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...is subject to change without notice. Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. Copyright © 2002-2005, EMC Corporation. The information is accurate as of its publication date. All other... trademarks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. ii EMC Installation Roadmap for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems Trademark Information EMC2, EMC, CLARiiON, Navisphere, PowerPath, Symmetrix are registered trademarks and Access Logix, FLARE, MirrorView, Powerlink...
...is subject to change without notice. Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. Copyright © 2002-2005, EMC Corporation. The information is accurate as of its publication date. All other... trademarks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. ii EMC Installation Roadmap for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems Trademark Information EMC2, EMC, CLARiiON, Navisphere, PowerPath, Symmetrix are registered trademarks and Access Logix, FLARE, MirrorView, Powerlink...
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...Server™ 2003, or Windows® 2000 operating system. Preface Audience This manual contains checklists of the tasks required to install an EMC CX-Series or FC4700-Series storage system in this roadmap, please contact your product release notes. For the most up-to-date ...functions described in this roadmap should be supported by system administrators and/or service personnel during installation of CLARiiON® Fibre Channel storage systems. Readers of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of this roadmap may not be familiar with a server running on ...
...Server™ 2003, or Windows® 2000 operating system. Preface Audience This manual contains checklists of the tasks required to install an EMC CX-Series or FC4700-Series storage system in this roadmap, please contact your product release notes. For the most up-to-date ...functions described in this roadmap should be supported by system administrators and/or service personnel during installation of CLARiiON® Fibre Channel storage systems. Readers of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of this roadmap may not be familiar with a server running on ...
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... Server and Existing Storage System 1-29 AIX Installation Checklists 1-1 Invisible Body Tag 1 AIX Installation Checklists This chapter contains checklists of the tasks required to install a CLARiiON storage system in a configuration with an IBM AIX® server and PowerPath® failover software. The sections for the different configurations are ◆ PowerPath Configurations...
... Server and Existing Storage System 1-29 AIX Installation Checklists 1-1 Invisible Body Tag 1 AIX Installation Checklists This chapter contains checklists of the tasks required to install a CLARiiON storage system in a configuration with an IBM AIX® server and PowerPath® failover software. The sections for the different configurations are ◆ PowerPath Configurations...
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...has never been connected to any other type of CLARiiON storage system is already connected to one or more servers and is in the EMC Support Matrix on the Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com) ◆ AIX PowerPath • For CX400, CX600, and FC-Series storage systems Version 3.0.0... with a new or existing server and a new or existing storage system. All CLARiiON storage systems connected to the...
...has never been connected to any other type of CLARiiON storage system is already connected to one or more servers and is in the EMC Support Matrix on the Powerlink website (http://powerlink.emc.com) ◆ AIX PowerPath • For CX400, CX600, and FC-Series storage systems Version 3.0.0... with a new or existing server and a new or existing storage system. All CLARiiON storage systems connected to the...
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For an up-to-date list of such operating systems, refer to the Navisphere Manager 6.X release notes on http://powerlink.emc.com). • On a network that is connected to the storage-system server and that you will connect to the ... and Storage Groups if you have this planning: • EMC Storage Systems CX400-Series and CX600-Series Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003113) • EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 300-001-273) • EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700-2 Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003087...
For an up-to-date list of such operating systems, refer to the Navisphere Manager 6.X release notes on http://powerlink.emc.com). • On a network that is connected to the storage-system server and that you will connect to the ... and Storage Groups if you have this planning: • EMC Storage Systems CX400-Series and CX600-Series Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003113) • EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 300-001-273) • EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700-2 Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003087...
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... EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Storage Systems Initialization Guide (P/N 300-001-272) ◆ EMC 2-Gigabit Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE2) CX400-Series Setup and Cabling Guide (P/N 014003105) and EMC Storage Systems CX400-Series and CX600-Series Initialization Guide (P/N 014003112) ◆ EMC CLARiiON ...A02 or higher) or EMC CLARiiON CX700 Storage Processor Enclosure (SPE) Setup and Cabling Guide (P/N 300-001-274), rev A01) and EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Storage Systems Initialization Guide (P/N 300-001-272) ◆ EMC CLARiiON 2-Gigabit Disk-Array Enclosure (DAE2) Setup and...
... EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Storage Systems Initialization Guide (P/N 300-001-272) ◆ EMC 2-Gigabit Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE2) CX400-Series Setup and Cabling Guide (P/N 014003105) and EMC Storage Systems CX400-Series and CX600-Series Initialization Guide (P/N 014003112) ◆ EMC CLARiiON ...A02 or higher) or EMC CLARiiON CX700 Storage Processor Enclosure (SPE) Setup and Cabling Guide (P/N 300-001-274), rev A01) and EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Storage Systems Initialization Guide (P/N 300-001-272) ◆ EMC CLARiiON 2-Gigabit Disk-Array Enclosure (DAE2) Setup and...
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...later in the checklist should be a SnapView production or secondary host, install the Install admsnap admsnap utility. Install EMC ODM Support ❑ Install EMC ODM Support using SMIT or the command line. New AIX Server and New Storage System Tasks highlighted with grey in...Installation Guide CX-Series Server Software for AIX installation Guide 1-6 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and Set HBA driver PowerPath. software • Note: The EMC ODM Support package is available on the ftp site ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_DEFINITIONS 4 Server ❑ Install ...
...later in the checklist should be a SnapView production or secondary host, install the Install admsnap admsnap utility. Install EMC ODM Support ❑ Install EMC ODM Support using SMIT or the command line. New AIX Server and New Storage System Tasks highlighted with grey in...Installation Guide CX-Series Server Software for AIX installation Guide 1-6 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and Set HBA driver PowerPath. software • Note: The EMC ODM Support package is available on the ftp site ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_DEFINITIONS 4 Server ❑ Install ...
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...Server Software for AIX Installation Guide ❑ Checkpoint if the Host Agent is installed - administrator's guide and online help 1-10 EMC Installation Roadmap for the LUNs. Verify that the server sees hdisk devices for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems Navisphere Manager Set.../ powerpath/aix and execute it: emc_cfgmgr.sh AIX documentation ❑ Execute the following PowerPath command: guide powermt display dev=all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs • Verify the server's connection to set user options, create templates, and set general...
...Server Software for AIX Installation Guide ❑ Checkpoint if the Host Agent is installed - administrator's guide and online help 1-10 EMC Installation Roadmap for the LUNs. Verify that the server sees hdisk devices for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems Navisphere Manager Set.../ powerpath/aix and execute it: emc_cfgmgr.sh AIX documentation ❑ Execute the following PowerPath command: guide powermt display dev=all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs • Verify the server's connection to set user options, create templates, and set general...
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... and disable user logins to the server. ❑ View the LUNs available to the server using the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion PowerPath product guide ❑ Choose one available LUN to receive I/O for the test. ❑ View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath...
... and disable user logins to the server. ❑ View the LUNs available to the server using the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion PowerPath product guide ❑ Choose one available LUN to receive I/O for the test. ❑ View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath...
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...10065; Install HBAs. CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to Host connectivity guide the values required for CLARiiON the values required for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems CAUTION Using improper settings can cause erratic failover behavior, such as greatly increased...on the ftp site package is available on the ftp site ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_D ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_D EFINITIONS EFINITIONS 1-12 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and PowerPath. HBA documentation Install HBAs and driver CAUTION Do not connect ...
...10065; Install HBAs. CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to Host connectivity guide the values required for CLARiiON the values required for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems CAUTION Using improper settings can cause erratic failover behavior, such as greatly increased...on the ftp site package is available on the ftp site ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_D ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/elab/aix/ODM_D EFINITIONS EFINITIONS 1-12 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and PowerPath. HBA documentation Install HBAs and driver CAUTION Do not connect ...
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...Tools menu on the and online help toolbar) to set the initiator type, or failover mode, and array failover mode, and array Navisphere CLI commpath properties for the commpath properties for the reference server's HBA ports (initiators): server's ...HBA ports (initiators): Initiator Type to CLARiiON Open Failover mode to 1 Array commpath to Enabled Note: Setting the array commpath property to 1 (enabled) creates LUNZ devices. Note: Setting the array...
