IBM System storage DS6000 Series User manual

IBM TotalStorage DS6000
Host Systems Attachment Guide
GC26-7680-03
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IBM TotalStorage DS6000
Host Systems Attachment Guide
GC26-7680-03
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Fourth Edition (May 2005 )
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Contents
Figures ............................xi
Tables............................ xiii
About this guide ........................xv
Safety and environmental notices ................ xvii
Safety notices ......................... xvii
Environmental notices ...................... xvii
Product recycling ....................... xvii
Disposing of products ..................... xvii
Conventions used in this guide................... xvii
Related information ....................... xviii
DS6000 series library ..................... xviii
Other IBM publications ..................... xix
Ordering IBM publications ................... xxiv
Web sites .......................... xxiv
How to send your comments ................... xxv
Summary of Changes for GC26-7680-03 IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Host
Systems Attachment Guide .................. xxvii
Chapter 1. Introduction ......................1
Overview of the DS6000 series models ................1
DS6800 (Model 1750-511) ....................2
DS6000 expansion enclosure (Model 1750-EX1) ............3
Performance features .......................4
Data availability features ......................5
RAID implementation ......................5
Overview of Copy Services ....................6
FlashCopy ..........................6
Subsystem Device Driver for open-systems ..............8
Multiple allegiance for FICON hosts.................8
DS6000 Interfaces ........................8
IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager ...............8
DS Open application programming interface .............9
DS command-line interface ....................9
Software Requirements ......................10
Host systems that DS6000 series supports ..............10
Fibre channel host attachments ..................10
Attaching aDS6000 series to an open-systems host with fibre channel
adapters .........................11
FICON-attached S/390 and zSeries hosts that the storage unit supports ...11
General information about attaching to open-systems host with fibre-channel
adapters ..........................12
Fibre-channel architecture ....................12
Fibre-channel cables and adapter types...............15
Fibre-channel node-to-node distances ...............15
LUN affinity for fibre-channel attachment ..............16
Targets and LUNs for fibre-channel attachment ............16
LUN access modes for fibre-channel attachment ...........16
Fibre-channel storage area networks ................17
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Chapter 2. Attaching to aApple Macintosh server ...........19
Supported fibre-channel adapters for the Apple Macintosh server ......19
Chapter 3. Attaching to aFujitsu PRIMEPOWER host system ......21
Supported fibre-channel adapters for PRIMEPOWER ...........21
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for PRIMEPOWER ........21
Installing the Emulex adapter card for aPRIMEPOWER host system .....21
Downloading the Emulex adapter driver for aPRIMEPOWER host system ...22
Installing the Emulex adapter driver for aPRIMEPOWER host system ....22
Configuring host device drivers for PRIMEPOWER ...........22
Parameter settings for the Emulex LP9002L adapter ...........24
Setting parameters for Emulex adapters ...............26
Chapter 4. Attaching to aHewlett-Packard AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host 27
Attaching to an HP AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host system with fibre-channel
adapters ..........................27
Supported fibre-channel adapters for the HP AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host
system ..........................27
Supported operating system levels for fibre-channel attachment to an HP
Tru64 UNIX host ......................27
Fibre-channel Tru64 UNIX attachment requirements ..........27
Fibre-channel Tru64 UNIX attachment considerations..........28
Supporting the AlphaServer Console for Tru64 UNIX ..........28
Attaching the HP AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host to astorage unit using
fibre-channel adapters ....................29
Installing the KGPSA-xx adapter card in an Tru64 UNIX host system ....30
Setting the mode for the KGPSA-xx host adapter ...........31
Setting up the storage unit to attach to an HP AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host
system with fibre-channel adapters................32
Configuring the storage for fibre-channel Tru64 UNIX hosts .......36
Removing persistent reserves for Tru64 UNIX 5.x............37
Limitations for Tru64 UNIX ....................40
Chapter 5. Attaching to aHewlett-Packard AlphaServer OpenVMS host 41
Supported fibre-channel adapters for the HP AlphaServer OpenVMS host
system ...........................41
Fibre-channel OpenVMS attachment requirements ............41
Fibre-channel OpenVMS attachment considerations ...........41
Supported OpenVMS feature codes .................42
