AIX Installation Checklists

Task

 

With Access Logix

Without Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

 

9

Server

Cable the HBA ports to the switch

Cable the HBA ports to the switch

Storage-system setup

 

Cable to switches

connected to the storage system

connected to the storage system

guide.

 

or to SP ports.

or to SP ports.

 

 

or storage

 

 

 

 

 

 

system

Execute the following AIX

Execute the following AIX

AIX documentation

 

 

 

 

command:

command:

 

 

 

cfgmgr

cfgmgr

 

 

 

Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify

Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify

Switch documentation

 

 

the HBA connection to the switch

the HBA connection to the switch

 

 

 

by checking the LED(s) for the

by checking the LED(s) for the

 

 

 

switch port connected to the HBA

switch port connected to the HBA

 

 

 

port.

port.

 

 

 

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is

 

 

 

green, which indicates that the

green, which indicates that the

 

 

 

HBA is logged in to the switch

HBA is logged in to the switch

 

 

 

port.

port.

 

 

 

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the

 

 

 

following:

following:

 

 

 

• The left LED is green and the

• The left LED is green and the

 

 

 

right LED is off, which indicates

right LED is off, which indicates

 

 

 

that a 1-Gbit SP port is logged

that a 1-Gbit SP port is logged

 

 

 

in to the switch port.

in to the switch port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both

 

 

 

LEDs are green, which

LEDs are green, which

 

 

 

indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA

indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA

 

 

 

port is logged in to the switch

port is logged in to the switch

 

 

 

port.

port.

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left

 

 

 

LED is blue and the right LED

LED is blue and the right LED

 

 

 

is off, which indicates that a

is off, which indicates that a

 

 

 

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to

 

 

 

the switch port.

the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Switches

For a SAN

For a SAN

Switch management

 

Zone

Zone the switches to provide a

Zone the switches to provide a

documentation

 

 

 

 

path from each HBA port (host

path from each HBA port (host

 

 

 

initiator) to the appropriate SPs.

initiator) to the appropriate SPs.

 

 

 

If MirrorView is installed, create

 

 

 

 

any required zones for it.

 

 

 

 

Checkpoint - Use switch

Checkpoint - Use switch

 

 

 

management software to verify

management software to verify

 

 

 

the switch connections to the

the switch connections to the

 

 

 

storage system.

storage system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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