Adding Hosts; Creating And Presenting Virtual Disks; Verifying Virtual Disks From The Host - HP 6400/8400 User Manual

In the Search products box, enter MPIO, and then click AIX MPIO PCMA for HP Arrays. Select IBM
AIX, and then select your software storage product.

Adding hosts

To determine the active FCAs on the IBM AIX host, enter:
# lsdev -Cc adapter |grep fcs
Output similar to the following appears:
fcs0
fcs1
# lscfg -vl
fcs0 fcs0
Part Number.................80P4543
EC Level....................A
Serial Number...............1F4280A419
Manufacturer................001F
Feature Code/Marketing ID...280B
FRU Number..................
Device Specific.(ZM)........3
Network Address.............10000000C940F529
ROS Level and ID............02881914
Device Specific.(Z0)........1001206D
Device Specific.(Z1)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z2)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z3)........03000909
Device Specific.(Z4)........FF801315
Device Specific.(Z5)........02881914
Device Specific.(Z6)........06831914
Device Specific.(Z7)........07831914
Device Specific.(Z8)........20000000C940F529
Device Specific.(Z9)........TS1.90A4
Device Specific.(ZA)........T1D1.90A4
Device Specific.(ZB)........T2D1.90A4
Device Specific.(YL)........U0.1-P1-I5/Q1b.

Creating and presenting virtual disks

When creating and presenting virtual disks to an IBM AIX host, be sure to:
1. Set the OS unit ID to 0.
2. Set Preferred path/mode to No Preference.
3. Select a LUN number if you chose a specific LUN on the Virtual Disk Properties window.

Verifying virtual disks from the host

To scan the IBM AIX bus, enter: cfgmgr -v
The -v switch (verbose output) requests a full output.
To list all EVA devices, enter:
Output similar to the following is displayed:
hdisk1 Available 1V-08-01
hdisk2 Available 1V-08-01
hdisk3 Available 1V-08-01
Available 1H-08
Available 1V-08
U0.1-P1-I5/Q1
FC Adapter
FC Adapter
FC Adapter
80P4544
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HP HSV400 Enterprise Virtual Array
HP HSV400 Enterprise Virtual Array
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