Supported microcode levels for the HP OpenVMS host system .......42
Supported switches for the HP OpenVMS host system ..........42
Attaching the HP AlphaServer OpenVMS host to astorage unit using
fibre-channel adapters .....................42
Supported operating system levels for fibre-channel attachment to an HP
OpenVMS host .......................42
Confirming the installation of the OpenVMS operating system.......43
Installing the KGPSA-xx adapter card in an OpenVMS host system .....44
Setting the mode for the KGPSA-xx host adapter in an OpenVMS host system 44
Setting up the storage unit to attach to an HP AlphaServer OpenVMS host
system with fibre-channel adapters.................45
Adding or modifying AlphaServer fibre-channel connections for the OpenVMS
host ...........................45
Defining OpenVMS fibre-channel adapters to the storage unit.......45
Configuring fibre-channel host adapter ports for OpenVMS........46
OpenVMS fibre-channel considerations ...............46
OpenVMS UDID Support ....................46
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OpenVMS LUN 0-Command Control LUN .............48
Confirming fibre-channel switch connectivity for OpenVMS ........48
Confirming fibre-channel storage connectivity for OpenVMS .......49
OpenVMS World Wide Node Name hexadecimal representations .....50
Verifying the fibre-channel attachment of the storage unit volumes for
OpenVMS .........................50
Configuring the storage for fibre-channel OpenVMS hosts .........51
OpenVMS fibre-channel restrictions .................51
Troubleshooting fibre-channel attached volumes for the OpenVMS host system 52
Chapter 6. Attaching to aHewlett-Packard Servers (HP-UX) host .....55
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters.................55
Supported fibre-channel adapters for HP-UX hosts...........55
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for HP-UX hosts ........55
Installing the fibre-channel adapter drivers for HP-UX 11.i, and HP-UX 11iv2 56
Setting the queue depth for the HP-UX operating system with fibre-channel
adapters .........................56
Configuring the storage unit for clustering on the HP-UX 11iv2 operating system 56
Chapter 7. Attaching to an IBM iSeries host .............59
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters to the IBM iSeries host system .....59
Supported fibre-channel adapter cards for IBM iSeries hosts .......59
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for IBM iSeries hosts .......59
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for IBM iSeries hosts ......59
Host limitations for IBM iSeries hosts................60
IBM iSeries hardware .....................61
IBM iSeries software ......................61
General information for configurations for IBM iSeries hosts .......61
Recommended configurations for IBM iSeries hosts ..........62
Running the Linux operating system on an IBM i5 server .........64
Supported fibre-channel adapters for IBM i5 servers running the Linux
operating system ......................64
Running the Linux operating system in aguest partition on an IBM i5 servers 65
Planning to run Linux in ahosted or nonhosted guest partition ......65
Creating aguest partition to run Linux ...............66
Managing Linux in aguest partition ................67
Ordering anew server or upgrading an existing server to run aguest partition 68
Chapter 8. Attaching to an IBM NAS Gateway 500 host .........69
Supported adapter cards for IBM NAS Gateway 500 hosts .........69
Finding the worldwide port name ..................69
Obtaining WWPNs using aWeb browser ..............69
Obtaining WWPNs through the command-line interface .........69
Multipathing support for NAS Gateway 500 ..............71
Multipath I/O and SDD considerations for NAS Gateway 500 .......71
Host attachment multipathing scripts ................71
Multipathing with the Subsystem Device Driver ............73
Chapter 9. Attaching to an IBM RS/6000 or IBM eServer pSeries host ...75
Installing the 1750 host attachment package on IBM pSeries AIX hosts ....75
Preparing for installation of the host attachment package on IBM pSeries AIX
hosts...........................75
Installing the host attachment package on IBM pSeries AIX hosts .....75
Upgrading the host attachment package on IBM pSeries AIX hosts.....76
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters.................76
Supported fibre-channel adapter cards for IBM pSeries hosts .......76
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Fibre-channel attachment requirements for IBM pSeries hosts ......77
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for IBM pSeries hosts ......77
Verifying the configuration of the storage unit for fibre-channel adapters on
the AIX host system .....................77
Making SAN changes for IBM pSeries hosts .............78
Support for fibre-channel boot ...................79
Prerequisites for setting up the IBM pSeries host as afibre-channel boot
device ..........................79
Fibre-channel boot considerations for IBM pSeries hosts ........79
Supported IBM RS/6000 or IBM pSeries hosts for fibre-channel boot ....79
Supported levels of firmware for fibre-channel boot on IBM pSeries hosts 80
Supported levels of fibre-channel adapter microcode on IBM pSeries hosts 80
