Checking The Version Of The Irix Operating System For The Sgi Host System; Installing A Fibre-Channel Adapter Card For The Sgi Host System; Verifying The Installation Of A Fibre-Channel Adapter Card For Sgi - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Attachment Manual

1. The IBM SSR installs the storage unit by using the procedures in the IBM
2. Either you or an IBM SSR defines the fibre-channel host system with the
3. Either you or an IBM SSR defines the fibre-port configuration if you did not do it
4. Either you or an IBM SSR uses the instructions in your host system publications
Either you or an IBM service support representative must perform the following
tasks to install and configure a storage unit:
1. Install the storage unit by using the procedures in the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
2. Define the fibre-channel host system with the worldwide port name identifiers.
3. Define the fibre-port configuration if you did not do it when you installed the
4. Configure the host system for the storage unit by using the instructions in your
Note: The SGI host system does not support the SDD. IRIX manages multipathing.
Checking the version of the IRIX operating system for the SGI host
system
To confirm that you have the correct version of the IRIX operating system installed
on your host system, type # uname -Rs.

Installing a fibre-channel adapter card for the SGI host system

This section lists the steps to install a fibre-channel adapter card for the SGI host
system.
1. Install the adapter card in the host system.
2. Connect the cable to the storage unit port.
3. Restart the server.

Verifying the installation of a fibre-channel adapter card for SGI

Use the following steps to verifying your installation of a fibre-channel adapter card
for SGI.
1. Type # ls -l /hw/scsi_ctlr to verify that the command created the links for
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worldwide port name identifiers. For the list of worldwide port names, see
"Locating the worldwide port name (WWPN)," on page 211.
during the installation of the storage unit or fibre-channel adapters.
to configure the host system for the storage unit.
Installation, Troubleshooting, and Recovery Guide.
For the list of worldwide port names, see "Locating the worldwide port name
(WWPN)," on page 211.
storage unit or fibre-channel adapters.
host system publications.
Note: The IRIX driver is part of the IRIX operating system. There are no
additional driver packages. SGI is responsible for support and distribution
of the adapter when you use it in an SGI host system.
the controllers.
Figure 70 on page 151 shows example results for the # ls -l /hw/scsi_ctlr
command. In this example, the PCI host bus adapters are installed in slots 6
and 8 and the XIO host bus adapters are installed in slots 7 and 9.