Sun Microsystems 2500 manual Enabling Multipathing Software, Save the updated file Reboot the host

6.Select the link for the data host platform that you want to install.

7.Save the install package to a temporary directory.

8.Uncompress and untar the install package.

9.When the download is finished, log out of the SDLC.

A readme file is provided as part of the installation package. To install the software, refer to the readme file for platform-specific instructions.

Enabling Multipathing Software

Sun StorageTek SAN Foundation software includes the Sun StorageTek Traffic Manager multipathing software.

The procedure you use to enable multipathing software depends on the version of Solaris OS running on the host:

■“Enabling Multipathing Software for Solaris 8 or 9 OS” on page 70

■“Enabling Multipathing Software for Solaris 10 OS” on page 71

▼Enabling Multipathing Software for Solaris 8 or 9 OS

To enable the multipathing software on hosts running Solaris OS 8 or 9:

1.Open the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file with a text editor.

2.Set mpxio-disable=”no”; in the file.

3.Set load-balance=”round-robin”; in the file.

4.Set auto-failback=”enable”; in the file.

5.Save the updated file.

6.Reboot the host.

70 Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide • March 2007