Installation mechanisms that PSSP supports for boot install from
fibre-channel SAN DASD on IBM pSeries hosts ...........80
Support for disk configurations for RS/6000 for afibre-channel boot install 80
Support for fibre-channel boot when adisk subsystem is attached on IBM
pSeries hosts .......................80
Attaching to multiple RS/6000 or pSeries hosts without the HACMP host system 81
Considerations for attaching to multiple RS/6000 or pSeries hosts without the
HACMP host system .....................81
Saving data on the storage unit when attaching multiple RS/6000 or pSeries
host systems to the storage unit.................81
Restoring data on the storage unit when attaching multiple RS/6000 or
pSeries host systems to the storage unit .............82
Running the Linux operating system on an IBM pSeries host ........82
Attachment considerations for running the Linux operating system on an IBM
pSeries host ........................82
Hardware requirements for the Linux operating system on the pSeries host 83
Software requirement for the Linux operating system on the pSeries host 83
Preparing to install the Subsystem Device Driver for the Linux operating
system on the pSeries host ..................84
Installing the Subsystem Device Driver on the pSeries host running the Linux
operating system ......................84
Upgrading the Subsystem Device Driver for the Linux operating system on
the pSeries host ......................85
Verifying the Subsystem Device Driver for the Linux operating system on the
pSeries host ........................85
Configuring the Subsystem Device Driver ..............86
Migrating with AIX 5L Version 5.2 ..................86
Storage unit migration issues when you upgrade to AIX 5L Version 5.2
maintenance release 5200-01 .................86
Storage unit migration issues when you remove the AIX 5L Version 5.2 with
the 5200-01 Recommended Maintenance package support .......88
Chapter 10. Attaching to an IBM S/390 or IBM eServer zSeries host ....89
Migrating from aFICON bridge to anative FICON attachment .......89
Migrating from aFICON bridge to anative FICON attachment on zSeries
hosts: FICON bridge overview .................89
Migrating from aFICON bridge to anative FICON attachment on zSeries
hosts: FICON bridge configuration ................89
Migrating from aFICON bridge to anative FICON attachment on zSeries
hosts: Mixed configuration ...................90
Migrating from aFICON bridge to anative FICON attachment on zSeries
hosts: Native FICON configuration ................91
Attaching with FICON adapters ...................92
Configuring the storage unit for FICON attachment on zSeries hosts ....92
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Attachment considerations for attaching with FICON adapters on zSeries
hosts...........................92
Attaching to aFICON channel on aS/390 or zSeries host ........94
Registered state-change notifications (RSCNs) on zSeries hosts ......95
Linux for S/390 and zSeries ....................96
Attaching astorage unit to an S/390 or zSeries host running Linux .....96
Running Linux on an S/390 or zSeries host .............96
Attaching FCP adapters on zSeries hosts ..............97
Chapter 11. Attaching to an Intel host running Linux ......... 103
Supported adapter cards for an Intel host running Linux ......... 103
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 103
Attachment requirements for an Intel host running Linux ........ 103
Attachment considerations for an Intel host running Linux........ 104
Installing the Emulex adapter card for an Intel host running Linux ..... 105
Downloading the Emulex adapter driver for an Intel host running Linux 105
Installing the Emulex adapter driver for an Intel host running Linux .... 105
Installing the QLogic adapter card for an Intel host running Linux ..... 106
Downloading the current QLogic adapter driver for an Intel host running
Linux .......................... 107
Installing the QLogic adapter driver for an Intel host running Linux .... 107
Defining the number of disk devices on Linux ............. 108
Configuring the storage unit.................... 109
Configuring the storage unit for an Intel host running Linux ....... 109
Partitioning storage unit disks for an Intel host running Linux ...... 109
Assigning the system ID to the partition for an Intel host running Linux 110
Creating and using file systems on the storage unit for an Intel host running
Linux .......................... 111
SCSI disk considerations for an Intel host running Linux .........112
Manually adding and removing SCSI disks .............112
LUN identification for the Linux host system .............112
SCSI disk problem identification and resolution............114
Support for fibre-channel boot ...................114
Creating amodules disk for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0 .....114
Installing Linux over the SAN without an IBM Subsystem Device Driver 114
Updating to amore recent module without an IBM Subsystem Device Driver 116
Installing Linux over the SAN with an IBM Subsystem Device Driver ....116
Chapter 12. Attaching to an Intel host running VMware ESX server ... 123
Supported adapter cards for an Intel host running VMware ESX Server ... 123
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 123
