EMC 69001166 manual Configurations for Linux Without EMC Failover Software

Linux Installation Checklist

Configurations for Linux Without EMC Failover Software

Read this section if you are installing a Linux configuration with a new server that will not run EMC failover software and a new storage system. A new server and storage system are defined as follows:

New server - A server running Linux with no EMC failover software and not connected to any storage system.

New storage system - A CX300, CX500, or CX700 storage system that has the factory default settings and has never been connected to a server.

Topics relating to the checklist for a Linux configuration without

EMC failover software are

	◆	Prerequisites	3-47
	◆	Documentation	3-48
	◆ Without EMC Failover Software Checklist — New Linux Server
		and New Storage System	3-49
Prerequisites	◆	All switches must be installed.

◆ Storage systems must be set up, initialized (if required), and connected to switches, and any optional storage-system software (Access Logix, SAN Copy, SnapView, MirrorView, MirrorView/A) you have must be installed.

◆ If any storage systems have SnapView, the admsnap utility must be installed on the servers that will be the SnapView production systems.

◆ If you will use Navisphere Manager 6.X, you must have a host that is

• Running an operating system that can support the Navisphere Manager 6.X browser-based client. For an up-to-date list of such operating systems, refer to the Navisphere Manager 6.X release notes on http://powerlink.emc.com.).

• On a network that is connected to the storage-system servers and that will be connected to the SPs in the storage system.

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