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HBA and Driver Installation
Complete the following tasks on each host that will use the storage
system.
IMPORTANT The following steps summarize how experienced
technical personnel set up FC4700 hosts. For explanations and
detailed instructions, refer to the EMC Fibre Channel Storage
System Model FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide, installation
instructions provided with the host bus adapter and its drivers, and
the host hardware documentation.
1. Install the host bus adapters (HBAs) in the host. Refer to the
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EMC Fibre Channel HBA and Driver Installation Guide and
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EMC Fibre Channel HBA/Driver Release Notes
appropriate for your operating system.
2. For a SAN configuration, connect each HBA to the appropriate
switch port.
3. For a direct attach configuration, connect each HBA to the
appropriate SP port.
4. Install the HBA driver and any utilities from the HBA media (if
appropriate) on each host.
Switch Zone Creation
Refer to the device-specific documentation provided with your Fibre
Channel switch(es) to complete the following:
5. On each switch fabric, create a zone for each HBA and all the SP
ports that you want the HBA to access. Use worldwide port
names (WWPNs) to specify the HBA and the SP ports for the
zone.
Step 9
Set Up the Hosts
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