Attachment requirements for an Intel host running VMware ESX server 123
Attachment considerations for an Intel host running VMware ESX Server 124
Installing the Emulex adapter card for an Intel host running VMware ESX
Server .......................... 124
Installing the QLogic adapter card for an Intel host running VMware ESX
Server .......................... 125
Defining the number of disks devices on VMware ESX Server ....... 126
SCSI disk considerations for an Intel host running VMware ESX server ... 126
LUN identification for the VMware ESX console ........... 126
Disk device discovery on VMware ESX .............. 129
Persistent binding ...................... 129
Configuring the storage unit.................... 130
Configuring the storage unit for an Intel host running VMware ESX Server 130
Partitioning storage unit disks for an Intel host running VMware ESX Server 130
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Creating and using VMFS on the storage unit for an Intel host running
VMware ESX Server .................... 132
Copy Services considerations ................... 132
Chapter 13. Attaching to aNovell NetWare host ........... 135
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 135
Attaching aNovell NetWare host with fibre-channel adapters ...... 135
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for aNovell NetWare host .... 135
Installing the Emulex adapter card for aNovell NetWare host ...... 135
Downloading the current Emulex adapter driver for aNovell NetWare host 136
Installing the Emulex adapter driver for aNovell NetWare host ...... 136
Downloading the current QLogic adapter driver for aNovell NetWare host 136
Installing the QLogic QLA23xx adapter card for aNovell NetWare host 137
Installing the adapter drivers for aNovell NetWare host ........ 138
Chapter 14. Attaching to aiSCSI Gateway host ........... 141
Attachment considerations .................... 141
Attachment overview of the iSCSI Gateway host ........... 141
Attachment requirements for the iSCSI Gateway host ......... 141
Ethernet adapter attachment considerations for the iSCSI Gateway host 142
Configuring for storage for the iSCSI Gateway host ........... 142
iSCSI Gateway operation through the IP Service Module ......... 143
Chapter 15. Attaching to an IBM SAN File System .......... 145
Attaching to an IBM SAN File System metadata server with Fibre-channel
adapters .......................... 145
Configuring astorage unit for attachment to the SAN File System metadata
node ........................... 145
Chapter 16. Attaching to an IBM SAN Volume Controller host ...... 147
Attaching to an IBM SAN Volume Controller host with fibre-channel adapters 147
Configuring the storage unit for attachment to the SAN Volume Controller host
system .......................... 147
Chapter 17. Attaching an SGI host system ............. 149
Attaching an SGI host system with fibre-channel adapters ........ 149
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for the SGI host system ...... 149
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for the SGI host system ...... 149
Checking the version of the IRIX operating system for the SGI host system 150
Installing afibre-channel adapter card for the SGI host system ....... 150
Verifying the installation of afibre-channel adapter card for SGI ...... 150
Configuring the fibre-channel adapter drivers for SGI .......... 151
Installing an optical cable for SGI in aswitched-fabric topology....... 151
Installing an optical cable for SGI in an arbitrated loop topology ...... 151
Confirming switch connectivity for SGI ................ 151
Displaying zoning information for the switch .............. 152
Confirming storage connectivity .................. 153
Confirming storage connectivity for SGI in aswitched-fabric topology ... 153
Confirming storage connectivity for SGI in afibre-channel arbitrated loop
topology ......................... 154
Configuring the storage unit for host failover ............. 154
Configuring the storage unit for host failover ............ 154
Confirming the availability of failover ............... 155
Making aconnection through aswitched-fabric topology ........ 155
Making aconnection through an arbitrated-loop topology ........ 156
Switching I/O operations between the primary and secondary paths .... 156
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Configuring storage ....................... 156
Configuration considerations .................. 156
Configuring storage in aswitched fabric topology ........... 157
Configuring storage in an arbitrated loop topology .......... 159
Chapter 18. Attaching to aSun host................ 163
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 163
Supported fibre-channel adapters for Sun ............. 163
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for Sun ........... 163
Installing the Emulex adapter card for aSun host system ........ 164
Downloading the Emulex adapter driver for aSun host system ...... 165
Installing the Emulex adapter driver for aSun host system ....... 165
Installing the AMCC PCI adapter card for Sun ............ 166
Downloading the current AMCC PCI adapter driver for Sun ....... 166
Installing the AMCC PCI adapter driver for Sun ........... 166