...Tools menu on the and online help toolbar) to set the initiator type, or failover mode, and array failover mode, and array Navisphere CLI commpath properties for the commpath properties for the reference server's HBA ports (initiators): server's ...HBA ports (initiators): Initiator Type to CLARiiON Open Failover mode to 1 Array commpath to Enabled Note: Setting the array commpath property to 1 (enabled) creates LUNZ devices. Note: Setting the array...
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Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath command: PowerPath product guide powermt display dev=all class=clariion powermt display dev=all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath PowerPath product command: command: guide powermt config powermt config &#... step 8. • Verify that you registered your PowerPath license key if you have one. • Verify that PowerPath sees all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs If PowerPath does not see hdisk devices for AIX Installation Guide Host Agent/ etc/rc.agent stop ...
Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath command: PowerPath product guide powermt display dev=all class=clariion powermt display dev=all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath PowerPath product command: command: guide powermt config powermt config &#... step 8. • Verify that you registered your PowerPath license key if you have one. • Verify that PowerPath sees all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs If PowerPath does not see hdisk devices for AIX Installation Guide Host Agent/ etc/rc.agent stop ...
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...powermt display dev=x every=2 powermt display dev=x every=2 command, and disconnect the command, and disconnect the cable to that HBA. 1-20 EMC Installation Roadmap for the test. ❑ View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath command: ❑ View the paths... to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion PowerPath product guide ❑ Choose one available LUN to receive I /O for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems restricted to basic failover...
...powermt display dev=x every=2 powermt display dev=x every=2 command, and disconnect the command, and disconnect the cable to that HBA. 1-20 EMC Installation Roadmap for the test. ❑ View the paths to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath command: ❑ View the paths... to the chosen LUN using the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion PowerPath product guide ❑ Choose one available LUN to receive I /O for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems restricted to basic failover...
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...Series storage systems. AIX utilities administrator's guide PowerPath does not support these HBAs. HBAs ❑ If you are told to have EMC Professional Services remove it : • HBA driver • Navisphere Host Agent and CLI • admsnap HBA driver documentation CX-...update it . 4 Server ❑ Remove the DiskArray software,. Install EMC ODM CAUTION Do not reboot the server. AIX documentation HBA driver documentation 3 Server ❑ If ATF or CDE is installed Replace CLARiiON HBA driver ❑ Remove the hdisk devices for LUNs in this checklist...
...Series storage systems. AIX utilities administrator's guide PowerPath does not support these HBAs. HBAs ❑ If you are told to have EMC Professional Services remove it : • HBA driver • Navisphere Host Agent and CLI • admsnap HBA driver documentation CX-...update it . 4 Server ❑ Remove the DiskArray software,. Install EMC ODM CAUTION Do not reboot the server. AIX documentation HBA driver documentation 3 Server ❑ If ATF or CDE is installed Replace CLARiiON HBA driver ❑ Remove the hdisk devices for LUNs in this checklist...
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...Storage System Initialize and install software enablers ❑ Install the Navisphere Initialization Utility on a non-AIX host on the EMC Powerlink website: http://powerlink.emc.com 9 Storage System ❑ Install the storage system in to the switch port. ❑ Cable each SP ...have SAN Copy, SnapView, and/or MirrorView software, install their Navisphere Manager enablers. Storage-system setup guide. 1-24 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and PowerPath. Storage-system setup guide. administrator's guide and online help 11 Storage System Cable to switch or server ...
...Storage System Initialize and install software enablers ❑ Install the Navisphere Initialization Utility on a non-AIX host on the EMC Powerlink website: http://powerlink.emc.com 9 Storage System ❑ Install the storage system in to the switch port. ❑ Cable each SP ...have SAN Copy, SnapView, and/or MirrorView software, install their Navisphere Manager enablers. Storage-system setup guide. 1-24 EMC Installation Roadmap for CLARiiON and PowerPath. Storage-system setup guide. administrator's guide and online help 11 Storage System Cable to switch or server ...
