AIX Installation Checklists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task

 

With Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Serve

Create partitions or the pertinent database file systems on the LUNs.

Host connectivity guide

 

 

 

Make LUNs

If AIX does not recognize any LUNs, verify the connection to the Storage

or AIX documentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

available to AIX

Group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

Server

If you have a PowerPath license key

AIX documentation

 

 

 

Test PowerPath

If your PowerPath license key is not registered, the load balancing policy is

 

 

 

 

with a license

restricted to basic failover.

 

 

 

 

key

Stop all applications accessing the storage system and disable user logins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the server.

 

 

 

 

 

View the LUNs available to the server using the following PowerPath

PowerPath product

 

 

 

 

command:

guide

 

 

 

 

powermt display dev=all class=clariion

 

 

 

 

 

Choose one available LUN to receive I/O for the test.

 

 

 

 

 

View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath

 

 

 

 

 

command:

 

 

 

 

 

powermt display dev=x every=2

 

 

 

 

 

where x is pseudo device that represents the chosen LUN.

 

 

 

 

 

Start I/O to the LUN.

 

 

 

 

 

Identify the HBA sending I/O to LUN by viewing the output of the powermt

 

 

 

 

 

display dev=x every=2 command, and disconnect the cable to that HBA.

 

 

 

 

 

View the output of the powermt display dev=x every=2 command, and

 

 

 

 

 

verify that

 

 

 

 

 

• The state of the uncabled paths becomes “dead.”

 

 

 

 

 

• I/O continues to the remaining path(s) to the LUN, indicating that the

 

 

 

 

 

path failover was successful, and PowerPath is working properly.

 

 

 

 

 

Reconnect the cable that you disconnected from the HBA.

 

 

 

 

 

If you did not follow the above steps exactly and caused any LUNs to

 

 

 

 

 

trespass, restore the LUNs to their original SP with the following PowerPath

 

 

 

 

 

command:

 

 

 

 

 

powermt restore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are now ready to set up any optional software, such as SnapView or MirrorView, on the storage system.

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