Chapter 3. Attaching To A Fujitsu Primepower Host System; Supported Fibre-Channel Adapters For Primepower; Fibre-Channel Attachment Requirements For Primepower; Installing The Emulex Adapter Card For A Primepower Host System - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Attachment Manual

Chapter 3. Attaching to a Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER host system

This chapter describes how to attach a Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER host to a storage
unit.

Supported fibre-channel adapters for PRIMEPOWER

The following adapter card is supported for the PRIMEPOWER host system:
v Emulex LP9002L adapter card

Fibre-channel attachment requirements for PRIMEPOWER

This section lists the requirements for attaching the storage unit to your
PRIMEPOWER host system.
v Ensure that there are enough fibre-channel adapters installed in the server to
v Ensure that you can reference the documentation for your host system and the
v Review device driver installation documents and configuration utility documents
v See the Interoperability Matrix at
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

Installing the Emulex adapter card for a PRIMEPOWER host system

This section tells you how to attach a storage unit to a PRIMEPOWER host system
with an Emulex adapter card.
Single- and dual-port, fibre-channel interfaces with an Emulex adapter card support
the following public and private loop modes:
v Target
v Public initiator
v Private initiator
v Target and public initiator
v Target and private initiator
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manage the total number of LUNs that you want to attach.
IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Information Center that is integrated with the IBM
TotalStorage DS Storage Manager.
for any PRIMEPOWER patches that you might need.
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/interop.html for details about the
release level for your operating system.
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.
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