Installing the AMCC SBUS adapter card for Sun ........... 166
Downloading the current AMCC SBUS adapter driver for Sun ...... 166
Installing the AMCC SBUS adapter driver for Sun .......... 167
Installing the QLogic adapter card in the Sun host .......... 167
Downloading the QLogic adapter driver for Sun ........... 167
Installing the QLogic adapter driver package for Sun ......... 167
Configuring host device drivers .................. 168
Configuring host device drivers for Sun .............. 168
Parameter settings for the Emulex adapters for the Sun host system ... 170
Parameter settings for the AMCC adapters for the Sun host system .... 171
Parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xxFadapters......... 174
Parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xx adapters for San Surf
configuration (4.06+ driver) .................. 175
Setting the Sun host system parameters ............... 177
Setting parameters for AMCC adapters .............. 177
Setting parameters for Emulex or QLogic adapters .......... 178
Installing the Subsystem Device Driver ............... 179
Attaching astorage unit to aSun host using Storage Traffic Manager System 179
Configuring the Sun STMS host settings .............. 179
Attaching astorage unit to aSun host using Sun Cluster ......... 180
Chapter 19. Attaching to aWindows 2000 host ........... 183
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 183
Supported fibre-channel adapters for Windows 2000 ......... 183
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for the Windows 2000 host system 183
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for Windows 2000 ....... 184
Installing and configuring the Emulex adapter card .......... 184
Installing and configuring the Netfinity adapter card for Windows 2000 187
Updating the Windows 2000 device driver ............. 189
Installing and configuring the QLogic adapter cards in Windows 2000 ... 189
Verifying that Windows 2000 is configured for storage ......... 192
Configuring for availability and recoverability ............. 192
Configuration considerations .................. 192
Setting the TimeOutValue registry for Windows 2000 ......... 192
Installing remote fibre-channel boot support for aWindows 2000 host system 193
Configure zoning and obtain storage ............... 193
Flash QLogic host adapter ................... 194
Configure QLogic host adapters ................. 194
Windows 2000 Installation ................... 194
Windows 2000 Post Installation ................. 195
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Chapter 20. Attaching to aWindows Server 2003 host......... 197
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters ................ 197
Supported fibre-channel adapters for Windows Server 2003 ....... 197
Fibre-channel attachment requirements for the Windows Server 2003 host
system ......................... 197
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for Windows Server 2003 .... 198
Installing and configuring the Emulex adapter card .......... 198
Installing and configuring the Netfinity adapter card .......... 201
Updating the Windows Server 2003 device driver........... 203
Installing and configuring the QLogic adapter cards .......... 203
Verifying that Windows Server 2003 is configured for storage ...... 206
Configuring for availability and recoverability ............. 206
Configuration considerations .................. 206
Setting the TimeOutValue registry for Windows Server 2003 ....... 206
Installing remote fibre-channel boot support for aWindows Server 2003 host
system .......................... 207
Configure zoning and obtain storage ............... 207
Flash QLogic host adapter ................... 208
Configure QLogic host adapters ................. 208
Windows 2003 Installation ................... 208
Windows 2003 Post Installation ................. 209
Appendix. Locating the worldwide port name (WWPN) ........211
Fibre-channel port name identification ................211
Locating the WWPN for aFujitsu PRIMEPOWER host ..........211
Locating the WWPN for aHewlett-Packard AlphaServer host ....... 212
Locating the WWPN for aHewlett-Packard host ............ 212
Locating the WWPN for an IBM eServer iSeries host .......... 213
Locating the WWPN for an IBM eServer pSeries or an RS/6000 host .... 213
Locating the WWPN for aLinux host ................ 214
Locating the WWPN for aNovell NetWare host ............ 215
Locating the WWPN for an SGI host ................ 215
Locating the WWPN for aSun host ................. 216
Locating the WWPN for aWindows 2000 host ............. 216
Locating the WWPN for aWindows Server 2003 host .......... 217
Accessibility ......................... 219
Notices ........................... 221
Terms and conditions for downloading and printing publications ...... 222
Trademarks.......................... 223
Electronic emission notices .................... 224
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement ........ 224
Industry Canada compliance statement .............. 224
European community compliance statement............. 224
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) class A
statement ........................ 225
Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) statement .... 225
Taiwan class Acompliance statement ............... 226
