Ibm Aix; Installation Roadmap; Installing And Configuring The Disk Array; Defining The Paths - HP XP7 Configuration Manual

9 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 79)
"Defining the paths" (page 79)
"Setting the host mode and host group mode for the disk array ports" (page 80)
"Setting the system option modes" (page 82)
"Configuring the Fibre Channel ports" (page 82)
2. "Installing and configuring the host" (page 83)
"Loading the operating system and software" (page 83)
"Installing and configuring the FCAs " (page 83)
"Clustering and fabric zoning" (page 83)
"Fabric zoning and LUN security for multiple operating systems" (page 84)
3. "Connecting the disk array" (page 84)
"Verifying host recognition of disk array devices" (page 84)
4. "Configuring disk array devices" (page 85)
"Changing the device parameters" (page 85)
"Assigning the new devices to volume groups" (page 87)
"Creating the journaled file systems" (page 89)
"Mounting and verifying the file systems" (page 91)

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 the XP7 Remote Web Console, XP7 Command View Advanced
Edition, or XP7 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 XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Software or the XP7 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 XP7 Remote Web Console, LUN mapping
includes:
Configuring ports
Enabling LUN security on the ports
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