Installation guide

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ESCALA T610 and PL 600T Installation Guide
Configuring and Deconfiguring SCSI Hot–Swap Disk Drives
If you need to configure or deconfigure a drive, use the following procedures:
Configuring Drives
1. Log in as root user.
2. Enter the smitty command.
3. Select System Storage Management (Physical and Logical Storage) and press
Enter.
4. Select Logical Volume Manager and press Enter.
5. Select Volume Groups and press Enter.
6. Select Set Characteristics of a Volume Group and press Enter.
7. Select Add a Physical Volume to a Volume Group
8. Fill in the fields for the drive you are adding to the system. Press F4 for a list of
selections.
See the AIX System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices. to finish the
drive configuration. This publication is also contained on the Hypertext Library CD. The
documentation information is made accessible by loading the documentation CD onto
the hard disk or by mounting the CD in the CD–ROM drive.
9. Press F10 to exit smitty.
Deconfiguring Drives
1. Log in as root user.
2. Enter the smitty command.
3. Select System Storage Manager (Physical and Logical Storage) and press Enter.
4. Select Logical Volume Manager and press Enter.
5. Select Volume Groups and press Enter.
6. Select Set Characteristics of a Volume Group. and press Enter.
7. Select Remove a Physical Volume from a Volume Group.
8. Press F4 to list the available volume groups then select the volume group name and
press Enter.
9. Press F4 to select a physical volume and follow the instructions on the screen to select
the physical volume. Then, press Enter.
10.Return to the procedure that directed you here.