Aix Host Attachment; Configuring The Aix Compute Node For Fc Connectivity - IBM V7000 Introduction And Implementation Manual

14.Click Manage Paths, select Round Robin as the multipath policy (Figure 12-63), and
click Change.
Figure 12-63 Change the multipath policy
15.Click Close twice to return to the storage view, and now the storage disk is available and
ready to use for your VMware ESX server using an iSCSI attachment.

12.5 AIX host attachment

The following section details specific information that relates to the connection of AIX-based
compute nodes in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis attaching to IBM Flex System
V7000 Storage Node. The compute node models are the IBM Flex System p260 Compute
Node and the IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node. At time of writing FCoE is not yet
supported on AIX and we were unable to test iSCSI connectivity. This section detail FC
connectivity only which is probably the most popular method of external block level storage
connectivity for AIX and VIOS. In the following examples, the AIX environment (or VIOS in the
oem_setup_env environment) CLI will be used.

12.5.1 Configuring the AIX compute node for FC connectivity

The following list outlines the steps required to attach IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
volumes to an AIX host. Creating these volumes and mapping the volumes to a host compute
node have already been addressed in previous chapters. Proceed as follows:
1. Identify the HBAs in the AIX compute node.
2. Ensure that the correct AIX operating systems and version levels are installed on the
compute node, including any updates and Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs)
on the operating system.
3. Check connectivity of the AIX compute node to the FC switch I/O modules.
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