Solaris Installation Checklists

Task

 

With Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

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If you have a PowerPath license key

PowerPath product

 

Test PowerPath

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

guide

 

with a license key

restricted to basic failover.

 

 

 

View the LUNs available to the server using the following PowerPath

 

 

 

command:

 

 

 

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 a 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

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verify that

 

 

 

• The state of the uncabled path(s) 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

PowerPath product

 

 

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

guide

 

 

PowerPath command:

 

 

 

powermt restore

 

 

 

 

 

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Server

Bring any applications that you shut down (such as clustering or

PowerPath for Unix

 

Applications

databases) back online, and configure for PowerPath if required.

installation and

 

 

administrator’s guide

 

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