Glossary .......................... 227
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Index ............................ 255
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Figures
1. Point-to-point topology .............................13
2. Switched-fabric topology ............................14
3. Arbitrated loop topology ............................15
4. Example of sd.conf file entries for fibre-channel ...................23
5. Example of astart lpfc auto-generated configuration ..................24
6. Confirming the storage unit licensed machine code on an HP AlphaServer through the telnet
command .................................29
7. Example of the sizer -v command ........................30
8. Example of the set mode diag command and the wwidmgr -show adapter command ......31
9. Example results of the wwidmgr command. .....................31
10. Example of the switchshow command .......................33
11. Example of storage unit volumes on the AlphaServer console ..............33
12. Example of ahex string for astorage unit volume on an AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX console 34
13. Example of ahex string that identifies the decimal volume number for astorage unit volume on
an AlphaServer console or Tru64 UNIX ......................34
14. Example of hex representation of last 5characters of astorage unit volume serial number on an
AlphaServer console .............................34
15. Example of the hwmgr command to verify attachment .................35
16. Example of aKorn shell script to display asummary of storage unit volumes ........36
17. Example of the Korn shell script output.......................36
18. Example of the essvol script ..........................38
19. Example of the scu command ..........................38
20. Example of the scu command ..........................39
21. Example of the scu clear command ........................39
22. Example of the scu command to show persistent reserves ...............40
23. Example of show system command to show system command on the OpenVMS operating system 43
24. Example of the product show history command to check the versions of patches already installed 43
25. Example of the set mode diag command and the wwidmgr -show adapter command ......44
26. Example results of the wwidmgr command. .....................45
27. Example of the switchshow command .......................49
28. Example of storage unit volumes on the AlphaServer console ..............49
29. Example of aWorld Wide Node Name for the storage unit volume on an AlphaServer console 50
30. Example of avolume number for the storage unit volume on an AlphaServer console .....50
31. Example of what is displayed when you use OpenVMS storage configuration utilities......51
32. Example of the display for the auxiliary storage hardware resource detail for a2766 or 2787
adapter card ................................60
33. Example of the logical hardware resources associated with an IOP ............62
34. Example of the display for the auxiliary storage hardware resource detail for the storage unit 63
35. Example output from the lscfg -vpl “fcs*” |grep Network command. ............70
36. Example output saved to atext file ........................70
37. Example of installed file set ...........................72
38. Example environment where all MPIO devices removed ................72
39. Example of installed host attachment scripts.....................73
40. Example of extracting the SDD archive.......................74
41. Example of alist of devices displayed when you use the lsdev -Cc disk |grep 1750 command for
fibre-channel ................................78
42. Example of alist of other devices displayed when you use the lsdisk command for fibre-channel. 78
43. Example of how to configure aFICON bridge from an S/390 or zSeries host system to astorage
unit ....................................90
44. Example of how to add aFICON director and aFICON host adapter ...........91
45. Example of the configuration after the FICON bridge is removed .............92
46. Example of prerequisite information for FCP Linux on zSeries ..............98
47. Example of prerequisite information for FCP Linux on zSeries ..............99
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48. Example of prerequisite information for FCP Linux on zSeries .............. 100
49. Example of prerequisite information for FCP Linux on zSeries .............. 101
50. Example of ascript to add more than one device .................. 101
51. Example of how to add SCSI devices through the add_map command .......... 102
52. Saving the module parameters in the /etc/zfcp.conf file ................ 102
53. Example of Logical Volume Manager Multipathing .................. 102
54. Example of range of devices for aLinux host .................... 109
55. Example of different options for the fdisk utility ...................110
56. Example of aprimary partition on the disk /dev/sdb..................110
57. Example of assigning aLinux system ID to the partition ................ 111
58. Example of creating afile with the mke2fs command ................. 111
59. Example of creating afile with the mkfs command ..................112
60. Example output for aLinux host that only configures LUN 0..............113
