3PAR AIX Implementation Guide (320-200187, June 2011)

3.5
Installing 3PAR MPIO on the AIX Server (Local Boot Internal)
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1 Select FC Adapter.
2 Select FC SCSI I/O Controller Protocol Device.
3 Select Change/Show Characteristics of a FC SCSI Protocol Device.
4 Select the appropriate FC SCSI Protocol Device.
5 Set the options:
◆ Dynamic Tracking of FC Devices to Yes.
◆ FC Fabric Event Error RECOVERY Policy to FastFail
◆ Apply change to DATABASE only to Yes
6 Reboot the AIX host server.
3.3 Installing 3PAR MPIO on the AIX Server (Local Boot Internal)
This section describes how to install the 3PAR MPIO on the AIX Server.
3.3.1 Installing 3PAR MPIO for AIX
This procedure applies to either a new installation or an existing installation where
InServ Storage Servers virtual volumes (VVs) already exist on an AIX 7.1/6.1/5.3 system. This
installation must be performed by a user logged into the AIX system with root privileges.
Installation of the 3PAR MPIO requires a system reboot to become effective. The 3PAR MPIO
software will create an Active/Active fail-over environment to the 3PAR Storage Devices. SMIT
MPIO can be used to configure or manage the MPIO environment if settings other than the
default active/active environment are desired. The 3PAR MPIO package is not to be used in
conjunction with VERITAS Volume Manager.
1 Load the distribution CD containing the 3PAR MPIO for IBM AIX into the CD drive.
2 Issue SMIT update_all on the AIX CLI to install the 3PAR MPIO for IBM AIX from the
distribution CD.
3 Restart the AIX Server.
NOTE: Be sure to set the parameter ACCEPT new license agreements to
yes.