Linux Installation Checklist

Task

 

With Access Logix

Without Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

 

5

Storage System

If currently installed

If currently installed

Navisphere Manager

 

Update software

storage-system software is not at

storage-system software is not at

administrator’s guide

 

the required minimum revision,

the required minimum revision,

and online help

 

 

 

 

update it.

update it.

 

 

 

CAUTION During the software

CAUTION During the software

 

 

 

update, hosts connected to the

update, hosts connected to the

 

 

 

storage system will lose access to

storage system will lose access to

 

 

 

data if they do not have failover

data if they do not have failover

 

 

 

software or if all paths to an SP

software or if all paths to an SP

 

 

 

are down.

are down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Server

Cable the HBA ports to the switch

Cable the HBA ports to the switch

Storage-system setup

 

Cable HBAs to

connected to the storage system

connected to the storage system

guide.

 

or to SP ports.

or to SP ports.

 

 

switches or

 

 

 

 

 

 

storage system

Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify

Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify

Switch documentation

 

 

the HBA connections to the

the HBA connections to the

 

 

 

switch by checking the LED(s) for

switch by checking the LED(s) for

 

 

 

the switch port connected to each

the switch port connected to each

 

 

 

additional HBA port.

additional HBA port.

 

 

 

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is

 

 

 

green, which indicates that the

green, which indicates that the

 

 

 

HBA port is logged in to the

HBA port is logged in to the

 

 

 

switch port.

switch port.

 

 

 

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the

Switch documentation

 

 

following:

following:

 

 

 

• The left LED is green and the

• The left LED is green and the

 

 

 

right LED is off, which indicates

right LED is off, which indicates

 

 

 

that a 1-Gbit SP port is logged

that a 1-Gbit SP port is logged

 

 

 

in to the switch port.

in to the switch port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both

 

 

 

LEDs are green, which

LEDs are green, which

 

 

 

indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA

indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA

 

 

 

port is logged in to the switch

port is logged in to the switch

 

 

 

port.

port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left

 

 

 

LED is blue and the right LED

LED is blue and the right LED

 

 

 

is off, which indicates that a

is off, which indicates that a

 

 

 

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to

 

 

 

the switch port.

the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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