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...19 Server Configure devices ❑ Execute the following command: emc_cfgmgr.sh ❑ Execute the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion ❑ Choose one . • Verify that the storage-system properties are mapped to hdiskpower devices. PowerPath Checklist - administrator's guide ...chosen LUN. Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs • Verify the server's connection to the Storage Group. • Verify that ...
...19 Server Configure devices ❑ Execute the following command: emc_cfgmgr.sh ❑ Execute the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion ❑ Choose one . • Verify that the storage-system properties are mapped to hdiskpower devices. PowerPath Checklist - administrator's guide ...chosen LUN. Verify that PowerPath sees all the paths to the LUNs with the following PowerPath command: powermt display dev=all class=clariion If PowerPath does not see the LUNs • Verify the server's connection to the Storage Group. • Verify that ...
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... EMC ODM Support software CAUTION Do not reboot the server. AIX Installation Checklists Task With Access Logix Without Access Logix Reference Document 1 Server ❑ Unmount any file systems that ❑ Unmount any file systems that reside on the storage systems. 2 Server If the CLARiiON ...HBA driver is Replace installed CLARiiON HBA driver ❑ Remove the hdisk devices for LUNs in the storage system. mount it . or the command line. ...
... EMC ODM Support software CAUTION Do not reboot the server. AIX Installation Checklists Task With Access Logix Without Access Logix Reference Document 1 Server ❑ Unmount any file systems that ❑ Unmount any file systems that reside on the storage systems. 2 Server If the CLARiiON ...HBA driver is Replace installed CLARiiON HBA driver ❑ Remove the hdisk devices for LUNs in the storage system. mount it . or the command line. ...
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...at the required minimum revision, update it: currently installed and not at the required minimum revision, update it: documentation CX-Series Server Software for CLARiiON and PowerPath. for AIX. CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to the values required for... CLARiiON and required for AIX • HBA driver • HBA driver Installation Guide • Navisphere Host Agent • Navisphere Host Agent • admsnap ❑ Execute...
...at the required minimum revision, update it: currently installed and not at the required minimum revision, update it: documentation CX-Series Server Software for CLARiiON and PowerPath. for AIX. CAUTION Do not connect cables to the HBAs until you are told to the values required for... CLARiiON and required for AIX • HBA driver • HBA driver Installation Guide • Navisphere Host Agent • Navisphere Host Agent • admsnap ❑ Execute...
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PowerPath Checklist - Existing AIX Server and Existing Storage System 1-33 If the default storage-system system type is not 3 (CLARiiON Open), use the following Navisphere CLI commands to 1 (enabled) creates LUNZ devices. You will have to 3: navicli -h hostname systemtype -config 3 CAUTION ...the IP address or network name of an SP in the storage system servername is the server's name or network address Note: Setting the array commpath property to set the following storage-system properties for ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI ...
PowerPath Checklist - Existing AIX Server and Existing Storage System 1-33 If the default storage-system system type is not 3 (CLARiiON Open), use the following Navisphere CLI commands to 1 (enabled) creates LUNZ devices. You will have to 3: navicli -h hostname systemtype -config 3 CAUTION ...the IP address or network name of an SP in the storage system servername is the server's name or network address Note: Setting the array commpath property to set the following storage-system properties for ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI ...
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... for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems You will have to remove the LUNZ devices later in the procedure. 1-34 EMC Installation Roadmap for PowerPath (cont.) For any HBAs (cont.) Navisphere CLI ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI reference commands to...system's initiator type, failover mode, and array commpath properties for the server's HBA ports (initiators): Initiator Type to CLARiiON Open Failover mode to 1 Navisphere Manager administrator's guide and online help Array commpath to Enabled Note: Setting the array commpath property to set the storage system...
... for CX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems You will have to remove the LUNZ devices later in the procedure. 1-34 EMC Installation Roadmap for PowerPath (cont.) For any HBAs (cont.) Navisphere CLI ❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI reference commands to...system's initiator type, failover mode, and array commpath properties for the server's HBA ports (initiators): Initiator Type to CLARiiON Open Failover mode to 1 Navisphere Manager administrator's guide and online help Array commpath to Enabled Note: Setting the array commpath property to set the storage system...