Preparing To Install The Subsystem Device Driver For The Linux Operating System On The Pseries Host; Installing The Subsystem Device Driver On The Pseries Host Running The Linux Operating System - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Attachment Manual

Preparing to install the Subsystem Device Driver for the Linux
operating system on the pSeries host
This section provides the information you need to prepare to install the SDD for the
Linux operating system on your pSeries host.
You must configure the storage unit for your host system and attach the required
fibre-channel adapters before you can install the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD).
Configuring the storage unit
Configure your storage unit for multiport access for each LUN before you install
SDD. To use the load balancing and path failover protection features, SDD requires
a minimum of two independent paths that share the same LUN. Failover protection
is not provided with a single path. A host system with a single fibre-channel adapter
connected through a switch to multiple storage unit ports is considered a multipath
fibre-channel connection.
See IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Introduction and Planning Guide for more
information about configuring the storage unit for the SDD.
Configuring the fibre-channel adapters for the storage unit
You must configure the fibre-channel adapters and the adapter drivers that are
attached to your host system before you can install the SDD. Follow the adapter
configuration instructions to configure the adapters. See your Linux on pSeries
documentation for details about installing the device driver on your fibre-channel
adapter.
Installing the Subsystem Device Driver on the pSeries host running
the Linux operating system
This section provides the steps you need to complete to install the SDD on your
pSeries host running the Linux operating system.
Before you install the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD), make sure that you have
root access to your Linux host system.
This section provides the steps you need to complete to install the SDD on the
Linux operating system for your pSeries host. If you have already installed the SDD
on your host system, and need to upgrade, see "Upgrading the Subsystem Device
Driver for the Linux operating system on the pSeries host" on page 85.
1. Log onto your host system as the root user.
2. Insert the SDD installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3. Type mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom to mount the CD-ROM drive.
4. Type cd /mnt/cdrom to change to the /mnt/cdrom directory.
5. For SUSE LINUX, type cd suse to change to the suse directory. Then type ls to
6. Type rpm -qpi IBMsdd-1.4.0.0-6.ppc64.sles9.rpm to view all the files in the
7. Type rpm -iv IBMsdd-1.4.0.0-6.ppc64.sles9.rpm to install the SDD. This
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