Installing The Ds4000 Fc2-133 Adapter Device Drivers; Using Ibm Fastt-Msj Utility; Overview Of The Ibm Fastt Msj Utility - IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Installation And User Manual

Installing the DS4000 FC2-133 Adapter device drivers

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Using IBM FastT-MSJ utility

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Overview of the IBM FAStT MSJ utility

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IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter: Installation and User's Guide
The device drivers and installation instructions for the following supported operating
systems are provided on the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 FC2-133 Host Bus Adapter
Support CD:
v Microsoft Windows 2000 and Server 2003
v Windows NT
v Novell NetWare
v Linux
The installation instructions are in a README file located in the appropriate
operating system directory.
Note: For the latest supported operating systems, versions of the device drivers,
utilities, and documentation, go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
This section provides an overview of the IBM FastT-MSJ (Management Suite Java)
utility that can be used by advanced users to customize the configuration of the IBM
FC2-133 HBA when it is installed in a server. For more detailed information, see the
IBM DS4000 Management Suite Java User's Guide version 1.0 or later that is
available at the following Web site: www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/
The FAStT-MSJ utility is used to configure a storage area network (SAN)
environment made up of DS4000 Fibre Channel HBAs. It is a network-capable
application that can connect to and configure remote systems, enabling centralized
management and configuration of an entire SAN containing HBA components,
storage devices, and host systems.
You can use FAStT-MSJ to manage and control one or more DS4000 Fibre
Channel HBAs that are installed on local or remote systems. The FAStT-MSJ utility
is used, along with problem determination procedures (PDPs), on new or existing
installations to help diagnose Fibre Channel (FC) subsystem problems in adapters,
controllers, and devices that are attached to the FC fabric or loop.
You can also perform the following operations using the FAStT-MSJ utility to
configure devices in your system:
Disable (unconfigure) a device on a host bus adapter
When a device is set as unconfigured, it is not recognized by the HBA and
is not accessible to the HBA on that system.
Enable a device
This operation adds a device and makes it accessible to the HBA on that
system.
Designate a path as an alternate or preferred path (for Linux operating system
enviroments only)
When a device is accessible from more than one adapter in the same
system, you can assign one path as the preferred path and the other path
as an alternate path. If the preferred path fails, the system switches to the
alternate path to make sure that the transfer of data is not interrupted.