HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Change the root specification on the kernel line to root=SCSI-

device.

When LILO or ELILO is used as the boot loader:
Change the specification for root to root=SCSI-device. If no options

have been specified to suit the user environment, delete or comment

out the append line.

In the boot loader configuration file, edit the settings to be used during a

boot.

When GRUB is the boot loader
Change the default number so that a boot can be performed using

the configuration copied in step 11.

default= 2

When LILO or ELILO is used as the boot loader:
Specify label for default.

default linux-sd

If LILO is used as the boot loader, execute the /sbin/lilo command to

have the new settings take effect.

Restart the host to make sure that booting from the SCSI device is

possible.

Install HDLM.
To install HDLM, see

perform steps 2 to 12 to create an HDLM device. You will also need to

perform step 13 if you are only restarting the host. Note that the

procedure differs depending on whether the host is restarted after

installation.

Execute the HDLM-configuration definition utility (dlmcfgmgr) with the -v

parameter specified to check the correspondence between the SCSI

device and the HDLM device.

# dlmcfgmgr -v

HDevName Management Device Host Channel Target Lun

/dev/sddlmaa configured /dev/sda 0 0 0 0

KAPL10302-I /sbin/dlmcfgmgr completed normally.

The HDevName column indicates the HDLM device, and the Device column

indicates SCSI device.

Create an initial RAM disk image file for HDLM.
From the following, perform the procedure that corresponds to the host

OS.
For the initial RAM disk image file specified in the parameter, assign a

name that is different from all currently used names.

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:

Change hdlm_dracut=n defined in the /etc/opt/
DynamicLinkManager/hdlm.conf file to hdlm_dracut=y.

Execute the dracut command.

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Creating an HDLM Environment

Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for Linux(R))

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