Installation guide

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Pre-Installation Steps
This section addresses the preparation needed before installing and configuring the Secure Path
components.
3.1 Summary
The procedures described in this guide require that you have already installed your
storage subsystem in a single host/single path configuration or a dual host cluster/single
path configuration. It is further required that you have created storagesets on the
subsystem using either the StorageWorks Command Console (SWCC) or Command Line
Interface (CLI) and have also partitioned and formatted these drives with the Windows
NT Disk Administrator. For complete information about setting-up your subsystem in a
single path/single host environment please refer to the Getting Started guide shipped with
your StorageWorks Solutions platform kit.
The pre-installation steps required to support a Secure Path environment are:
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Verify the Secure Path Requirements
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Inventory the StorageWorks Kits Required for Secure Path
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Prepare the RAID Array for Secure Path Operation
3.2 Verify the Secure Path Requirements
Please verify that the Secure Path requirements listed in Table 3-1 are met.
Table 3–1 Secure Path Prerequisites
Host Feature Requirement
Platform One or two (Intel or Alpha) host server(s)
Operating System Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Edition, Version
4.0, SP3
Secure Path Software StorageWorks Secure Path Software Kit v2.2 for
Windows NT (Kit # QB-669AA-SA)
RAID Storage
Subsystem
At least one StorageWorks dual-redundant
UltraSCSI RA7000 / ESA10000 or Fibre Channel
RAID Array 8000 or ESA12000 installed and
configured for single path operation.
SCSI Host Adapters
(and adapter driver)
Two identical Host Adapters. Supported models:
Adaptec AHA-2944UW (for Intel or Alpha servers)
StorageWorks KGPSA (for Intel or Alpha servers)