10 Ibm Aix; Installation Roadmap; Installing And Configuring The Disk Array; Defining The Paths - HP XP20000/XP24000 Configuration Manual

10 IBM AIX

You and the HP service representative each play a role in installation. The HP service representative
is responsible for installing the disk array and formatting the disk devices. You are responsible for
configuring the host server for the new devices with assistance from the HP service representative.

Installation roadmap

Perform these actions to install and configure the disk array:
1. "Installing and configuring the disk array" (page 101)
"Defining the paths" (page 101)
"Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports" (page 102)
"Setting the system option modes" (page 104)
"Configuring the Fibre Channel ports" (page 104)
2. "Installing and configuring the host" (page 105)
"Loading the operating system and software" (page 105)
"Installing and configuring the FCAs " (page 105)
"Clustering and fabric zoning" (page 105)
"Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems" (page 106)
3. "Connecting the disk array" (page 106)
"Verifying host recognition of disk array devices" (page 106)
4. "Configuring disk array devices" (page 107)
"Changing the device parameters" (page 107)
"Assigning the new devices to volume groups" (page 109)
"Creating the journaled file systems" (page 111)
"Mounting and verifying the file systems" (page 113)

Installing and configuring the disk array

The HP service representative performs these tasks:
Assembling hardware and installing software
Loading the microcode updates
Installing and formatting devices
After these tasks are finished, use XP Remote Web Console, P9000 or XP Command View Advanced
Edition Software, or XP Array Manager to complete the remaining disk array configuration tasks.
If you do not have these programs, your HP service representative can perform these tasks for you.

Defining the paths

Use P9000 or XP Command View Advanced Edition Software or XP Remote Web Console (shown)
to define paths between hosts and volumes (LUNs) in the disk array.
This process is also called "LUN mapping." In the XP Remote Web Console, LUN mapping includes:
Configuring ports
Enabling LUN security on the ports
Creating host groups
Installation roadmap 101