61. Example output for aLinux host with configured LUNs ................113
62. Example of acomplete linuxrc file for Red Hat ................... 121
63. Example of acomplete linuxrc file for SUSE .................... 122
64. Example of QLogic Output: .......................... 127
65. Example of Emulex Output: .......................... 128
66. Example listing of aVmhba directory ....................... 128
67. Example of Vmhba entries ........................... 129
68. Example of the different options for the fdisk utility: .................. 131
69. Example of primary partition on the disk /dev/vsd71 ................. 131
70. Example of PCI bus slots ........................... 151
71. Example results for the switchshow command ................... 152
72. Example results for the cfgShow command..................... 153
73. Example of commands to turn failover on ..................... 155
74. Example of an edited /etc/failover.conf file ..................... 156
75. Example of an edited /etc/failover.conf file for an arbitrated loop connection......... 156
76. Example commands for the IRIX switched fabric storage configuration utility ........ 158
77. Example commands for the IRIX switched fabric storage configuration utility, part 2...... 159
78. Example commands for the IRIX arbitrated loop storage configuration utility ........ 160
79. Example commands for the IRIX arbitrated loop storage configuration utility, part 2...... 161
80. Example of sd.conf file entries for fibre-channel ................... 169
81. Example of astart lpfc auto-generated configuration ................. 169
82. Example binding inserts for qlaxxxx.conf...................... 177
83. Example of what is displayed when start the Windows 2000 host ............ 188
84. Example of what the system displays when you start the Windows Server 2003 host ..... 202
85. Example of the output from the Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer wwidmgr -show command 212
86. Example of the output from the Hewlett-Packard #fgrep wwn /var/adm/messages command 212
87. Example of the output from the Hewlett-Packard fcmsutil /dev/td1 |grep world command. 213
88. Example of what is displayed in the /var/log/messages file ............... 215
89. Example of the scsiha —bus_number device |command ............... 215
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Tables
1. Recommended configuration file parameters for the Emulex LP9002L adapter ........25
2. Maximum number of adapters you can use for an AlphaServer ..............28
3. Maximum number of adapters you can use for an AlphaServer ..............41
4. Host system limitations for the IBM iSeries host system ................60
5. Capacity and models of disk volumes for IBM iSeries .................63
6. Recommended settings for the QLogic adapter card for an Intel host running Linux ...... 106
7. Recommended settings for the QLogic adapter card for an Intel host running VMware ESX
Server .................................. 125
8. Recommended settings for the QLogic QLA23xx adapter card for aNovell NetWare host 137
9. Solaris 8minimum revision level patches for fibre-channel ............... 164
10. Recommended configuration file parameters for the Emulex LP9002DC, LP9002L, LP9002S,
LP9402DC and LP9802 adapters ........................ 170
11. Recommended configuration file parameters for aAMCC FCX-6562, AMCC FCX2-6562, AMCC
FCE-6460, or aAMCC FCE-1473 adapter ..................... 172
12. Recommended configuration file parameters for the QLogic QLA2310F, QLA2340, and QLA2342
adapters with driver level 4.03 ......................... 174
13. Parameter settings for the QLogic QLA23xx host adapters for San Surf Configuration (4.06+) 175
14. Recommended configuration file parameters for the Emulex LP9002L, LP9002DC, LP9402DC,
LP9802, LP10000, and LP10000DC adapters .................... 186
15. Recommended settings for the QLogic QLA23xx adapter card for Windows 2000 ...... 189
16. Recommended configuration file parameters for the Emulex LP9002L, LP9002DC, LP9402DC,
LP9802, LP10000, and LP10000DC adapters .................... 200
17. Recommended settings for the QLogic QLA23xx adapter card for aWindows Server 2003 host 204
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About this guide
This guide provides information about the following host attachment issues:
vAttaching the storage unit to an open-systems host with fibre-channel adapters
vConnecting IBM fibre-channel connection (FICON) cables to your S/390 and
zSeries host systems
You can attach the following host systems to astorage unit:
vApple Macintosh
vFujitsu PRIMEPOWER
vHewlett-Packard
vIBM eServer iSeries
vIBM NAS Gateway 500
vIBM RS/6000 and IBM eServer pSeries
vIBM S/390 and IBM eServer zSeries
vIBM SAN File System
vIBM SAN Volume Controller
vLinux
vMicrosoft Windows 2000
vMicrosoft Windows Server 2003
vNovell NetWare
vSilicon Graphics
vSun
For alist of open systems hosts, operating systems, adapters and switches that
IBM supports, see the Interoperability Matrix at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/interop.html.
Finding attachment information in the Host Systems Attachment
Guide
The following table provides information about how to find attachment information
quickly in this guide.
