EMC 69001166 To the values required for, CLARiiON and PowerPath CLARiiON and Power Path, HBAs HBA

Solaris Installation Checklists

PowerPath Checklist — New Solaris Server and Existing Storage System

Tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist should be completed before the service provider arrives.

The Without Access Logix column does not apply to CX300, CX500, and

CX700 storage systems because they ship from the factory with the Access

Logix enabler installed.

Task		With Access Logix		Without Access Logix		Reference Document
1	Server	❑	Install HBAs.	❑	Install HBAs.	HBA documentation
	Install HBAs and		CAUTION Do not connect cables		CAUTION Do not connect cables	(see URL on page 5-4).
	driver		to the HBAs until you are told to		to the HBAs until you are told to
			do so later in this procedure.		do so later in this procedure.
		❑	Install HBA driver.	❑	Install HBA driver.
2	Server	❑ Set the HBA driver parameters,		❑ Set the HBA driver parameters,		Solaris host
	Set HBA driver		except for the persistent bindings,		except for the persistent bindings,	connectivity guide
			to the values required for		to the values required for
	parameters					For Emulex or QLogic
			CLARiiON and PowerPath.		CLARiiON and Power Path.
						HBAs - HBA
			You will set the persistent		You will set the persistent	documentation (see
			bindings after the storage system		bindings after the storage system	URL on page 5-4)
			is installed and the switches are		is installed and the switches are	For JNI HBAs - Solaris
			zoned.		zoned.
						utilities administrator
			For an Emulex HBA driver, be		For an Emulex HBA driver, be	guide
			sure to set the following		sure to set the following
			parameter:		parameter:
			no-device-delay=0		no-device-delay=0
			CAUTION Using improper		CAUTION Using improper
			settings can cause erratic failover		settings can cause erratic failover
			behavior, such as greatly		behavior, such as greatly
			increased I/O delays.		increased I/O delays.

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