Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for AIX (7.x) (HIT5208-96027, August 2012)
• If you want to use HDLM in a client partition to which a virtual HBA is
applied by using the virtual I/O server NPIV functionality, set the NPIV
option to on. If the option is not set to on, HDLM might not be able to
recognize a path that goes through the virtual HBA.
To set the NPIV option, execute the dlmodmset
utility. For details on this
utility, see
dlmodmset Utility for Setting the HDLM Execution Environment
ODM on page 7-20.
If the HDLM device has already been configured, and NPIV option settings
are changed, stop and restart the host. For a local boot disk environment,
instead of stopping and restarting the host, you can also perform the
following procedure:
a. Execute the dlmrmdev
utility for deleting HDLM drivers to change the
HDLM device status to Defined, or delete the HDLM driver.
For details on the dlmrmdev utility, see
dlmrmdev Utility for Deleting
HDLM Drivers on page 7-25.
b. Execute the following command to reconfigure the HDLM device:
# cfgmgr
When the NPIV option is set to on, HBA adapter number
and bus number
for PathName, which are output by HDLM command view operations, are
changed to adapter type and adapter number respectively.
The view operation parameters for which the above changes are to be
applied are as follows:
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-path parameter (displays path information)
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-lu parameter (displays LU information)
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-hba parameter (displays HBA port information)
For details on the view operations, see
view (Displays Information) on
page 6-32.
Notes on a License Key
•
A license key is required when performing any of the following types of
installation:
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Performing a new installation of HDLM.
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Migrating from HDLM version 5.8.1 or earlier to version 5.9 or later.
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Upgrading or re-installing HDLM after the valid license period has
expired.
• To update the HDLM license, specify the -lic parameter in the HDLM
command's set operation, and then execute this command. The license
key type determines the expiration of the license key. For details about
license key types and the set operation, see
set (Sets Up the Operating
Environment) on page 6-16.
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Creating an HDLM Environment
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