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

3.8
Installing Veritas as the Multipathing Solution
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3.3.4 Additional Modules Available with 3PAR MPIO for AIX
In the event of a failure, the customer support representative requires access to information
regarding the installation and configuration of the AIX host. To access this information, use
the utility
3par_explorer.sh.
This utility is located in /usr/lpp/3PARmpio/bin.
Additional information regarding the 3PAMPIO utilities and other useful information can be
found in the 3PAR MPIO Read Me Document.
3.4 Installing Veritas as the Multipathing Solution
If Veritas is the Multipathing solution, use the following section.
3.4.1 Installing the 3PARODM for use with Veritas
When using VERITAS Volume Manager, installation of the 3PAR ODM 1.2 definition will permit
Command Tag Queue support allowing a queue depth greater then one.
This procedure applies to either a new installation or an existing installation where InServ
Storage Server VVs already exist on an AIX 7.1/6.1/5.3 system. A user logged into the AIX
system as the superuser or with root privileges must perform this installation. Installation of
the 3PAR ODM changes requires a system reboot to become effective.
1 Insert the 3PAR ODM Definition for IBM AIX installation CD into the AIX server.
2 On the AIX CLI, mount the CDROM by determining the device access name of the CDROM
device.
In the following example, the CDROM is mounted via the AIX CLI, where X is the device
name.
3 Read the aixodm.pdf file contained on the installation CD for 3PAR ODM Definition for
IBM AIX.
# mkdir -p /cdrom
# mount -V cdrfs -o ro /dev/cdx /cdrom
# cd /cdrom