How to trace port in AIX

1. netstat -Aan | grep <Port Name>– This shows if the specified is being used. The hex number in the first column is the address of protocol control block (PCB) bash-3.00# netstat -Aan | grep 32775f100060000942398 tcp4       0      0  *.32775            *.*                LISTEN 2. rmsock tcpcb– This shows the process who is holding the socket. Note

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Installing SSH on AIX

Download the openssh and prerequisite openssl packages from their respective websites. Transfer the installation files to a temporary directory on the AIX server Unpack and install: #uncompress openssl.0.9.8.1100.tar.Z #tar xf openssl.0.9.8.1100.tar inutoc . #geninstall -Y -d . openssl #uncompress openssh-4.7_5301aix61.tar.Z #tar xf openssh-4.7_5301aix61.tar inutoc . #geninstall -Y -d . openssh Once you have installed ssh,

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Display a legal warning before login.

For FTP server: To change the greeting banner for vsftpd, add the following directive to the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file: ftpd_banner=<insert_greeting_here> Replace <insert_greeting_here> in the above directive with the text of the greeting message. For mutli-line banners, it is best to use a banner file. To simplify management of multiple banners, place all banners in a new

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Brocade New Switch and Merging of Switch in to the existing Fabrics

New SW: Rack mount it ,  power on the SW.Connect through serial port, default IP Add is 10.1.56.103./255.255.255.0 in case of Dir 10.1.56.74/75 with admin login: Set the IPaddress(ipaddrshow/ipaddrset), set the time with either NTP server IP(tsclockserver cmd) or tstimezone –interactive cmd check the license(licenseshow) add the license with licenseadd cmd Atleast Full fabric /

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VSAN Configuration and Management (MDS 9000 family)

Creating VSANs Statically Step 1 switch# config t Step 2 switch(config)# vsan database switch(config-vsan-db)# Step 3 switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2 Step 4 switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2 name TechDoc updated vsan 2 Step 5 switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan 2 suspend Step 6 switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan 2 suspend Step 7 switch(config-vsan-db)# end switch# Assigning Static Port VSAN Membership Step 1 switch#

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How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with an Emulex HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment

Configuring the Emulex HBA BIOS to boot from SAN includes enabling the BootBIOS prompt and enabling BIOS. A.  Enable the BootBIOS Prompt When you configure the Emulex HBA BIOS to boot ESX/ESXi from SAN, you need to enable the BootBIOS prompt. Procedure: 1. Run lputil. 2. Select 3. Firmware Maintenance. 3. Select an adapter. 4.

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Disable PowerPath

1. Please ensure that LUNS are available to the host from multiple paths# powermt display 2. Stop the Application so that there is no i/o issued to Powerpath devices If the application is under VCS control , please offline the service on that node# hagrp –offline <servicename> offline 3. Unmount filesystems and Stop the volumes

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