You must configure the AIX® operating system
before you can use IBM®
Power Systems™ hosts with the system.
Before you begin
Before you configure the AIX host operating systems,
the following tasks must be completed:
- The system must be installed.
- The appropriate host bus adapters must be installed.
About this task
After the prerequisite tasks are complete, use the following general steps to configure
your AIX host system.
Procedure
- Zone the host to the system nodes on the Fibre Channel SAN.
- Install the appropriate multipathing driver for your host to enable the management of multiple
paths to the system volumes.
Note: The Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) and the subsystem
device driver path control module (SDDPCM) for the AIX
operating system support System p
AIX host systems in a clustered-system environment. To have
failover protection on an open system, these multipath drivers require a minimum of two
Fibre Channel adapters. The maximum number of Fibre Channel
ports that are supported in a single host (or logical partition) is four. This maximum number can be
four single-port adapters or two dual-port adapters or a combination. The maximum number of ports
that are attached to the system cannot exceed four.
- On the system, create the host by using the worldwide port names (WWPNs). Map the volume to the
host.
- Create volumes and disks on your host by using instructions in your host system
publications.