AIX Installation Checklists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Task

 

With Access Logix

Reference Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Storage System

Use Navisphere Manager to define a global administrator and domain (if

Navisphere security

 

 

 

Set up security

not already defined) and any additional users.

administrator’s guide

 

 

 

 

 

and Navisphere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manager online help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Storage System

Use the following Navisphere CLI commands to set the storage system’s,

Navisphere CLI

 

 

 

Set properties for

and array commpath properties:

reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PowerPath

navicli -h hostname systemtype -config 3

 

 

 

 

 

navicli -h hostname failovermode 1

 

 

 

 

 

navicli -h hostname arraycommpath 1

 

 

 

 

 

where hostname is the IP address or network name of an SP in the

 

 

 

 

 

storage system.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Setting the array commpath property to 1 (enabled) creates LUNZ

 

 

 

 

 

devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Server

Cable any additional or replacement HBA ports to the switch connected to

Storage-system setup

 

 

 

Cable additional

the storage system or to SP ports.

guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or replacement

Execute the following AIX command:

AIX documentation

 

 

 

HBAs to switches

cfgmgr

 

 

 

 

or storage

 

 

 

 

system

Checkpoint - For a SAN, verify the HBA connections to the switch by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

checking the LED(s) for the switch port connected to each additional HBA

 

 

 

 

 

port.

 

 

 

 

 

For a 1-Gbit switch - LED is green, which indicates that the HBA port is

 

 

 

 

 

logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

For a 2-Gbit switch - One of the following:

Switch documentation

 

 

 

 

• The left LED is green and the right LED is off, which indicates that a

 

 

 

 

 

1-Gbit SP port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxB2 switch, both LEDs are green, which indicates that a

 

 

 

 

 

2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

• For a DS-xxM2 switch, the left LED is blue and the right LED is off,

 

 

 

 

 

which indicates that a 2-Gbit HBA port is logged in to the switch port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Switches

For a SAN

Switch management

 

 

 

Zone

Zone the switches to provide a path from each new HBA port (host

documentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

initiator) to the appropriate SPs.

 

 

 

 

 

Checkpoint - Use switch management software to verify the switch

 

 

 

 

 

connections to the storage system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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