beautypg.com

4 replacing an hba – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

Page 227

background image

4. HDLM Operation

205

The following shows an example of executing the command:


# bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1

4.

Make sure that the boot disk is configured with the specified number of paths.
The following shows an example of executing the command:


# bootlist -m normal -o
hdisk0 blv=hd5
hdisk1 blv=hd5
...

4.5.4 Replacing an HBA

If there are multiple active paths for an LU, you can replace a desired HBA while

running your applications by placing offline only the path that goes through the HBA

to be replaced and using other paths to continue access.
To replace an HBA:
1.

Execute the following command to find the

fscsi

number that corresponds to

the HBA that is to be replaced:


# lsdev -C | grep fscsi

The following are execution examples:


fscsi0 available 1H-08-02 FC SCSI I/O controller protocol
device
fscsi1 available 11-08-02 FC SCSI I/O controller protocol
device

In the second line of the above examples,

11

in

11-08-02

indicates the bus

number and

08

indicates the HBA adapter number. The

fscsi

number to be used

when replacing this HBA is

1

.

2.

Execute the

dlmodmset

utility for setting the HDLM execution environment

ODM to check the NPIV option setting.


# /usr/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmodmset -o

The following are execution examples: