# powermt check_registration Key ACRT-CFMR-Q2A6-5FFD-O9P3Product: PowerPathCapabilities: Symmetrix CLARiiON # powermt display dev=emcpower10c Pseudo name=emcpower6aSymmetrix ID=000112345676Logical device ID=0029state=alive; policy=SymmOpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0———– Host ——— – Stor – — I/O Path – — Stats —### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors0 sbus@2,0/fcaw@2,0 c4t25d225s0 FA 13bA active dead 0 11 sbus@6,0/fcaw@1,0 c5t26d225s0 FA 4bA active alive […]

PowerPath CLI Commands Command                     Description powermt                       Manages a PowerPath environmentpowercf                         Configures PowerPath devicesemcpreg -install        Manages PowerPath liciense registrationemcpminor                 Checks for free minor numbersemcpupgrade             Converts PowerPath configuration files PowerPath powermt commands Command                    Description powermt check                 Checks for and optionally removes dead pathspowermt check_registration Checks the

rsync works great on production enviroments, We had paravirtualized some servers with these method:  rsync -ave ssh –exclude=/proc –exclude=/sys –exclude=/dev (if you are using udev) root@runingserver:/  /mnt/newserverimage/ after this:  mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/proc  mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/sys  mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/dev  review your fstab, and copy the kernel modules:  cp -pr /lib/modules/2.6.16-xenU /mnt/newserverimages/lib/modules/  more or less …. this is the way  Also

Outline =======  1.  Background 2.  Configuring IPF 3.  Enabling IPF 4.  Common IPF commands   Background ==========  With the release of Solaris 10, ipfilter is now supported.  Before Solaris 10, EFS or SunScreen Lite was the default firewall.  IPfilter is a mature product traditionally found in BSDish Operating Systems.  Configuring IPF ===============  First, you will

The “maxphys” kernel parameter limits the max. I/O size in the SCSI layer.Default is 128k.The “vol_maxio” kernel parameter limits the max. I/O size in the VxVM layer(if installed). Default is 256k.The “md_maxphys” kernel parameter limits the max. I/O size in theDiskSuite/SVM layer (if installed). Default is equal to maxphys.The “sd_max_xfer_size” module parameter limits the max.

1. logon to emc server 2. search for the host in question and the device group (in this case host4 device group Adat3) # symdg list D E V I C E G R O U P S Number of Name Type Valid Symmetrix ID Devs GKs BCVs VDEVs host1_data-M RDF1 Yes 000285700131 8 0

This document describes how to install a particular HBA on diffferent O/S. AIX To display what HBA’s are installed lscfg lscfg -v -l fcs* To set the configuration you must carry out the following: List HBA WWN and entry on system Determine code level of OS and HBA Download and install EMC ODM support fileset

M-Series M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands. commadelim Toggle comma-demlimited display mode config configure settings login login into CLI with different access rights maint maintenance settings perf Performance statistics reserved reserved for future development show display attributes features configure feature settings ip

First the Solution enabler software has to be installed which can be obtained from powerlink.emc.com. The should be unzip/untarred and the emc_install program should be run. You need to license the product and then run the following command to discover the connected symmetrix: # /usr/symcli/bin/symcfg discover# /usr/symcli/bin/symcfg list Once installed the below table lists all

Basically, if you are working on EMC Symmetrix DMX series, you have to understand the 17 rules of the FA (Front Adapter), understand the load balance on how much you had currently utilized on the Storage FA assignment. Adding Storage 1.     Lists all the external locks held in Symmetrix array 1234.      # symcfg -sid