06-10-2008
Configurin EMC SAN disks on AIX
This may sound like an absolute rookie question, and it is.
I have been working on Migrating our HP and Solaris servers to the new EMC SAN and know the routines backwards.
Now we've suddenly got a new IBM server and I don't even know how to check if it is connected to the switch.
Can someone give me detailed instructions - or a doc reference - on how to configure the FC?
Hopefully after that it will be smooth sailing with the EMC naviagent and power path software.
It is a system P6 running AIX 5.3.
I have connected the fibre cable between the server and the switch, and the switch port is active and saying "In_Sync"
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VDE_PCAPPLUG(1) General Commands Manual VDE_PCAPPLUG(1)
NAME
vde_pcapplug - Virtual Distributed Ethernet libpcap cable
SYNOPSIS
vde_pcapplug [OPTION]... interface
DESCRIPTION
vde_pcapplug is a plug to be connected into a VDE switch. All the data that is catched by the plug is injected into interface and every-
thing from that interface is sent in the switch.
OPTIONS
-p, --port=portnum
It is possible to decide which port of the switch to use. When this option is not specified the switch assigns the first available
unused port (if any). It is possible to connect several cables in the same switch port: in this way all this cables work concur-
rently. It means that packet can result as duplicate but no ARP table loops are generated. Is useful when vde is used for mobil-
ity. Several physical interfaces can be used at a time during handoffs to prevent hichups in connectivity.
-g, --group=group
group ownership of the communication socket. For security when more want to share a switch it is better to use a unix group to own
the comm sockets so that the network traffic cannot be sniffed.
-m, --mod=octal-mode
octal chmod like permissions for the comm sockets
-s, --sock=socket
specify the UNIX socket to be used by local programs for joining the VDE. The default value is "/tmp/vde.ctl".
-d, --daemon
start vde_plug2tap as a background process
-P, --pidfile=pidfile
put the process ID of vde_plug2tap in pidfile. Can be used with --daemon to store the PID for future killing.
-h, --help
show a brief help
NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik"
i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").
SEE ALSO
vde_switch(1), vde_plug(1), vdeq(1), dpipe(1).
AUTHOR
VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
Virtual Distributed Ethernet August 20, 2008 VDE_PCAPPLUG(1)