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

3.6

Installing 3PAR MPIO on the AIX Server (Local Boot Internal)

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Please refer to 3PAR MPIO v2.2 for IBM AIX for upgrade and removal instructions.

3.3.2 Displaying the Path Status After Installing 3PAR MPIO

After the installation of the 3PAR MPIO for AIX HBA, check path status and verify the

connection between the host server and InServ Storage Server.

■ To display the FC device available on the AIX host, issue lsdev -Cc disk.

■ To display the path status through the AIX CLI on hdisk1, issue lspath –l hdisk1:

■ To display the specific path information on hdisk1, issue lspath -l hdisk1 -F

“status name parent connection”

# lsdev -Cc disk

hdisk0 Available 00-08-00 SAS Disk Drive

hdisk1 Available 07-00-01 3PAR InServ Virtual Volume

hdisk2 Available 07-00-01 3PAR InServ Virtual Volume

hdisk3 Available 07-00-01 3PAR InServ Virtual Volume

hdisk4 Available 07-00-01 3PAR InServ Virtual Volume

hdisk5 Available 07-00-01 3PAR InServ Virtual Volume

# lspath -l hdisk1

Enabled hdisk1 fscsi4

Enabled hdisk1 fscsi5

NOTE: Highlighted text shows the details for node, slot, and port (n:s:p).