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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