HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP operating system configuration guide: MPE/iX (A5951-96145, November, 2005)

If the system does not already have an MPE/iX Release 7.5 OS installed and the

disk array you want to use for MPE/iX Ldev 1 is SAN-connected (through a Fibre

Channel switch) to the host HP e3000 system, then use the following procedure.

a. You CANNOT use the MA PPER2 facility to determine the I/O paths for the disk

array. MA PPER2 will not be able to recognize and report the LUNs of the disk

array on the Fibre Channel switch.

b. You must use web browser access via LAN to the Fibre Channel switch to

determine the I/O path to use for the primary boot path.

The remainder of this appendix gives more detailed procedures, illustrated with

actual examples, for these three method s of determining the primary bo ot path

and loading the OS software onto a native Fibre Channel connected disk array.

Existing MPE/iX 7.5 boot disk is available

If an existing M PE/iX boot disk is available, simply boot and start the system from

the existing boot disk in normal fashion.

When the system is up, run the fcscan –h command to ﬁnd and d isplay the I/O paths for

the newly connected disk array devices.

NOTE: Befor

eyoucanrunfcscan to ﬁnd the paths for the d isk array devices, you

must conﬁgure the native Fibre Channel HBAs used to connect the disk arrays to the

MPE/iX I/O system conﬁguration. To per form its search for attached disk array devices,

the fcscan command needs to ﬁnd the Fibre Channel HBAs in the existing system

conﬁguration.

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