Readme: 3PAR Multipath I/O 2.2 for IBM AIX (June 2013)

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Introduction
3PAR® MPIO for IBM AIX enables the use of more than one physical I/O path to access a 3PAR InServ
Storage Server. By offering fault tolerance and/or load balancing of I/O traffic with Active/Active
support, multipathing provides improved system reliability and availability.
The contents included within the CD are:
• readme.doc This file.
• 3PARmpio.bff 3PARmpio.64 package.
• .toc Installation table of content.
Supported IBM AIX Versions
Refer to the 3PAR Configuration Matrix and the 3PAR Best Practice documents for IBM AIX for
complete details on supported configurations.
Installation
Perform the installation of 3PAR MPIO for IBM AIX via the smit install.
• For hosts containing 3PAR MPIO 2.1 for IBM AIX, the installation will handle upgrading from
3PAR MPIO 2.1 to 3PAR MPIO 2.2 for IBM AIX automatically. There is no need to uninstall 3PAR
MPIO 2.1 for IBM AIX.
• For hosts containing 3PAR AIX ODM 1.1, the installation will handle upgrading from 3PAR AIX
ODM 1.1 to 3PAR MPIO 2.2 for IBM AIX automatically. There is no need to uninstall 3PAR AIX
ODM 1.1.
• For hosts containing 3PAR AIX ODM 1.0 or 1.2, deinstall the software prior to installing the
3PAR MPIO 2.2 for IBM AIX. The package contains a pre-installation check and the installation
will fail if 3PAR AIX ODM 1.0 or 1.2 version is found.
NOTE: Installation of this package requires a reboot of the host AIX server.
To install the 3PAR MPIO for IBM AIX:
1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Execute the
smit install. Select Install and Update Software > Install Software. Press F4
to select
source /dev/cdX, where X is the device number. For example, /dev/cd0. Click Enter.
The smit will then install the 3PAR MPIO software. Upon completion, the command status
displays OK.