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Parameters to be added prior to the EMC powerpath installation in solaris

1.install the latest QLogic driver 2.The /etc/system file must have the following entries: set lwp_default_stksize=0x6000 set ssd:ssd_max_throttle=20 set ssd:ssd_io_time=0x3c set fcp:fcp_offline_delay=20 set fcp:ssfcp_enable_auto_configuration=1

3.If the host agent is running on the server, stop it: /etc/init.d/agent stop 4.Uncomment the following line in the /kernel/drv/iscsi.conf file: mpxio-disable="yes" ? In addition, if the following line appears in the iscsi.conf file: mpxio-disable="no"

5.To install PowerPath from a downloaded tar file, for example, after downloading the package from Powerlink, use this procedure: 1. Select or create a directory where you can unload the PowerPath tar file. For example, type: mkdir /unload 2. Change directories to the unload directory. Note: Ensure that the unload directory is empty. For example, type cd /unload 3. Copy the tar file to the unload directory. Type: cp <source_location>/<package_name> 4.pkgadd -d .

6.You see one of the following prompts: On SPARC hosts: The following packages are available: 1 EMCpower EMC PowerPath (sparc) 5.3.x_bxxx Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: You are prompted for the directory where the PowerPath program files will be installed: Note: PowerPath installs its files in /basedir/EMCpower; the installation process creates the EMCpower subdirectory. Make a note of the name and location of the PowerPath base directory for future reference. Enter package base directory (default: /opt): Press Enter to accept the default base directory (/opt), or type the path to an alternate base directory and press Enter.

7. You will see the following prompt: This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user permission during the process of installing this package. Do you want to continue with the installation of <EMCpower> [y,n,?] Type y and press Enter.

8. The screen displays information about the installation ending with: ------------------------------------------------------* EMCpower Installation: * * Installation is successful. * * Please REBOOT the host to complete the remaining steps * of the installation. Refer to the PowerPath for Solaris Installation and Administration Guide for more * information. * * If you have a license key card, register now. * * License registration is NOT required to manage the * CLARiiON AX series array. -----------------------------------------------------Installation of <EMCpower> was successful. 9.Register PowerPath on the host If you have previously registered an earlier version of PowerPath on the host, PowerPath will use your old key; you need not reregister. However, if your previous registration was for evaluation purposes, and the registration has expired, you must reregister before you reboot the host. Registering PowerPath after you install the software and before you reboot the host sets the appropriate default load balancing and failover policy. Note:Rebooting before registering PowerPath If you reboot the host before you register PowerPath: 1. Run the powermt set policy command to reset the load balancing and failover policy. 2. Run powermt save to save the settings in the powermt.custom file. 10.To register the PowerPath software: 1. Type /etc/emcpreg -install Output similar to the following appears: ============ EMC PowerPath Registration ============= Do you have a new registration key or keys to enter? [n] 2. Type y and press Enter. Output similar to the following appears: Enter the registration key(s) for your product(s),

one per line, pressing Enter after each key. After typing all keys, press Enter again. Key (Enter if done): 3. Type the PowerPath registration key and press Enter. You can also add keys for other technologies, such as PowerPath Migration Enabler or PowerPath Encryption with RSA. If you typed a valid key, output similar to the following appears: 1 key(s) successfully added. Key successfully installed. Key (Enter if done): 4. When you have finished typing keys, press Enter. You will see the following output if you typed one key: 1 key(s) successfully registered.

11.If you are registering PowerPath on a Solaris 10 host, perform these additional steps. Otherwise, proceed to the next section. c. Run the powermt set policy command to reset the load balancing and failover policy. d. Run powermt save to save the settings in the powermt.custom file 12.Reboot the host If you are installing PowerPath for the first time and are prompted to reboot, you must reboot now by typing reboot -- -r If the sd or ssd driver does not exist on the host, you see one of the following messages during boot: WARNING: forceload of drv/sd failed or WARNING: forceload of drv/ssd failed You can safely ignore this warning.

13.To verify the PowerPath installation: 1. Type pkginfo -l EMCpower to verify that PowerPath is installed properly on the host. Output similar to the following appears: Note: When you install PowerPath on an x86 host, i386 appears in the ARCH row. PKGINST: EMCpower NAME: EMC PowerPath CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: 5.3.0_bxxx BASEDIR: /opt VENDOR: EMC Corporation PSTAMP: cambridgeServerABCDE INSTDATE: Feb 22 2008 13:07 STATUS: completely installed FILES: 312 installed pathnames 42 directories 121 executables 183332 blocks used (approx)

14.Type modinfo | grep emcp to verify that the PowerPath kernel extension is loaded on the host. Output similar to the following appears on SPARC hosts: Note: The emcpmp, emcpmpc, emcpmpap, and emcpmpaa extensions present in previous releases have been replaced by the emcpmpx extension in PowerPath 5.2 for Solaris. 33 12a5d00 36a8 287 1 emcpsf (PP SF 5.3.0) 34 12a8de8 2a2d8 286 1 emcp (PP Driver 5.3.0) 38 130cdc0 2ac0 - 1 emcpgpx (PP GPX Ext 5.3.0) 39 130f1f8 28e90 - 1 emcpmpx (PP MPX Ext 5.3.0) 40 132dee8 d6ef0 - 1 emcpsapi (PP SAPI Ext 5.3.0) 41 13cef58 10d48 - 1 emcpcg (PP CG Ext 5.3.0) 42 13deef0 6c78 - 1 emcpvlumd (PP VLUMD Manager 5.3.0) 43 13e49d8 1a5b0 - 1 emcpxcrypt (PP XCRYPT Manager 5.3.0) 44 7be00000 b588 - 1 emcpdm (PP DM Manager 5.3.0) 45 7be09d38 4c0 - 1 emcpioc (PP PIOC 5.3.0)

15.Verify PowerPath devices are configured on the host To verify that PowerPath devices are configured on the host in a Fibre Channel and iSCSI environment: 1. Type powermt display dev=all Output similar to the following appears for each device in a Fibre Channel environment: Pseudo name=emcpower0a Symmetrix ID=000000003269 Logical device ID=048 state=alive; policy=SymmOpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 ==================================================================== ------------ Hosts ----------- - Sys - -I/O Paths - --- Stats ### HW Path I/0 Path Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ==================================================================== 2300 sbus@f/QLGC,isp@2 c2t1d0 SA 16aB active alive 0 0 2301 sbus@f/QLGC,isp@2 c1t1d0 SA 16aA active alive 0 0 2302 sbus@f/QLGC,isp@2 c3t1d0 SA 16bB active alive 0 0

16.#echo | format AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c0t0d0 <TOSHIBA-MBF2300RC-3706 cyl 46873 alt 2 hd 20 sec 625> /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/sd@0,0 1. c0t2d0 <TOSHIBA-MBF2300RC-3706 cyl 46873 alt 2 hd 20 sec 625> /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/sd@2,0 2. c0t3d0 <TOSHIBA-MBF2300RC-3706 cyl 46873 alt 2 hd 20 sec 625> /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/sd@3,0 3. c1t500601603EA04412d0 <DGC-RAID5-0531 cyl 44556 alt 2 hd 255 sec 189> /pci@1,700000/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500601603ea04412,0 4. c2t500601683EA04412d0 <DGC-RAID5-0531 cyl 44556 alt 2 hd 255 sec 189> /pci@1,700000/pci@0/pci@9/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500601683ea04412,0 5. emcpower0a <DGC-RAID5-0531 cyl 44556 alt 2 hd 255 sec 189> /pseudo/emcp@0 Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):

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