Host Fibre-channel
Apple Macintosh Servers “Supported fibre-channel adapters for the
Apple Macintosh server” on page 19
Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER “Supported fibre-channel adapters for
PRIMEPOWER” on page 21
Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX
® “Supported fibre-channel adapters for the HP
AlphaServer Tru64 UNIX host system” on
page 27
Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer OpenVMS “Supported fibre-channel adapters for the HP
AlphaServer OpenVMS host system” on
page 41
Hewlett-Packard Servers (HP-UX) “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 55
iSCSI Gateway “Attachment overview of the iSCSI Gateway
host” on page 141
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Host Fibre-channel
IBM
® eServer ™ iSeries ™ “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters to the
IBM iSeries host system” on page 59
IBM NAS Gateway 500 “Supported adapter cards for IBM NAS
Gateway 500 hosts” on page 69
IBM eServer pSeries
™
or IBM RS/6000
® “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 76
IBM eServer zSeries
® or S/390 ® “Attaching FCP adapters on zSeries hosts
running Linux” on page 97 (for zSeries only)
Linux “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 103
Microsoft
® Windows ® 2000 “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 183
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 197
Novell NetWare “Attaching with fibre-channel adapters” on
page 135
IBM SAN Volume Controller “Attaching to an IBM SAN Volume Controller
host with fibre-channel adapters” on page
147
Sun “Supported fibre-channel adapters for Sun”
on page 163
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Safety and environmental notices
This section contains information about safety notices that are used in this guide
and environmental notices for this product.
Safety notices
Use this process to find information about safety notices.
To find the translated text for adanger or caution notice:
1. Look for the identification number at the end of each danger notice or each
caution notice. In the following examples, the numbers 1000 and 1001 are the
identification numbers.
DANGER
Adanger notice indicates the presence of ahazard that has the
potential of causing death or serious personal injury.
1000
CAUTION:
Acaution notice indicates the presence of ahazard that has the potential
of causing moderate or minor personal injury.
1001
2. Find the number that matches in the IBM TotalStorage Solutions Safety Notices
for IBM Versatile Storage Server and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage
Server,GC26-7229.
Environmental notices
This section identifies the environmental guidelines that pertain to this product.
Product recycling
This unit contains recyclable materials.
Recycle these materials at your local recycling sites. Recycle the materials
according to local regulations. In some areas, IBM provides aproduct take-back
program that ensures proper handling of the product. Contact your IBM
representative for more information.
Disposing of products
This topic contains information about how to dispose of products.
This unit might contain batteries. Remove and discard these batteries, or recycle
them, according to local regulations.
Conventions used in this guide
The following typefaces are used to show emphasis:
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boldface
Text in boldface represents menu items and lowercase or mixed-case
command names.
italics Text in italics is used to emphasize aword. In command syntax, it is used
for variables for which you supply actual values.
monospace
Text in monospace identifies the data or commands that you type, samples of
command output, or examples of program code or messages from the
system.
Related information
The tables in this section list and describe the following publications:
vThe publications that make up the IBM
® TotalStorage ™ DS6000 series library
vOther IBM publications that relate to the DS6000 series
vNon-IBM publications that relate to the DS6000 series
See “Ordering IBM publications” on page xxiv for information about how to order
publications in the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series publication library. See “How to
send your comments” on page xxv for information about how to send comments
about the publications.
DS6000 series library
These customer publications make up the DS6000 series library.
Unless otherwise noted, these publications are available in Adobe portable
document format (PDF) on acompact disc (CD) that comes with the storage unit. If
you need additional copies of this CD, the order number is SK2T-8803. These
publications are also available as PDF files by clicking on the Documentation link
on the following Web site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/ds6800/index.html
See “Ordering IBM publications” on page xxiv for information about ordering these
and other IBM publications.
Title Description
Order
Number
IBM TotalStorage
® DS:
Command-Line Interface
User’s Guide
This guide describes the commands that you can use from the
command-line interface (CLI) for managing your DS6000 configuration and
Copy Services relationships. The CLI application provides aset of
commands that you can use to write customized scripts for ahost system.
The scripts initiate predefined tasks in aCopy Services server application.
You can use the CLI commands to indirectly control Remote Mirror and
Copy and FlashCopy
® configuration tasks within aCopy Services server
group.
GC26-7681
(See Note.)
IBM TotalStorage
DS6000: Host Systems
Attachment Guide
This guide provides guidelines for attaching the DS6000 to your host
system and for migrating to fibre-channel attachment from asmall
computer system interface.
GC26-7680
(See Note.)
IBM TotalStorage
DS6000: Introduction
and Planning Guide
This guide introduces the DS6000 product and lists the features you can
order. It also provides guidelines for planning the installation and
configuration of the storage unit.
GC26-7679
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