EMC 69001166 manual With a license

Solaris Installation Checklists

Task	With Access Logix	Without Access Logix	Reference Document
16 Server	If you have a PowerPath license key	If you have a PowerPath license key	PowerPath product
Test PowerPath	Note If your PowerPath license key is	Note If your PowerPath license key is	guide
with a license	not registered, the load balancing	not registered, the load balancing
key	policy is restricted to basic failover.	policy is restricted to basic failover.
	❑ Stop all applications accessing	❑ Stop all applications accessing
	the storage system and disable	the storage system and disable
	user logins to the server.	user logins to the server.
	❑ View the LUNs available to the	❑ View the LUNs available to the
	server using the following	server using the following
	PowerPath command:	PowerPath command:
	powermt display dev=all	powermt display dev=all
	class=clariion	class=clariion
	❑ Choose one available LUN to	❑ Choose one available LUN to
	receive I/O for the test.	receive I/O for the test.
	❑ View the paths to the chosen	❑ View the paths to the chosen
	LUN using the following	LUN using the following
	PowerPath command:	PowerPath command:
	powermt display dev=x every=2	powermt display dev=x every=2
	where x is a pseudo device that	where x is a pseudo device that
	represents the chosen LUN.	represents the chosen LUN.
	❑ Start I/O to the LUN.	❑ Start I/O to the LUN.
	❑ Identify the HBA sending I/O to	❑ Identify the HBA sending I/O to
	LUN by viewing the output of the	LUN by viewing the output of the
	powermt display dev=x every=2	powermt display dev=x every=2
	command, and disconnect the	command, and disconnect the
	cable to that HBA.	cable to that HBA.
	❑ View the output of the powermt	❑ View the output of the powermt
	display dev=x every=2	display dev=x every=2
	command, and verify that	command, and verify that
	• The state of the uncabled	• The state of the uncabled
	path(s) becomes “dead.”	path(s) becomes “dead.”
	• I/O continues to the remaining	• I/O continues to the remaining
	path(s) to the LUN, indicating	path(s) to the LUN, indicating
	that the path failover was	that the path failover was
	successful, and PowerPath is	successful, and PowerPath is
	working properly.	working properly.
	❑ Reconnect the cable that you	❑ Reconnect the cable that you
	disconnected from the HBA.	disconnected from the HBA.

PowerPath Checklist — New Solaris Server and Existing Storage System

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