Verifying Virtual Disks From The Host; Openvms; Updating The Alphaserver Console Code, Integrity Server Console Code, And Fibre Channel Fca Firmware; Verifying The Fibre Channel Adapter Software Installation - HP 6400/8400 User Manual

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"Wrote: ...rpm".
This line identifies the location of the binary RPM.
4.
Copy the binary RPM to the production servers and install it using the following command:
# rpm -ivh hp_qla2x00-version-revision.architecture.rpm

Verifying virtual disks from the host

To ensure that the LUN is recognized after a virtual disk is presented to the host, do one of the
following:
Reboot the host.
Enter the /opt/hp/hp_fibreutils/hp_rescan -a command.
To verify that the host can access the virtual disks, enter the # more /proc/scsi/scsi command.
The output lists all SCSI devices detected by the server. An EVA6400/8400 LUN entry looks similar
to the following:
Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 ID: 00 Lun: 01
Vendor: HP
Type: Direct-Access

OpenVMS

Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre
Channel FCA firmware
The firmware update procedure varies for the different server types. To update firmware, follow
the procedure described in the Installation instructions that accompany the firmware images.

Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation

A supported FCA should already be installed in the host server. The procedure to verify that the
console recognizes the installed FCA varies for the different server types. Follow the procedure
described in the Installation instructions that accompany the firmware images.

Console LUN ID and OS unit ID

HP P6000 Command View software contains a box for the Console LUN ID on the Initialized
Storage System Properties window.
It is important that you set the Console LUN ID to a number other than zero. If the Console LUN ID
is not set or is set to zero, the OpenVMS host will not recognize the controller pair. The Console
LUN ID for a controller pair must be unique within the SAN.
of the Console LUN ID.
You can set the OS unit ID on the Virtual Disk Properties window. The default setting is 0, which
disables the ID field. To enable the ID field, you must specify a value between 1 and 32767,
Model: HSV400
Rev:
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Table 17 (page 58)
shows an example
OpenVMS
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