
	available
		❑ Reboot the server.	Linux documentation
		❑ Checkpoint - Use Navisphere Manager’s Connectivity Status dialog box	Navisphere Manager
		to verify that each HBA is registered with the storage system.	administrator’s guide
			and online help
		❑ Checkpoint - Make sure the /proc/scsi/scsi directory has entries for	Linux documentation
		LUNZs.
		Note: LUNZs are required to register the server HBAs with the storage
		system because LUNs have not be configured yet.
		❑ Checkpoint - Make sure the file /proc/scsi file in the directory for HBAs,
		has entries for the expected targets (HBAs).
13	Server	❑ Make sure you have 128 sd and sg devices in the /dev directory.	PowerPath for Linux
	Prepare Server		installation guide
	for PowerPath	❑ Ensure that the PowerPath driver’s major numbers (232-239) are not
		already in use.
14	Storage System	❑ Use Navisphere Manager to set general storage-system properties.	Navisphere Manager
	Configure	❑ Use Navisphere Manager to create RAID Groups, bind LUNs, create	administrator’s guide
			and online help
		Storage Groups, and assign LUNs to Storage Groups.
		❑ Use Navisphere Manager to connect the server to a Storage Group.
		❑ Reload the driver (if the driver is loaded as a module) or reboot the server	HBA documentation
		(if the driver is static to the kernel) so that Linux recognizes the LUNs.
		Now the LUNs in the Storage Group look like any other disks in the server.
		❑ Checkpoint - Make sure all LUNs have entries in the /proc/scsi/scsi file	Linux documentation
		and in the directory for the HBAs in the /proc/scsi directory.
		If all LUN entries are missing from the file, verify the zoning. If only some	Navisphere Manager
		LUNs are missing, use Navisphere Manager to check that the LUNs are	online help
		assigned to the server’s Storage Group.

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