Installing And Configuring Aix For The P9000 Family Of Disk Arrays; Features And Requirements; Fibre Channel Interface - HP StorageWorks P9000 - Disk Arrays Configuration Manual

1 Installing and configuring AIX for the
P9000 family of disk arrays
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.

Features and requirements

The disk array has the following features:
Storage capacity: The storage capacity for the P9500 array is listed below:
Model
P9500
Server support: Check with your HP representative for the servers and Fibre Channel adapters
supported by your disk arrays.
Operating system support: For supported disk array microcode and OS versions, see the HP
SPOCK website: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
Before installing the disk array, ensure the following requirements are met:
Superuser access: Make sure you have superuser (root) access.
Fibre Channel Adapter (FCAs): Install FCAs and all utilities and drivers. Refer to the adapter docu-
mentation for installation details.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console Software or HP StorageWorks P9000 Command
View Advanced Edition Suite Software for configuring disk array ports and paths.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Array Manager Software
Check with your HP representative for other P9000 software available for your system.

Fibre Channel interface

The P9000 family of disk arrays supports the following Fibre Channel elements:
Connection speeds of 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 GBs.
Short-wave non-OFC (open fibre control) optical interface
Multimode optical cables with SC or LC connectors
Public or private arbitrated loop (FC-AL) or direct fabric attach
Fibre Channel switches
Even though the interface is Fibre Channel, this guide uses the term "SCSI disk" because disk array
devices are defined to the host as SCSI disks.
Maximum drives Maximum Capacity
2048 1.2 PB
Maximum FC ports
160
P9000 Configuration Guide: IBM AIX 7